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Module 5 Grammar - Expressions of Quantity and Articles
Module 5 Grammar - Expressions of Quantity and Articles
EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY
AND ARTICLES
1. EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY
2. _____ support
3. _____ demand
4. _____ maintenance
5. _____ manager
Exercises: In the blank write “c” if the noun is countable or “u” if
it’s uncountable:
2. __u__ support
3. __u__ demand
4. __u__ maintenance
5. __c__ manager
b. Would like
Use:
We use would like or ’d like to say politely what we
want, especially when making offers and requests.
Form:
Would like is the same in all persons.
• Affirmative:
Would
Subject Complement*
like
I
You
He/she/it would interaction with production crew
We like members to improve
You
They
eg.
He would like to speak with the maintenance manager
Contracted way
I
You
He/she/it interaction with production crew members
‘d like
We to improve
You
They
eg.
He’d like to speak with the maintenance manager.
* The verb "would like" requires an object, a gerund, or an infinitive after it.
e.g.
I would like a hydraulic jack. ("hydraulic jack" is an object.)
The engineer would like a new job. ("job" is an object.)
He'd like a power shovel. ("power shovel" is an object. Notice that the
subject and "would" are contracted to form "He'd." This is very common.)
They'd like to see the plane. ("To see" is an infinitive.)
You’d like working there. ("working" is a gerund.)
• Negative
I
You
He/she/it interaction with production
would not like
We crew members to get worse
You
They
eg.
He would not like to speak with the maintenance manager.
Contracted way
Would + not
Subject like Complement
wouldn’t
I
You
He/she/it interaction with production
wouldn’t like
We crew members to get worse
You
They
eg.
He wouldn’t like to speak with the maintenance manager.
• Questions
Question
would Subject like Complement
word
I
you
he/she/it interaction with production crew
How would like
we members to improve?
you
they
eg.
Why would you like to speak with the maintenance manager?
Yes/No questions and short answers
Short Answer*
Would Subject like Complement
Affirmative Negative
e.g.
• There is a good level of service.
• There is an improvement in performance.
• There are many parameters for reliability, maintainability and availability.
c. There is / There are
• Negative
Verb to be
There Complement
+not
an electricity generator singular
isn´t
any gas uncountable
There
aren´t any people plural
e.g.
• There isn’t time enough.
• There isn’t a reliability meter in the new system.
• There aren’t any critical failures.
c. There is / There are
• Questions
a crane outside?
is
ice on the floor?
Why there
are free places?
e.g.
• Is there time enough?
• Why isn’t there a reliability meter in the new system?
• Are there any critical failures?
c. There is / There are
• Yes / No questions
e.g.
• Is there acceptance to our products?
• Is there a reliability meter in the new system?
• Are there any critical failures?
Exercises: In the blanks write there is/are according to the case:
1. There _____ failures which are considered to be important enough
to stop the hole work.
2. There _____ a saying that 30 incidents become one accident and
30 accidents become one fatal accident.
3. There _____ random or constant failures, which can occur at any
time and may be caused by external factors.
4. _____ there general factors which contribute to the achievement
of availability? - Yes, there are.
5. There _____ not a breakdown maintenance in high demand
periods.
Exercises: In the blanks write there is/are according to the case:
1. There __are__ failures which are considered to be important
enough to stop the hole work.
2. There __is__ a saying that 30 incidents become one accident and
30 accidents become one fatal accident.
3. There__are__ random or constant failures, which can occur at any
time and may be caused by external factors.
4. __Are__ there general factors which contribute to the
achievement of availability? – Yes, there are.
5. There __is__ not a breakdown maintenance in high demand
periods.
d. Much and many / How much… ? and How many… ?
• Use:
• Use
Affirmative
We use some in affirmative sentences with uncountable and
plural nouns.
There are some work requests. Some + plural noun.
There’s some gas in the tank. Some + uncountable noun.
Negative
We use any in negative sentences with uncountable and plural
nouns.
There aren’t any incidents. Any + plural noun.
There isn’t any safety prevention. Any + uncountable noun.
Question
We use any in questions with uncountable and plural nouns.
Are there any free machines? Any + plural noun.
Is there any useful information? Any + uncountable noun.
Affirmative Negative Question
We use some in questions when we ask for things and offer things.
Use:
• We use a few with count nouns.
With professions.
I’m a mechanic.
She’s an engineer
With some expressions of quantity:
a pair of a little a couple of a few
In exclamations with what + a count noun.
What a powerful engine!
What a good idea!
b. Definite article: The definite article the is used with singular and
plural, countable and uncountable nouns when both the speaker
and the listener know the thing or idea already.
She goes to work by bus. She goes to the work by the bus.
I went by plane. I went by the plane.
Note:
In the phrase go home, there is no article and no preposition.