QUANTIFIERS

QUANTIFIERS

Quick review of previous classes

A LOT (OF) / LOTS

SOME

FEW / A FEW

ANY

LITTLE / A LITTLE

MUCH

LET'S PRACTISE!

MANY

SONG OF THE WEEK

A LOT (OF) / LOTS

+ /- / ? WITH UN/COUNTABLE NOUNS

EXAMPLES:

• there is a lot of traffic today
• lots of students watched last night match

SOME

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS AND PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS IN AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCES

EXAMPLES:

• THERE IS SOME MILK

• SOME PEOPLE THINK FREE-SOLOING IS DANGEROUS

A FEW

FEW

= NOT MANY it conveys a negative idea

=SOME (a small amount) plural countable nouns it conveys a positive idea

EXAMPLES:There are A FEW students in this class who have won a medal

EXAMPLES:FEW people are able to run a marathon

COUNTABLE NOUNS

TAKE___ GET___ JOIN___ CATCH ___ ____ GO___ WORK___ GIVE ___ KNOCK ____ END____

Phrasal verbs with sports

• UP(X3)
• WITH
• FOR
• OUT
• IN (X2)
• INTO

ANY

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS AND PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS, IN NEGATIVE AND QUESTIONS

EXAMPLES:they don't have any safety equipment

LITTLE I A LITTLE

= NOT MUCH I = SOME

NEGATIVE IDEA I POSITIVE IDEA

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

• THERE WAS LITTLE TIME TO FINISH THE HOMEWORK
• THE INSTRUCTOR TRIED TO GIVE ME A LITTLE ADVICE ON HOW TO PLAY

MUCH

NEGATIVE SENTENCES AND QUESTIONS WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

EXAMPLES:I don't have much time to do exercise today

Rising _________ , back _________ the street Did my time, _________ my chances Went the distance, now I'm back on my _________ Just a man and his _________ to survive So _________ times it happens _________ fast You change your passion for _________ Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past You must fight _________ to keep them _________ It's the eye of the tiger It's the _________ of the fight

Rising up to the _________ of our _________And the last known _________ Stalks his _________ in the night And he's watching us all with the _________ of the tiger Face _________ face, out in the heat Hanging tough, _________ hungry They stack the odds 'til we take to the street For the kill with the skill to _________

MANY

PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNSNEGATIVE SENTENCES AND QUESTIONS

EXAMPLES:HOW MANY PLAYERS ARE THERE IN A FOOTBALL TEAM?