Saunders, PE teacher and nutritionist will answer some questions for you. Can you finish the sentence? If you can't, then you have little knowledge of good eating habits. Note: 4'21" - Where you read "Not many, but enough", you must read "Not much, but enough". ESL lesson plan for debates & discussions including common expressions. Speaking activities for debates, discussions and giving opinions. Use questions starting with 'How much.' when asking about uncountable nouns.1.4/1.5 Predicates and Quantifiers Can we express the following statement in propositional logic? Every computer has a CPU No Outline: Predicates Quantifiers Domain of Predicate Translation Using quantifiers to give opinions PDF). Use questions starting with 'How many.' only when asking about countable nouns. When asking a question to find out the availability or number of something use how much or how many. Quantifiers That Are Used With Only Countable Nouns As in, "The water is in the bottle." Here, "water" is the main subject. When talking about the location of something and the focus is not on the container, but on the contents, use in (or on, for plates). As in, "It is a box of cereal." In this sentence the container is the main subject. Note: Generally, when talking about what the container is holding use the preposition of. I was so thirsty, I drank a jug of juice. Containers are all countable.Ī box, a bottle, a carton, a bag, a basket, a jug, a bowl, a plate, a cart
They range in size and shape and help to tell the location of other nouns. ContainersĬontainers are things that are used to carry, transport or hold other nouns. There's enough beer for him.Ī lot of cars are from Germany. On the other hand, "Yoshi has little experience in management." means that he doesn't have enough experience.Įnough = perfect or right amount (not enough = not the right amount)Ī bunch of = many, a lot, a group of (a bunch of grapes or bananas)Įxample sentences using both countable and uncountable nouns:Ī ll of the cows are white. For example, "Yoshi has a little experience in management." means that although Yoshi is no great expert he does have some experience and that experience might be enough. There is a similar difference between little and a little. On the contrary, "Charlie owns few books on Latin American literature." means he doesn't have enough for our purposes and we'd better go to the library. For instance, "Charlie owns a few books on Latin American literature." means that he has some books - not a lot of books, but probably enough for our purposes.
Note : There is a difference between a few and few. Quantifiers Used With Only Uncountable NounsĪ good deal of = plenty, a medium number ofĪ great deal of = a lot of, a large number of, more than a good deal of Notice that the noun becomes plural when a quantifier is used before it (countable only). Quantifiers usually go after the main verb in the sentence and always go before the noun. Ī countable noun is a noun that can be counted, meaning it becomes plural.Įxamples of countable nouns: cars, buildings, boys, girls, purse, wallet, woman, men, child, etc.Īn uncountable noun is a noun that cannot be counted and is in singular form, but is composed of more than one individual person or item.Įxamples of uncountable nouns: air, water, juice, crowd, class, team, blood, traffic etc. Which quantifier is used depends on whether the noun is countable or uncountable. Quantifiers show how much or how many of a noun is being talked about. Quantifiers are words that go before nouns.
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