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Week 2 - Quantifiers

This document provides a lesson on quantifiers such as much, many, a lot of, little, a little, few, and a few. It explains that much and many are used in negative sentences, while a lot of is used in affirmative sentences with uncountable and plural nouns. Little and few without "a" have a more negative meaning, while a little and a few express a small positive amount. Examples are given to illustrate the proper uses of each quantifier in different contexts. Students are provided with an online quiz to check their understanding.

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Week 2 - Quantifiers

This document provides a lesson on quantifiers such as much, many, a lot of, little, a little, few, and a few. It explains that much and many are used in negative sentences, while a lot of is used in affirmative sentences with uncountable and plural nouns. Little and few without "a" have a more negative meaning, while a little and a few express a small positive amount. Examples are given to illustrate the proper uses of each quantifier in different contexts. Students are provided with an online quiz to check their understanding.

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MS.

THUY

Week 2 - QUANTIFIERS
Learning Objectives

1. Can I understand how to use


quantifiers?
2. Can I make sentences with quantifiers:
many, much, a lot of, little, a little, few, a
few ?
MUCH, MANY
- Is there much rice left?
- We haven’t got much rice left.
- Has he got many books?
- He hasn’t got many books.
Ex: - We’ve got a lot of milk.
(Not: We’ve got much milk.)
A LOT OF - He’s got a lot of / plenty of
books.
In affirmative sentences, we (Not normally: He’s got many
normally use a lot of and lots of books.)
with both uncountable nouns and
plural nouns.
1. John doesn’t have __________ money.
2. There is __________ gold in the bag
Much 3. I don’t have ________ birds in the sky!
many 4. There aren’t ________ cars in the street.
A lot of 5. Are there __________ apples on the tree?
6. Jane spends __________ money at the shops.
7. Do you have__________ bread in the
cupboard?
8. Are there __________ children on the beach?
9. We are early. We have __________ time.
LITTLE, A LITTLE; FEW, A FEW

In many situations, we can choose to


use 'a little' or 'little' (an uncountable
noun) or 'a few' or 'few' (a plural
countable noun). They have slightly
different meanings.
We use a little to express a
positive idea with singular
A LITTLE
uncountable nouns. It means ‘a
small amount but some’

They had little money to spend. = not


much/almost nothing.
We use a few to express a
A FEW positive idea with plural
countable nouns. It means ‘a
small number but some’

All she wanted was a few moments


on her own. = some, a small number
Little and few without ‘a’ are more a
negative idea.
LITTLE,
Little means ‘not much’ , ‘almost no’.
FEW
Few means ‘not many’, ‘almost no’.
We use little with uncountable nouns and
 few with plural countable nouns. 

Examples:
They had little money to spend.= not
much/almost nothing
She had few moments on her own.=
not many/almost none
1. Spending ___________ hours in the sun every day is
pleasant.
2. We have been to the Greek islands ________ times.
3. There were very __________ people in the taverna last
night.
4. Would you like ___________ milk in your coffee?
5. I’d like to spend _________ more time on the beach
today.
6. He has _________ patience for rude customers.
7. Let’s see if there’s ___________ coffee left in the pot.
8. Oh no! There’s so ________ coffee, we’ll have to make
more.
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