Quantifiers: Much, Many & A lot of (We use much money) Go Quantifiers: Much, Many & A lot of

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1 Quantifiers: Much, Many & A lot of (We use much money) Área Lectura y Escritura, Inglés Resultados de aprendizaje Conocer el uso de cuantificadores en contextos de escritura formal. Diferenciar el uso de cuantificadores contables e incontables en contexto de escritura formal. Utilizar las diversas formas verbales de cuantificadores en contextos de escritura formal. Contenidos 1. Much, Many & A lot of Debo saber Para desarrollar esta guía de mejor manera, es necesario que el estudiante deba tener conocimientos de los siguientes tiempos verbales: - Presente simple - Presente continuo En caso de no poseer los conocimientos anteriormente nombrados, puedes revisar la carpeta de inglés del área de lectura y escritura, donde encontrarás guías de trabajo e introducción a los tiempos verbales mencionados. Go Quantifiers: Much, Many & A lot of We use much, many and a lot of to talk about large quantities, but every quantifier is used in a different way. LARGE QUANTITY MANY A LOT OF MUCH A lot of 1. We use a lot of in positive and negative sentences with countable and uncountable nouns. We say: We bought a lot of food. Paula hasn t got a lot of free time We bought a lot of books. Did they ask a lot of questions? Primera Edición

2 There is a lot of food/money/water (singular verb) There are a lot of trees/shops/people (plural verbs) A lot of people speak English (not speaks) Many 2. We use many in positive, negative sentences and questions with countable nouns. Did you buy many books? We don t know many people. Much How many photos did you take? A: Did you take any photo? B: I took some, but not many. 3. We use much in negative sentences and questions with uncountable nouns. Did you buy much food? I haven t got much luggage. How much money do you want? A: Have you got any money? B: I have got some, but not much. POSITIVE NEGATIVE QUESTION COUNTABLE NOUNS A LOT OF MANY (HOW) MANY UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS A LOT OF MUCH (HOW) MUCH Primera Edición

3 Exercises 1. In this exercise you have to say when you are going to do something. Exercise 1: Circle countable nouns. Underline uncountable nouns. 1. There are many sandwiches in the kitchen. 2. I don t drink much coffee. 3. There is a lot of salt in this meal. 4. Just a little sugar, please! 5. There aren t many biscuits in the cupboard. 6. What a lot of people. Exercise 2: Circle the correct quantity word or phrase. 1. I haven t got much / many text messages today. 2. Do you drink many / a lot of tea, Mary? 3. The restaurant closes at midnight. There isn t much / many time to look around. 4. There aren t much / many people in the kitchen. Exercise 3: Write much or many. 1. Did you buy much food? 2. Paula hasn t got money. 3. There aren t cherries in the fridge. 4. Were there people in the train? Primera Edición

4 Exercise 4: Complete the sentences. Use a lot of + these words: Interesting things fun books accidents 1. I like reading. I have a lot of books. 2. We enjoyed visiting the zoo. We saw. 3. This street is very dangerous. There are. 4. We enjoyed our holiday. We had. Exercise 5: Write How much / How many. 1. How many people are coming to the party? 2. milk do you want in your coffee? 3. bread did you buy? 4. player are in the football team? Primera Edición

5 Key Exercise 1 Exercise 2 1. sandwiches 2. coffee 3. salt 4. sugar 5. biscuits 6. people 1. many 2. a lot of 3. much 4. many Exercise 3 1. much 2. much 3. many 4. many Exercise 4 1. a lot of books 2. a lot of interesting things 3. a lot of accidents 4. a lot of fun Exercise 5 1. How many 2. How much 3. How much 4. How many Esta guía fue desarrollada por Ana Rodríguez, parte del equipo de tutores de Lectura y Escritura sub área inglés Primera Edición