2. Nouns & Quantifiers. Count and Non count

English Session

Nouns & Quantifiers

Part II

Nouns

Nouns

Countable

uncountable

Ideas and experiences: advice, information, progress, news, luck, fun, work .

Most things are countable nouns

books, friends, apples, cars, cities, pencils, etc.

Materials and substances: water, rice, gold, milk, sugar

Make unCountable /countable

Names for groups or collections of things: furniture, equipment, rubbish, luggage

a piece of , a bit of ( information, advice , money)a bottle of , a cup of ( water, rice, milk)

Others: bread, meat, money, time, traffic, homework

Quantifiers

Quantifiers

Some /any many/much a lot of /a few/ a little

uncountable

Countable

Some / a lot of / a little

Some / a lot of / a few

She has some time (algo de tiempo)She has a lot of time (mucho tiempo ) She has a little time left (le queda un poco de tiempo)

She has some friends (algunos)She has a lot of friends (muchos)She has a few friends ( unos pocos libros pero suficientes )

Any / much

Any / many

She doesn't have any time (no tiene tiempo)She doesn't have much time ( no tiene mucho tiempo)

She doesn't have any friends (No tiene amigos)She doesn't have many friends ( no tiene muchos)

Does she have any friends ( tiene amigos?)Haw many friends does she have (cuentos amigos)

Does she have any time ( tiene tiempo)How much time does she have? (cuanto tiempo)

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