Quantifiers Flashcards
Little with countable noun or uncountable
Uncountable
Few and many are the opposite use for?
and how to make sentence negative,more negative, positive
Many : large quantity for countable things
There are many children there
>there are a lot of children
There are few children there
There are not much children
There are very few children
There are almost no children
There are a few children there
There are some children
There are a few children there
Explain what “a few” means and is it for
Countable or uncountable
A few means a positive things
If we saw a few it means there is some
Much &little use for countable or uncountable ?
Uncountable
Any and much use for .
Question and negative statements
How to make the idea of “little” more negative.
By adding very
I will have very little time
I have no time
How to make “ little “ positive sense.
By adding “a” to little
a little
I will have a little tome
I have some time
What each sentence means
There are few students
There are very few students
There are a few students
1-there are not many students
2-there almost no student
3-there are some students
Make a positive &negative sentence with
little
Few
We are happy to see a little progress
Negative:
We are sad to see little progress
Find the mistake
1-He was upset because he had a few nice comments.
2- I’m worried because I’ve had little news from her.
3-I was expecting many children , but there were very little
1-he was upset because he had (very) few nice comments
2-its correct
3- Instead of very little > very few because children are countable
Explain the meaning of each sentence
I speak little English
I speak very little English
I speak a little English
1-my English is bad
2-my English is very bad
3-i can speak well i can mange if i travel to a foreign country
9 We need to go to the greengrocer’s. There are _____ potatoes left.
Few
a few
a little
They need to go to the store why? Because there no potatoes left
Explain the answer
1-a few
It’s means something positive if i said about something a few it’s means there is some
The sentence said they need to go to the store and if i use a few it will not make sense because it contract the idea of going to the store why would they go if they have a few potatoes left?
2-little: can not work because it for uncountable noun
3-few : few as it’s own means not many so they want to go to the store because there is just few potatoes left ✅
10 There was _____ traffic so we arrived very early.
a. a little
b. a few
c. little
1-a little: means there were indeed traffic but how that’s work if they arrived early?
2-little : the word in its self means something not mush
So there was little traffic (not mush) which led them to arrived early
3-few: it’s for countable noun and traffic uncountable
The answer A
If you want to use a little in the right form you can say
There was a little traffic so we arrived late
There was some traffic
My friend died …..22 June 1688
On
In
At i
On because 22 June is a day
And on used with days
