3 MEDIOS UNIT 4

HOW MUCH IS IT?

CONTENTS:
1. Sustantivos contables y no contables
2. Preguntas How Much y How Many
3. Uso de Some y Any
4. Adverbios de cantidad : A lot of, some, a little, many, a few

Sustantivos contables y no-contables

Existen 2 tipos de sustantivos los contables y los no-contables.
Los contables son muy fciles de identificar porque son cosas que t puedes contar adems,
pueden ser singular o pluraly usarse con los artculos a/ an para los sustantivos singulares.
Ex: Three pears (tres peras)
An apple (una manzana)
Los no-contables son sustancias, conceptos que no podemos dividir por separado ni contar,
adems son usados slo como singulares.
Por ejemplo no podemos contar el agua (uncontable noun) pero si botellas
de agua, vasos de agua (contable noun).

Activity 1:Para practicar, realiza los ejercicios de esta pginay clasifica los sustantivos en
contable o no contables. Presiona en botn rojo para revisar tus respuestas
http://www.uv.mx/tecaprendizaje/material/cursoenlinea/Mary/Grammar/Countable%20and%20
Unc%20Nouns/Countable%20and%20uncountable/EXERCISE2.htm

How much / How many

Se utilizan para preguntar por cantidades de algo, su traduccin es, para ambos, cunto(s)
o cunta (s)que se aplicaran segn sea el caso.
Si se trata de sustantivos contables, se aplica How many?
Si se trata de sustantivos incontables, se usa How much?
Ejemplos:
How much sugar do you need?
How many potatoes are necessary?
How much milk is there?

Cunta azcar necesitas?

Cuntas papas son necesarias?
Cunta leche hay?

Este tipo de preguntas siempre empieza de la misma manera:

How many/ much + Sustantivo contable/ no-contable + ?

Activity 2: Elige como completarestas oraciones, con how much o how many
http://www.better-english.com/easier/howmuch.htm

Some and Any

Las palabras some y any sirven para expresar cierta cantidad o una cantidad
indeterminada de alguna cosa.
Ambas pueden ser usadas con sustantivos contables o no-contables.
Some y Any significan: alguno, alguna, algunos, algunas, algo de
Any se usa en oraciones interrogativas y negativas(algo de, ningn, ninguna,
ningunas, ningunos, nada de)
Some se usa para oraciones afirmativas (alguno, alguna, algunos, algunas)
Ejemplos:
I have some friends but not many (affirmative sentence)
You dont need any sugar to make pancakes (negative sentence)
Do you have any ideas for your project? (interrogative sentence)
Activity 3: Complete the sentences using some or any.
1.-We have _____ coffee but we dont have ______ milk.
2.- You can have ______ chocolate or ______ biscuits but not both.
3.-A: Do you have _______ lemon juice or vinegar?
B: Yes, we have _____ vinegar but we dont have _____ lemon juice.
4.- I had mussels with _____ parmesan cheese.
5.- I asked for ______ garlic sauce for the meat but they didnt have _____!

Many - A few / Much - A little

Usamos Many y A few con sustantivos contables plurales, el primero indica gran cantidad
y el segundo poca (ver imagen superior)
Ex: Many friends A Few cars

Many people

Usamos Much y A Little con sustantivos no-contables, el primero indica gran cantidad y el
segundo poca (ver imagen superior)
Ex: Much time A little water

Much water

A little sugar

Much y Many son usados por lo general en oraciones negativas e interrogativas.

The pizza didnt have much cheese

How much food did you buy?

We dont need many potatoes

How many olives did you eat?

Para resumir:
Countable nouns
Uncountable nouns

:::
A few
A little

::::::::
Many
Much

::::::::::::::::::::::::
A lot of
A lot of

Activity 4: Complete with much,many, few or little

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.

He isnt very popular. He has _few_ friends.

Ann is very busy these days. She has ______ free time.
Did you take _____ photographs when you were on holiday?
Im not very busy today. I havent got ______ to do.
The museum was very crowded. There were too______ people.
Most of the town is modern. There are ______ old buildings.
The weather has been very dry recently. Weve had ____ rain.

A lot of

A lot of money

A lot of apples

A lot of flowers

A lot of water

A lot of: Expresa una gran cantidad superior a todas, puede ser usado con sustantivos
contables y no-contables
Ex:

Add a lot of cheese (uncountable noun)

Use a lot of potatoes (countable noun)

Activity 5: Complete the sentences with a lot of + one of these words

Accidents
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

books

fun

interesting things

traffic

I like reading. I have a lot of books

We enjoyed our visit to the museum. We saw______________________________.
This road is very dangerous. There are ___________________________________.
We enjoyed our holiday. We had ________________________________________.
It took me a long time to drive here. There was ____________________________.

Correct answers exercise 3 , 4, and 5

Activity 3
1. some/ any 2. some/ some 3.any

4.some/ any

5.some

Activity 4
2. little
5. many

3.many
6. few

4. much
7. little

Activity 5
2.- A lot of
interesting things.

3.-A lot of
accidents.

4.-A lot of fun.

6.- some/ any

5.-A lot of traffic.