Quantifiers

quantifiers

Miss María José Mancilla

Today's class

Objective

What are quantifiers?

Contable nouns

Quantifiers

Uncontable nouns

Today's activity

Contable Nouns

The countable nous are the ones that can be count. e,g.: one apple, two apples, three apples.

Uncontable Nouns

Meanwhile, the uncontable nouns, are the ones that can't be counted because the can't be individualized. e.g.: wood, water, salt, sugar.

However, we can make uncountable nouns countable if we delimitated them. e.g.: a piece of wood, two cups of water.

What are quantifiers?

Quantifiers:

A quantifier is a word or phrase used to talk about quantities, amounts or degree. They can be used with a noun (determiner) or without a noun (pronoun).

Quantifiers: much and many

The use of these quantifiers is to express negative ideas or to ask questions. For example: She doesn’t need much time Is there still much to do? I don’t have many relatives in the city Do you think many students will fail?

Quantifiers: (a) few / (a) little

Quantifiers: lot of / lots of

Both of these quantifiers have the same meaning, are used to talk about a large amount or number of people or things.

Quantifier: Some

We use some in three different ways: 1. Positive sentences 2. Making offers or requests 3. Asking questions when you thing the answer is yes.

Quantifier: any

We use any in three different ways:1. Negative sentences 2. Questions 3. If statements