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English IV

Modulo # _1_

I. Datos Generales
Nombre de la Asignatura: _English IV_____Código: __INE207____
Unidades valorativas: 4 Duración del Modulo: 10 días

Overview:
 This unit looks at food and drinks.

Specific Objectives:
1. The student will be able to learn how to use Too/ (not)… enough / really
/ very.
2. Students will learn vocabulary to relate to containers for food and
storage.

Skills to develop:
 Practice the correct use of comparative and adjectives with the word
enough.
 Practice correct vocabulary for containers.

Brief Description of the Forum:

After reading the material, the student will be able to participate in the
discussion forum and practice the reading segments of conversations use it
in conversation form in the forum.

Brief Description of Activities:

The student will practice conversations using the vocabulary learned.

Homework Description:
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Workbook Activities from your Textbook Personal Best Level A2- Unit 6 using
the Richmond Learning Platform by doing practice exercises of skills / self-
study and assignments.

II. Content:
Food and Drinks
Language:
- Quantifier
- Countable and uncountable nouns
- containers

Content Development:

What are quantifiers?

In English grammar, a quantifier is a word (or phrase) which indicates the

number or amount being referred to. It generally comes before the noun (or
noun phrase). The chart below shows which type of noun goes with which
quantifier.

However, note that some of the examples in the chart can take on several
different roles within a sentence. For example, ‘any’ can be used as a quantifier,
a pronoun or an adverb:

 any as a quantifier: Have you got any tomatoes?

 any as a pronoun: I don’t want any of you making a noise.

 any as an adverb: Can’t this car go any faster?

In these notes, we are only considering these words/phrases as quantifiers.

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Quantifiers are used at the beginning of noun phrases:

 before a noun on its own: fewer answers

 before an adjective and noun: some useful phrases

 before an adverb, adjective and noun: every really pleasant experience

Normally two quantifiers cannot be used together before the same noun.
However, the quantifiers alland both are found immediately before the or a
possessive pronoun: all my relatives, both the ministers. You will also see the
following combinations of quantifiers:

 a little less noise

 a few more questions

 every few minutes

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Many, much, a lot of

These are all used to talk about a large quantity of something; many is used
only with C nouns,much with U nouns and a lot of can be used with both.

Only many and much can be preceded by the words how, to form questions
(how many / how much …?). The word too can be used to express a negative
idea (too hot, too cold) and so, to show the speaker’s attitude to the quantity
(so many that … /so much he couldn’t …). Manyandmuch tend to be rather
formal in use and are therefore often found in legal documents, academic
papers and so on; in speech we often use phrases like a lot of, loads of, tons
of, hundreds of.

Few, little

Again, the meaning of these two words is similar since they both refer to small
quantities, except that few is found with C nouns and little with U nouns.

If they are used without the indefinite article, a, they have the sense of not
enough and are negative in feeling (few events, little interest) but these are
quite formal and we would normally prefer not many events and not much
interest.

When few and little are used witha they simply mean a small quantity with no
extra negative overtones: a few events (i.e. three or four) and a little
interest (i.e. some interest, but not a lot).

Any

Any can be used before countable and uncountable nouns usually

in questions and negativesentences:

 Are you bringing any friends with you?

 Do you have any coffee?

 I can’t remember any songs.

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 He isn’t taking any chances.

If we stress the word any heavily when speaking, we are suggesting an

unlimited choice from a range of things or an unrestricted quantity; in this case
its use is not confined to just questions and negatives:

 Help yourself to any sandwiches. (the choice is yours)

 Don’t you like any Beatles song? (I can’t believe you dislike them all)

 I can’t see any difference. (nothing at all)

Some

Some is usually thought of as the positive counterpart to any in many

circumstances.

 I’m bringing some friends with me.

 I have some coffee.

Like any it is used before both C and U nouns, and means an indefinite quantity
but not a large amount. The general rule given above for the use of any in
negative sentences and questions does not always hold in requests and offers
where we often use some to mean a small amount of a known quantity:

 Would you like some cake? (here is the cake, do you want a piece of it?)

 Could I have some biscuits instead? (any would not be possible in this
case)

If we stress the word some in positive and negative sentences and in questions,
we are suggesting a limited quantity or number of something:

 I like some Beatles songs. (But certainly not all!)

 I can see some difference. (But not a lot!)

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A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the

amount or quantity:
'Some', 'many', 'a lot of' and 'a few' are examples of quantifiers.

Quantifiers can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns.

Examples:

There are some books on the desk

He's got only a few dollars.
How much money have you got?
There is a large quantity of fish in this river.
He's got more friends than his sister.

Examples of quantifiers

With Uncountable Nouns

 much

 a little/little/very little *

 a bit (of)

 a great deal of

 a large amount of

 a large quantity of

With Both

 all

 enough

 more/most

 less/least
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 no/none

 not any

 some

 any

 a lot of

 lots of

 plenty of

With Countable Nouns

 many

 a few/few/very few **

 a number (of)

 several

 a large number of

 a great number of

 a majority of

* NOTE

little, very little mean that there is not enough of something.

a little means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.

** NOTE

few, very few mean that there is not enough of something.

a few means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough
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Examples of how to use in a sentence:

Do you want a can of Coca Cola?

Ring pulls on tins of food are such a good idea.

Always make sure to put the screw top back on top of the bottle.

The tray of meat is ready to go in the oven.

Can you pass me that jar of jam please?

I eat a whole package of cookies today.

The tin of biscuits is now empty who eat them all!

John is eating a bag of crisps.

Sarah and Jason where sharing a basket of strawberries.

We only need a few things so a shopping basket will be big enough.

My younger daughter loves pushing the shopping trolley.

We always save the plastic bags we get from our shopping.

In America paper bags are used to carry your food.

Bibliography
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1. Textbook: Personal Best Level 2B, Editorial Richmond.

2. Diccionario de Ingles / Español o www.dictionary.com
3. Laboratorio de Idiomas - Personal Best: https://richmondlp.com