9B - quantifiers: how much, how many, a lot of, etc

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Casa de Cultura Britânica (CBB) - UFC
3rd semester
9B - White gold
Grammar Vocabulary Phonetics
quantifiers: how much /
how many, a lot of, etc.
food containers linking, /∫/ and /s/
Grammar: quantifiers: how much / how many, a lot of, etc.
● English nouns can be countable and uncountable.
countable = things you can count, e.g. apples. Countable nouns can be singular
(an apple) or plural (apples).
uncountable = things you can’t count, e.g. rice, meat NOT two rices, three meats.
Uncountable nouns are normally singular.
● Some nouns can be countable or uncountable, e.g. ice cream.
an ice cream (countable)
some ice cream (uncountable)
uncountable
(singular) short answers full answers
How much sugar do
you eat?
A lot.
Quite a lot.
A little.
Not much.
None.
I eat a lot of sugar.
I eat quite a lot of sugar..
I eat a little sugar.
I don’t eat much sugar.
I don’t eat any sugar.
countable (plural)
How many sweets
do you eat?
A lot.
Quite a lot.
A few.
Not many.
None.
I eat a lot of sweets.
I eat quite a lot of sweets.
I eat a few sweets.
I don’t eat many sweets.
I don’t eat any sweets.
● A lot of and lots of
● A lot of and lots of mean the same thing, e.g. He eats a lot of cheese / lots of
cheese.
● We use How much…? with uncountable nouns and How many…? with countable
nouns.
● We use:
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a lot (of) with countable and uncountable nouns for a big quantity.
quite a lot (of) for a medium quantity.
a little / not…much with uncountable nouns for a small quantity
a few / not… many with countable plural nouns for a small quantity
not… any (none in short answers) for zero quantity.
● a lot of and much / many
In affirmative sentences we usually use a lot of.
In negative sentences and interrogative sentences we usually use much and
many.
“I don’t drink much water.”; “Do you drink much coffee?”
- It is also possible to use a lot of in negative and interrogative.
“I don’t eat a lot of vegetables”; “Do you drink a lot of coffee?”
Vocabulary: food containers
a bottle→ a bottle of olive oil
a box→ a box of cereal
a can→ a can of Coke
a carton→ a cartoon of milk
a jar→ a jar of jam
a packet→ a packet of biscuits
a tin→ a tin of tuna
Phonetics: linking, /∫/ and /s/
/∫/→ sugar, fish, delicious, fresh, information, reception, shopping, special, sure.
/s/→ salt, sweets, centre, cereal, cinema, crisps, rice, salad, science,