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Objetivo: Utilizar y recordar las expresiones usadas para los sustantivos contable y no

contable.
Countable and uncountable nouns
Recuerda que:

With countable
With uncountable
How many…? How much…?
A few/ few A little/ little
A number of A bit (of)
Several A great deal of
A large number of A large amount of
A great number of A large quantity of
A majority of

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Countable and uncountable nouns
Recuerda que:

With countable and Examples:


uncountable nouns  There are several students in this classroom.
No/none
Not any  We were running and we saw a lot of policemen in the park.
Some /Any  Yesterday, a few English teachers had a meeting in this town.
A lot of  The police found some new cars in the parking lot.
Plenty of
Lots of  I saw a large number of red chairs in this classroom.
 My father was thirsty and he drank a lot of orange juice.
 There is a bit of water in that small bottle.
 There is a little cheese left, we need to buy more.
 During breakfast, my mother gave us a great deal of advice.
 There isn’t any sugar in this cup.

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Countable and uncountable nouns
1. Much and Many 3. A lot of
They are used in negative and question forms. In affirmative statements, we use ‘a lot of’ instead of
much or many.
Examples:
 How much milk did you buy? Examples:
 How many apples have you eaten?  I've a lot of work this week.
 There's not much meat in the fridge.  There were a lot of people at the concert.
 There weren't many guests at the party.

4. A few and a little


2. Much and Many with expressions ‘A few’ (for countable nouns) and ‘a little’ (for uncountable
nouns) describe the quantity in a positive way:
They are also used with ‘too’, ‘(not) so’, and
‘(not) as’ Examples:
 "I’ve a few friends" = Maybe not many, but enough
Examples:
 "I've a little money" = I've got enough to live on
 It's a problem when there are so many people.
 There's not so much work to do this week.

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Countable and uncountable nouns
5. Few and little
‘Few’ and ‘little’ describe the quantity in a negative way:

Examples:
 Few people went to the concert. = The concert wasn’t as perfect as they want.
 She had little money = almost no money.
 I can’t buy that car. I have little money.
 The party wasn’t fun. There were few guests.

6. No
We use ‘no’ instead of “not any” with uncountable or plural countable nouns in affirmative sentences.

Examples:
 There isn’t any water = There is no water.
 There weren’t any boys = There were no boys.

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Autor de la metodología: Francisco González Cifuentes
Supervisión académica: Mayra Teresa Hurtado Mendoza
Diseño y adaptación: Diana Paola Pérez Muñoz
Fotografía e imágenes: www.shutterstock.com / www.freepik.com

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