The document discusses quantifiers and the past continuous tense in English. It explains that quantifiers express quantity and include words like some, any, much, many, a little, a few. The past continuous tense is used to describe an action that was ongoing or in progress at a specific time in the past. It provides examples of how to use quantifiers correctly and when to use the past continuous versus the past simple tense.

1. Quantifiers and Past Continuous

2. Quantifiers are words that express quantity . They are a type of determiner which denote imprecise quantity. They differ from numbers or numerals which indicate precise quantity. the most common quantifiers used in English are: some -any , much- many, a lot, a few -a little

3. Some is used in affirmative statements. Any is used in negative and interrogative contexts. They determine if there ( a limited quantity) is o there isn´t something Ex: I've got some apples in my basket and some water in my bottle. I haven't got any apples in my basket, nor any water in my bottle. We had some visitors last weekend, but we didn't have any this weekend

4. Large quantity quantifiers Much is used with non count nouns (always in the singular) Ex: Much whisky is of very good quality Many is used with count nouns in the plural Ex: I have many reasons for thinking that this man is innocent much or many are not usually used in affirmative statements. Instead, we use a lot of/several, etc. lot of with noncount nouns and plural count nouns. Ex: I ate a lot of apples

5. Small quantity quantifiers: Little, a little, are used with non count nouns (always in the singular) Ex: I've got a little money left. Few, a few, are used with count nouns in the plural. Ex: F ew people can speak more than three languages

6. Exercises: Choose some or any. a) There is________ parcel for you, but there isn't__________ letter b) Paula : David has got______ beautiful marbles. John: Really? Has he got________ blue marbles? Paula : Yes, I think he has got c) Alex: Is there ________ red paint? Anna : Yes, there is__________red paint,_______ blue paint and__________ yellow paint, but there isn't________ white paint. Alex : I'm going to the shop. I can get you______

7. Fill in the gaps with an appropriate quantifiers: 1. It seems to me that we haven't had________ assignments in English this term. 2. How_______ material can we be expected to read in one week? 3. I've unfortunately had ________ headaches already because of stress. 4. Our yard looks awful this summer. There are too ________ weeds. 5. I didn't use ________ fertilizer last spring, and that has made a difference. 6. Also, I've paid very ________ attention to how ________rain we've had 7. I'm afraid it's rained __________ times this summer, and that is why the grass is turning brown and dying. 8. They said that just ___________ help could make a big difference.

8. Past Continuous/Past Simple Tense (tiempo verbal) Time expression Use Form Examples Affirmative Examples: Negatives Examples Interrogatives Past Continuous while . an action happened in the middle of another action someone was doing sth. at a certain time (in the past) - you do not know whether it was finished or not was/were + infinitive + -ing I was working. He was working I was going. You were going. I wasn't working. He wasn't working I wasn't going. You weren't going. Was I working? Was he working? Was I going? Were you going? Simple Past or Past Simple last ... ... ago in 1990 yesterday action took place in the past, mostly connected with an expression of time (no connection to the present) regular: infinitive + -ed Irregular: I worked. He worked. I went. He went. I didn't work. He didn't work. I didn't go. He didn't go. Did I work? Did he work? Did I go? Did he go?

9. Decide whether the Past Continuous or Past Simple should be used in each gap. We ______________ (go) down the road at 100 kph when the wheel _______________ (fall) off. He nearly ___________(have) a heart attack when he ___________ (see) the bear. Uncle Ben _________ (get) dressed ___when he ______ (feel) a sharp pain in his chest. The winning racing driver __________ (shake) the bottle then ____________ (take) the cork out. She ____________ (fill) in a questionnaire when the pen ____________ (run)out of ink. They _______________ (watch) TV when the lights ___________________ (go) off. Mike _____________(not see) his friend because he___________ (face) the other way.