QUANTIFIERS Read Quantifiers are words that are used

QUANTIFIERS

Read. Quantifiers are words that are used to state quantity or amount of something without stating the exact number. E. g. • There were a lot of people in the stadium. • I like to have little sugar in my coffee. • He doesn’t have much money.

Read. Paul has a lot of friends. I drank a lot of coffee last night. Simon has lent some money to Lucas. São Paulo has a few trees on the streets. Pets need a little food, a little water and a lot of affection. Tom doesn’t eat much salad.

Check. Paul has a lot ( + ) of friends. I drank a lot ( + ) of coffee last night. Simon has lent some ( + - ) money to Lucas. São Paulo has a few ( - ) trees on the streets. Pets need a little ( - ) food, a little ( - ) water and a lot ( + ) of affection. Tom doesn’t eat much (+) salad.

Complete. COUNTABLE NOUNS love water coffee friends UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS trees salad money food

Check. COUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS friends trees coffee love money food water affection salad

Read. COUNTABLE NOUNS MANY I DON’T KNOW MANY PEOPLE. A FEW I HAVE A FEW FRIENDS. THEY ARE EVERYTHING I COULD WISH FOR. FEW I HAVE FEW FRIENDS. I’D LIKE TO HAVE MORE.

Read. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS MUCH I DON’T HAVE MUCH MONEY. LITTLE I HAVE LITTLE PATIENCE. I LOSE CONTROL EASILY. A LITTLE I HAVE A LITTLE TIME FOR PHYSICAL EXERCISES, BUT IT’S BEEN ENOUGH TO GET IN SHAPE.

Pay attention. COUNTABLE MANY A FEW UNCOUNTABLE A LOTS MUCH A LITTLE

Now, you. Correct the mistakes. • Pete reads just little books. He needs to improve his reading. • There isn’t many to worry about. Everything is ready. • Don’t buy so much things! You’ll spend a few money! • Alex sends a little messages every day. I’m not patient to read all of them. • Ellen saw little friends when she was in Italy. She loved it!

Check. • Pete reads just few books. He needs to improve his reading. • There isn’t much to worry about. Everything is ready. • Don’t buy so many things! You’ll spend a lot of money! • Alex sends a lot of messages every day. I’m not patient to read all of them. • Ellen saw a few friends when she was in Italy. She loved it!

Pay attention. SOME is used for countable ANY is used for countable and E. g. • There are some chairs in the room. • There is some milk in the fridge. E. g. • There aren’t any good movies on in town. • There isn’t any coffee in the kitchen. and uncountable nouns in affirmative sentences. uncountable nouns in negative and interrogative sentences.

Attention! SOME can be used in questions when it’s a request or an offer. E. g. • Can I have some water, please? • Would you like some wine?

Look and write. Example: You should drink a lot of water. You shouldn’t have many servings of dairy.