The document discusses the use of quantifiers such as "much", "many", "a little", "a few" in English. It explains that "much" and "many" are used in questions and negative sentences, while "a lot of" is used in positive sentences. "Much" is used with uncountable nouns and "many" with countable nouns. "A little" and "a few" are also discussed in terms of their use with countable and uncountable nouns. Examples are provided to illustrate the differences.

1. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
two bicycles a lot of bicyclesone bicycle not that many bicycles
just a few bicycles
two apples a lot of applesone apple not that many apples
just a few apples

2. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
not that much snow lefta lot of snowone snow/two snow
just a little snow left
not that much energy
just a little energy
one energy/two energy
a lot of energy

3. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
Welke woorden heb je al gezien
die iets zeggen over veel/weinig?

4. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
Welke woorden heb je al gezien die iets zeggen over veel/weinig?
A LOT OFBehalve eentje….

5. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
I have a lot of things to do. I have a lot of work to do.
Do you have many things to do? Do you have much work to do?
No, I don’t have many things to do. No, I don’t have much work to do.
Much en many betekenen allebei veel.
Je gebruik much en many alleen bij vragen en ontkennende zinnen.
Bij positieve zinnen gebruik je a lot of.

6. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
Much en many betekenen allebei veel.
Je gebruik much en many alleen bij vragen en ontkennende zinnen.
Bij positieve zinnen gebruik je a lot of: He has a lot of clothes.
Toch is er een verschil tussen much en many.
Much gebruik je alleen voor ontelbare zelfstandige naamwoorden; milk,
energy, snow, money, air, grass, etc. (deze kun je niet in het enkelvoud of
meervoud zetten, ze hebben maar één vorm)
Many gebruik je voor zelfstandige naamwoorden die je wel kunt tellen, je
kunt er wel een getal voor zetten; 3 friends, 5 movies, 7 chairs, 2 apples.
I haven’t got much money.
I haven’t got many euros.
I have a lot of money/euros. (zie je het verschil?)

7. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
Dezelfde regel geldt voor het Engelse woord weinig. Ook
twee varianten voor ontelbare en telbare zelfstandige
naamwoorden: little en few.
deze heeft
He has little money left.
Hij heeft weinig geld over. uncountable
There are very few chairs left.
Er zijn heel weinig stoelen over.
countable
Little en few betekenen dus allebei weinig.
a little en a few betekenen weer iets heel anders...

8. much, many, (a) little, (a)
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
few
a few > few
We gebruiken a few/few bij telbare zelfstandige naamwoorden.
a few = positief
Fortunately, our financial situation is good: we still have a few good customers.
few = negatief (= bijna geen)
I'm very sad: I have few good friends./ I'm very sad: I have very few good friends.
NIET LEREN:
a few en few hebben onregelmatige vergrotende en overtreffende trappen.
a few – more – the most
few – fewer – the fewest
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9. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
a little > little
We gebruiken a little/little bij ontelbare zelfstandige naamwoorden.
a little = positief (iets, maar niet veel)
I can help you: I speak a little English.
little = negatief (bijna geen, bijna niets)
I can't help you. I speak little English. / I can't help you. I speak very little English.
NIET LEREN:
a little en little hebben onregelmatige vergrotende en overtreffende trappen.
a little – more – the most
little – less – the least
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10. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
A lot of = bevestigende zinnen (I have a lot of CDs and DVDs.)
Much/many = vragen en ontkenningen (He hasn’t got many CDs or DVDs.)
Telbaar Ontelbaar
Dollar, chairs, apples, Grass, snow, energy, air,
trees, questions, days, milk, money, salt, love,
etc. etc.
Veel (?/-) many much
weinig few little
een paar / een a few a little
beetje

11. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
Een aantal bekende uncountable nouns:
advice
air butter
coffee
education
electricity
food
furniture
gold
grass
homework
information
knowledge
literature
love
luck
luggage
meat
milk
money
music
news
noise
pepper
power
rain
salt
snow
space
speed
sugar
tea
toothpaste
weather
wine
work

12. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
Exercise: Match the uncountable nouns met de countable nouns in de tabel.
Wine – furniture – electricity – travel – money – work – advice – information –
music – luggage - scenery
euro
song
suitcase
table
battery
bottle
report
tip
journey
job
view

13. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
Exercise: Match the uncountable nouns met de countable nouns in de tabel.
Wine – furniture – electricity – travel – money – work – advice – information –
music – luggage - scenery
euro money
song
suitcase
table
battery
bottle
report
tip
journey
job
view
music
luggage
furniture
electricity
wine
information
advice
travel
work
scenery

14. much, many, (a) little, (a)
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
few
Exercise: Maak onderstaande oefening af.
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We spent money. (weinig)
Do you have friends? (weinig)
There wasn’t traffic this morning. (veel)
There are old buildings and just churches. (veel – een paar)
The sun is shining, there isn’t snow left. (veel)
I know London, I have been there times.(paar –veel)
You’d better run, you haven’t got time left. (veel)
I’m staying longer. (beetje)
He has patience. (veel)
She’s lucky. She hasn’t got problems. (veel)

15. much, many, (a) little, (a)
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
few
Exercise: Maak onderstaande oefening af. ANSWERS
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We spent little money.
Do you have few friends?
There wasn’t much traffic this morning.
There are a lot of old buildings and just a few churches.
The sun is shining, there isn’t much snow left.
I know London, I have been there a few/a lot of times.
You’d better run, you haven’t got much time left.
I’m staying a little longer.
He has a lot of patience.
She’s lucky. She hasn’t got many problems.

16. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
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17. much, many, (a) little, (a) few
veel, veel, weinig, weinig
1)
2)
3)
I have a lot of homework to do.
Does he have many fans in China?
We don’t have much homework for Monday.
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5)
I’ve invited few friends to come to my birthday party.
After the sun had shone, there was little snow left.
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7)
We borrowed a few books from the library for our research.
I can help you. I have a little money left.