QUANTIFIERS: A LOT OF, SOME, ANY, MUCH, MANY, LITTLE, FEW, A LITTLE, A FEW

Significado +, -, ? Incont Los dos

o Cont
A lot of Mucho/s + x
Some Algo, algunos + x
Any Algo, algunos -y? x
Nada, ningún
Much Mucho -y? Incont
Many Muchos -y? Cont
Little Poco + Incont
Few Pocos + Cont
A little Un poco + Incont
A few Unos pocos + Cont

Nombres contables VS nombres incontables

Los contables pueden ir en singular o en plural:

o There is a bird / There are two birds.
Los incontables solo pueden ir en singular:
o There is milk.

Son incontables:
➢ Nombres abstractos: love, emotion, hope, hate, luck, fun
➢ Líquidos: water, milk, beer, wine, coke, oil
➢ Materiales: gold, silver, iron, plastic, glass
➢ Tiempo atmosférico: weather, rain, snow, lightning
➢ Nombres colectivos: luggage, baggage, furniture, rubbish
➢ Ciertas comidas: spaghetti, rice, bread, cheese, pizza, flour
➢ Ciertos nombres: traffic, money (pero: coins, notes, bills, euros)
homework, work (pero: a job), poetry (pero: a poem), travel
(pero: a trip, a journey), music (pero: a song)

Algunos nombres incontables se pueden volver contables añadiéndoles:

Pizza → a slice of pizza Bread → a slice of bread
Cake → a portion of cake Water → a glass of water
Information → a piece of information

Cuidado con “How much is it/are they?”!!!!!:

Aunque estés preguntando por algo contable,
por ejemplo, bananas, piensa que estás preguntando
por su precio, es decir, por money, así que hay que
usar how much y no how many:
- How much are the bananas?
- 1,5 euros.
 EJERCICIO
A lot of, some, any, much, many, little, few, a little, a few

1. Oh! There isn’t ................ coffee left? Please, go to the shop

and buy ................

2. “How ................ sugar do you want in your tea?”

”Just ................, thank you.”

3. My little brother has ................ toys in his bedroom. It’s a mess!

4. “How ................ friends do you have?”

”Not ................. Just ................”

5. Luigi is cooking ................ spaghetti, with ................ tomatoe sauce and

................ olive oil.

6. They are very unfriendly and don’t have ................ friends at all!

7. ................ people came to the cinema yesterday. It’s a pity.

8. He’s a millionaire, he’s got ................ money.

9. ................ information comes clean to us. Television manipulates it.

10. We don’t have ................ money, so invite just ................ children to your
birthday.

11. I can’t go out, I have ................ homework to do.

12. There is ................ milk in the fridge, I think. Tomorrow we’ll have to buy
more.

13. ................ girls from my school play basketball. Others play football.

14. “Do we have ................ potatoes?”

”I don’t have ................ idea.”

15. “How ................ flour do you need to cook the bread?”

”Just ................, because I’m going to make a small slice.”

16. Akira has ................ pieces of sushi in his plate.