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Quantifiers
The document discusses countable and uncountable nouns and quantifiers. It defines quantifiers as words placed before nouns to indicate quantity. Quantifiers work with countable nouns like "many" and "a few" or uncountable nouns like "much" and "a little." Both types can also use quantifiers like "a lot of", "some", and "any." The document provides examples of quantifiers that can be used with common nouns like money, food, furniture, and cereal to ask questions or indicate amounts. It concludes that nouns name things and can be countable or uncountable, affecting whether they are singular or plural, and that quantifiers determine quantity depending on the
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- 2. Objetivos de laclase Reconocer la diferencia entre sustantivos contables e incontables Reconocer los cuantificadores y determinar con que tipo de sustantivos trabajan.
- 3. What are nouns?Whatare nouns? They are naming words. For Example: MILK CHAIR RICE AEROPLANE PEOPLE
- 4. NounsNouns can beclassified into 2 groupscan be classified into 2 groups Countable nouns Uncountable nouns PEOPLE AEROPLANE CHAIR MILK RICE Can You Think of Other Countable or Uncountable Nouns? SAND
- 5. Are the followingnouns countable or uncountable?Are the following nouns countable or uncountable?
- 6. • The term“Quantifier” comes from the word “Quantity”. What are “Quantifiers”? • A quantifier is placed before a noun to tell us the amount needed. Examples of quantifiers include: much many a lot of a little A few less plenty of some ANY
- 7. Quantifiers for Countable Nouns Quantifiersfor Uncountable Nouns many A few much less A little Quantifiers for Both Countable & Uncountable Nouns A lot of plentysome any
- 8. Which quantifier couldbe used in front of the following nouns?
- 9. What about thefollowing nouns? Minutes Time A Lot Of Plenty Much A few Many Less MANY, A FEW, SOME, MUCH, LESS, A LITTLE, A LOT OF, PLENTY
- 10. Dollars & Cents Money Bagsof money Many, Few Much, a lot of Many, Few, Some MANY, A FEW, SOME, MUCH, LESS, A LITTLE, A LOT OF, PLENTY It is not advisable to carry too much money with you. It is not advisable to carry too many bags of money with you.
- 11. Food Types ofFood Much, a lot of, plenty MANY, A FEW, SOME, MUCH, LESS, A LITTLE, A LOT OF, PLENTY Some, many, a few There was so much food to eat at the buffet. There were so many types of food to eat at the buffet.
- 12. Furniture Pieces ofFurniture MANY, A FEW, SOME, MUCH, LESS, A LITTLE, A LOT OF, PLENTY Mother likes to have some furniture in the room. Mother would like to have a few types of furniture in the room.
- 13. Cereal Boxes ofcereal MANY, A FEW, SOME, MUCH, LESS, A LITTLE, A LOT OF, PLENTY Grandfather needs to eat less sugar-coated cereal for breakfast. I can eat many boxes of cereal for breakfast.
- 14. We canuse quantifiers such as some or anyWe can use quantifiers such as some or any to ask questions.to ask questions. • Examples : • Do you like any of the books in the shop? • Would you like to have some biscuits?
- 15. Conclusions Los sustantivos sonpalabra que nos sirven para nombrar cosas, en el idioma Inglés, estos pueden ser contables e incontables Si son contables, estos pueden ser singulares o plurales Si son incontables, estos siempre aparecerán como singulares Los cuantificadores son palabras que determinan la cantidad de un sustantivo. Estos funcionaran dependiendo de si el sustantivo es contable o incontable.