5.1 Quantifiers + countable and uncountable nouns5.1 В Quantifiers that tell us roughly how much and how many [> LEG 5.3]
Study:
[*3Write:1 If we say I bought five magazines to read on the train, we are saying exactly how many.2 If we say I bought some magazines to read on the train, we aren't saying how many.3 If we say I bought a few magazines to read on the train, we are giving 'a rough idea'.
Some quantity words like a few, a little give us 'a rough idea'. If we arrange these on a scale,
too much and too many are at the top of the scale and no is at the bottom.Arrange the quantifiers to show most at the top and least at the bottom. More than one answer is
possible.There are
enough eggs. 1 a.
no eggs. 2a.
too many eggs. 3a.
hardly any eggs. 4a.
a few eggs. 5a.
plenty of eggs. 6a.
very few eggs. 7a.
a lot of eggs. 8a.
not many eggs. 9a.There is
hardly any milk. 1b
too much milk. 2b
a little milk. 3b
no milk. 4b
not much milk. 5b
enough milk. 6b
a lot of milk. 7b
plenty of milk. 8b
very little milk. 9bNow write sentences of your own using any six of the above quantifiers.
1 2 3 4 5 65.1 С Context
Write: Put in any, enough, few, hardly any, many, no, plenty of, some or very little.EXCUSES! EXCUSES!
You may be trying to buy a pair of shoes and there are too(^1) iri your size and you can't choose, or there are too
(^2) Shop assistants are good at inventing excuses. A few
days ago I was trying to buy^3 birthday cards for three
five-year-old children. There were^4 cards for children, but
(^5) for five-year-olds. 'Five is a very popular age this year,'
the assistant said. 'We can't get^6 cards for this age-
group.' Then I went to a Do It Yourself shop and tried to buy some
orange paint. There was^7 paint in the shop, but in the
end I found^6 Then I asked for two small paint brushes.
'We don't have^9 ' the shop assistant explained. There's
1 0 demand for them. No one ever asks for
1 1 '. 'Yes, they do!' I exclaimed. 'I'm asking for
1 2 now!'
I'm asking for some NOW!