Describing large/small quantities Flashcards
(15 cards)
niewiele ponad ćwiartkę / jedną czwartą ze
A little over a quarter of
- A little over a quarter of the students have a credit card
- A little over a quarter of the class has a credit card
około połowy z
about half of
- About half of the students have a credit card
- About half of the class has a credit card
niemal trzy czwarte z
nearly three quarters of
- Nearly three quarters of the students have a credit card
- Nearly three quarters of the class has a credit card
pięćdziesiąt procent z
Fifty per cent of
- Fifty per cent of the students have a credit card
- Fifty per cent of the class has a credit card
Give 2 examples of quantifiers to express large quantities
and additional 2 to express small quantities.
Both describing uncountable nouns
- A large amount of
- A small amount of
- A great deal of
- A small portion of
- A large amount of illegal activity takes place online
- A small portion of his income is from illegal sources
Give 2 examples of quantifiers to express large quantities
and additional 3 to express small quantities.
Both describing countable nouns
- The (vast) majority of
- A (small) minority of
- A considerable number of (znaczna)
- A tiny number of
*A handful of (garstka)
- A considerable number of international criminals speak two languages
- A handful of the cases of identity theft involved stolen passports
Give 1 examples of quantifiers to express large quantities
and additional 1 to express small quantities.
Both describing both types of nouns
- A sizable portion of (pokaźna, znaczna)
- Virtually none of (niemal, prawie zupełnie)
- A sizable portion of fraud that’s committed is never reported
- A virtually none of the products I need are available
praktycznie (niemalże), niemal, prawie zupełnie, prawie
*virtually
- [vɜːʳtʃuəli]
- you can use virtually to indicate that something is so nearly true that for most purposes it can be regarded as true.
- Virtually all cooking was done over coal-fired ranges.
- It would have been virtually impossible to research all the information
garść, garstka
- a handful
- A handful of people or things is a small number of them
- a handful of my friends speak French
określnik ilościowy, kwantyfikator
quantifier
- [c]
- In grammar, a quantifier is a word or phrase such as ‘plenty’ or ‘a lot’ which you use to refer to a quantity of something without being precise. It is often followed by ‘of’, as in ‘a lot of money’.
Give 6 examples to compare two amounts
- half as much … as (o połowę mniejszy)
- half as many … as
- twice as much … as (dwa razy więcej)
- twice as many … as
- about the same … as (mniej więcej tak samo)
- similar to
- We sold twice as many units in the second quarter
- we had half as many faulty products returned in the third quarter
- Did you perform much better, better, about the same, worse or much worse than the average? (Czy szło [Panu/Pani] dużo lepiej, lepiej, mniej więcej tak samo, gorzej czy dużo gorzej od średniej?)
to involve sth
obejmuje, dotyczy
- if a situation or activity involves something, that thing is a necessary part or consequence of it.
- If a situation or activity involves someone, they are taking part in it
- Running a kitchen involves a great deal of discipline and speed.
- Nicky’s job involves spending quite a lot of time with other people
- Detectives launched an operation involving Interpol and Nigerian police
wskaźnik
a/the rate
*[c]
- Phone or utilities fraud occurs at the same rate as credit fraud.
- The rate is similat for bank fraud
przypadki: są, pojawiają się, dotyczą
cases/instances are, occur, involve
way too much
way too long
way too big
far too much
za dużo, zbyt wiele
