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Meeting 14 Intermediate Grammar Nouns 2
Meeting 14 Intermediate Grammar Nouns 2
Meeting 14 Intermediate Grammar Nouns 2
NOUNS (PART 2)
A. LEARNING OBJECTIVE
In this meeting, the students will learn about NOUNS (PART 2). By the end of the course,
the students are expected to be able to:
1.1.Understand expressions of quantity.
1.2.Use A FEW and FEW; A LITTLE and LITTLE.
1.3.Use OF in expressions of quantity.
B. MATERIAL DESCRIPTION
1.1.Understand expressions of quantity
An expression of quantity may precede a noun. Some expressions of quantity are used
only with count nouns.
Examples:
Expressions of Quantity Used with Count Nouns Used with Non count
Nouns
Some expressions of quantity are used with both count and non-count nouns.
Examples:
Expressions of Quantity Used with Count Nouns Used with Non count
Nouns
No No apples No rice
I have (very) little money. I don’t even have enough money to buy food for
dinner.
(Negative idea: I don’t have much money; I have almost no money.)
You may use VERY to make the negative idea stronger or the number/amount
smaller.
Examples:
A lot of books are paperbacks.
A lot of my books are paperbacks.
b. Some of expressions of quantity sometimes contain OF and sometimes NOT and
here is the list.
GROUP 2: EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY THAT SOMETIMES
CONTAIN “OF” AND SOMETIMES NOT
All (of) Many (of) A little (of) Both (of)
RULES:
(1) OF is used with the expressions of quantity in GROUP 2 when the noun is
specific. A noun is specific when it is preceded by:
Any possession (e.g., my, your, etc)
This, that, these, or those
The
Examples:
Many of my books are in English.
Many of those books are in English.
Many of the books on that shelf are in English.
(2) OF is NOT used with the expressions of quantity in GROUP 2 if the noun it
modifies is nonspecific.
Example:
Many books are in English.
In the example above, the speaker is not referring to specific books but to books
in general.
C. EXERCISE
1.1.Exercise 1: Using A FEW and FEW; A LITTLE and LITTLE
Instructions: Complete the sentences with a few, few, a little, or little.
1. Do you have ...................... minutes? I’d like to ask you ...................... questions. I
need ...................... more information.
2. Diana’s previous employer gave her a good recommendation because she makes
...................... mistakes in her work.
3. After Steve tasted the soup, he added ...................... salt to it.
4. I don’t like a lot of salt on my food. I add ...................... salt to my food.
5. I like music. I like to listen to ...................... music after dinner before I begin
studying.
6. I was hungry, so I ate ...................... nuts.
7. Because the family is very poor, the children have ...................... toys.
8. I am not finished yet. I need ...................... more minutes.
9. I am not finished yet. I need ...................... more time.
10. We got to the stadium quickly because there was ...................... traffic.