Quantifiers

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Quantifiers (hoeveelheidswoorden)

Words which express a quantity

Aims

After this lesson, you can:

- Understand and apply the "hoeveelheidswoorden"

Which words are used to express quantity?
(more answers are possible)

1. A little-A few
2. Who-Which-When
3. This-That-Those-These
4. Much-Many-A lot

Much/Many/A lot of

Dutch variant is 'veel'

Vorm: Much/Many/A lot of + Zelfstandig nw.

Veel wijn                                         Much wine

Veel leerlingen                               Many pupils

Veel mensen                                         A lot of people

Gebruik "Many/Much" bij

ontkennende en vragende zinnen.

O: I haven't got much time.

V: How much money do you need?

O: I don't have many friends.

v: How many copies do you need?

Gebruik  "A lot of" of "lots of" bij

bevestigende zinnen

B: She's got a lot of work to do.

B: He's got lots of work to do.

Many bij "telbare" woorden.

Many + meervoud.

Many money

Many years

Many reasons

Many hairs

Many winebottles

Much bij "ontelbare woorden".

Much + enkelvoud.

Much dogs

Much money

much time

much hair

much wine

Think of words which are
countable (telbaar). Put many in front of it.
(examples; many apples, many bottles)

A few/A little

Dutch variant is 'een paar' & 'een beetje'

Vorm: a little/a few + Zelfstandig nw.

Een beetje wijn                                   A little wine

Een paar leerlingen                               A few pupils

Few/Little

Dutch variant is 'weinig'

Vorm: little/few + Zelfstandig nw.

Weinig wijn                                          Little wine

Weinig leerlingen                                Few pupils

Few bij "telbare" woorden.

Few + meervoud.

few money

Few years

Few reasons

Few hairs

Few winebottles

Little bij "ontelbare woorden".

Little + enkelvoud.

little years

Little money

Little time

Little hair

Little wine

Kun je het tellen?

Many (veel)

Few (weinig)

Kun je het niet tellen?

Much (veel)

Little (weinig)

MUCH

MANY

People

Water

Salads

Fun

Homework

Hamburgers

I don't have                   time left.                 

How                   books can I buy?

Only                   students showed up today.

                   students passed the test sadly.

                   people are scared of spiders.

There was only                       wine left.

The crowd showed                   interest.

much

many

few

little

a little

a few

a lot of

Any questions?

Let's get to work!

What? Do unit 2, exercise 25

How? On your own or with a classmate

Help? Ask your classmate or the teacher

Time? Until 15:30

Outcome? Exercise 25 is complete

Done? Do exercise 27. Or finish exercise 13.

Let's look back

After this lesson, you can:

- Understand and apply the "hoeveelheidswoorden"

Homework

Make Unit 2 exercise 25 & 27

Exercise 13 (digital and mail it to Siweng)