Unit 7.5

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's goals

After today's lesson, you can use a wide range of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns

How many shoes have you got?

0-5 pairs of shoes

5 - 10 pairs of shoes

10 - 15 pairs of shoes

More than 15 pairs!

What happens when you buy a pair of TOMS shoes?

Look at the examples of nouns and quantifi ers in blue in the text. Which of the underlined nouns are countable and which are uncountable?

Quantifiers

When do we use which?

Countable	Uncountable
many apples	much money
a lot of apples	a lot of money
a few apples	a little money
few apples	little money

Few

a few

a little

Little

Telbaar

Ontelbaar

weinig

een beetje

een paar

weinig

Ontelbaar

Telbaar

We have some/any free time later this afternoon.

1. Some
2. Any

She doesn’t want some/any coffee.

1. Some
2. Any

Do they need some/any bread?

1. Some
2. Any

I went to some/any meetings in Rome last week.

1. Some
2. Any

Will there be some/any managers at the party?

1. Some
2. Any

(weinig):

..... water

1. few
2. little

(weinig):

..... customers

1. few
2. little

(een paar):

I'm cutting ... onions.

1. a little
2. Few
3. a few
4. Little

(een beetje):

I only want ... tomato sauce.

1. few
2. a few
3. little
4. a little

That store hasn't got ... notebooks.

1. much
2. a lot of
3. many
4. lots of

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

Make the sentences negative using not much or not many.

I eat a lot of bread. ➞ I don't eat much bread.
I send a lot of texts. ➞

Make the sentences negative using not much or not many.

I eat a lot of bread. ➞ I don't eat much bread.
I drink a lot of water. ➞

Make the sentences negative using not much or not many.

I eat a lot of bread. ➞ I don't eat much bread.
I do a lot of homework. ➞

Make the sentences negative using not much or not many.

I eat a lot of bread. ➞ I don't eat much bread.
I talk to a lot of people. ➞

Rest of the lesson

Work on the week task!