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S.2E English Language Module 8 Quantifiers

S.2E English Language Module 8 Quantifiers. 9 March 2011. Discuss with your neighbour. Compare the difference between the ingredients on Mary’s recipe and those on John’s. Mary and John’s egg tart recipes. Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour 10 tablespoons of butter 1 cup of white sugar

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S.2E English Language Module 8 Quantifiers

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  1. S.2E English LanguageModule 8 Quantifiers 9 March 2011

  2. Discuss with your neighbour. Compare the difference between the ingredients on Mary’s recipe and those on John’s.

  3. Mary and John’s egg tart recipes • Ingredients: • 3 cups all-purpose flour • 10 tablespoons of butter • 1 cup of white sugar • 5 tablespoons of cold water • 4 cups of water • 10g of brown sugar • 3 eggs • 12 cups of evaporated milk • 4 teaspoons of vanilla extract • Ingredients: • Some cups all-purpose flour • Many tablespoons of butter • One cup of sugar • Many tablespoons of cold water • A few cups of water • A little brown sugar • Several eggs • A lot of cups of evaporated milk • A few teaspoons of vanilla extract Quantifiers

  4. Quantifiers • What are quantifiers? What do they do? • They tell us something about quantity. • Quantifiers ≠ numbers • E.g. I bought several books yesterday. • I bought 5 books yesterday. Quantity Exact amount

  5. The forms of quantifiers:

  6. countable or uncountable? • Meaning?

  7. Too many / Too much vs. a lot of • e.g. I’m full now. I’ve eaten too much. Positive Negativemeaning Negativemeaning

  8. Is any positive or negative? • Positive in most cases. • Only negative when accompanied by a negative verb. I haven’t got any money. I have got any money. I have got no money. I didn’t have no money.     It is a double negative!

  9. Warm-up exercise • Andy and May are going to Paris. They are discussing what they should take put in their suitcase. Fill in the gaps with some, any, toomany and toomuch. too many some any

  10. Warm-up exercise • Jacky is going for a picnic tomorrow and now asking for his mum to allow him to bring snacks. Fill in the gaps with some, any, toomany and toomuch. some some too many some any too many

  11. A few / few / a little / little? +ve countable -ve +ve uncountable -ve

  12. I have ________ pencils in my pencil case. • Pencil  • Meaning  • I have ________ coins in my pocket. • Coin  • Meaning  a few countable +ve few countable -ve (almost no coins!)

  13. Today is my birthday. I want to try __________ wine. • Wine  • Meaning  • I don’t like learning Putonghua. I really have _______ interest in it. I love English much more! • Interest  • Meaning  a little uncountable +ve little uncountable -ve (almost no interest!)

  14. Warm-up exercise (II) • Fill in the blanks with afew, few, alittle, and little. • Alex is now settling down at his new school. At first, he kept very much to himself and had ______________ to say for himself. He had _____________ friends because he kept silent all the time. He wasn’t really happy. This term is better, though, as he has made some new friends, including ________________ really good friends. little few a few

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