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COURSE GUIDE TOPIC GRAMMAR EXPECTED TIME

OF WORK
English IV 3 How much time do Quantifiers with
you practice your countable and 8 hours
English skills? uncountable nouns.

Teacher: ANGELA M GARCÍA

Student: ___________________________________________

1. OBJECTIVES:

● To recognize the quantifiers used with countable and uncountable nouns.

● To implement the use of quantifiers to give more information about how much or how
many of an item you are talking about.
● To identify the use of quantifiers in different contexts.

2. PRESENTATION:

Dear student, in this guide you will find the content about quantifiers with countable and
uncountable nouns, their uses and grammar aspects. After developing this guide, you will be able
to describe and give more information about how much or how many of an item you are talking
about.

In order to use this guide appropriately, first of all, you should check the PDF file attached; in this
document you will find a clear explanation of the topic and see the grammar contents that you will
work on along this guide. After it, you will be able to develop the exercises and the final tasks.

This guide covers two weeks of work, it is further divided into four hours of independent work per
week. If you have any questions do not hesitate to ask your teacher.

2.1 Initial reflection:

With your previous knowledge in English solve the following questions.

→ How many restaurants are in your city, which one is your favorite and why?
 There are many restaurants in Duitama, with a wide variety of food from typical regional
food to Mexican food and from other external places.

My favorite restaurant is Julio Parrilla because there is a variety in the food and its flavor is unique.

→ What is the food that you used to eat the most when you were a kid? Do you still eat it?
When I was a child I used to eat a lot of vegetables and grains
→ Have you travelled to another country? How many countries would you like to travel to?
No, I have not traveled to another country, but I would like to travel around the
world and learn about different cultures

3. APPROPRIATION

Please check the PDF file attached to the message sent by your teacher, in order to see the
vocabulary and grammar that you will work on in this guide.

If you are able to check the following links, you will find more information and examples about
quantifiers.

Quantifiers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_BWPTvuZAE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBPHmLuYSqU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yUhYvKldOI&t=85s

Countable and uncountable nouns : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMb56-uVYhk

 4. EXERCISES:
After reading in detail the PDF document and if possible, checking the links, you will develop the
following exercises:

1. In the next word search puzzle, you will have to find the comparative quantifiers:

T R H Z A C X Y V S P O E I L

M L K M W H C F M A N Y D R I
O G A F E W E R O N B I H J T

S X Q L M T H L Z L K F E W T

T P E V S C D H Y E X O B U L
J C L E U J M T G S W I Q A E

S H W M S P D O M S N K F W C

U E K F Q M S X R Z V P O T Y
F Z N V R J C Y L E A S T G I

LEAST
MOST
FEW
MANY
MORE
FEWEST
LESS
MUCH
FEWER
LITTLE
2. Sort the nouns into countable and uncountable nouns.

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns

Eggs
Bags Coffe
Chair Bread
Girls Homework
Money Cheese
Bottles

3. Complete the answers to the questions with “a little” or “a few”. Remember, “a little”
is used with uncountable nouns and “a few” is used with countable nouns.

1. I have A FEW girls in my class.

2. I have A LITTLE homework to do.
3. There are A FEW eggs in the fridge.
4. I have A FEW bags in the cupboard.
5. There is A LITTLE bread left in the kitchen.
6. We have A FEW bottles left.
7. We need A FEW more chairs.
8. I want A LITTLE cheese.
9. There is A LITTLE coffee left in the jar.
10. I have A LITTLE money in my wallet.

4. Complete the crossword puzzle. Choose from much, many, some, few, a few, little, a
little.

1. SOME people like to watch horror movies, but most don’t.

2. She doesn’t have MUCH time left to finish the exam.
3. How MUCH water have you drunk today?
4. How ______ cardio exercise have you done today?
5. We don't have MUCH coffee for breakfast, we have to buy more today
6. I couldn’t pay attention to you because I had too in my mind at that moment.
7. We need to have MUCH patience, this takes time.
8. A FEW students pass the exam. It is worrying.
5. Complete the next sentences with some or any

1. We want to buy SOME oranges, please.

2. You don’t have ANY milk left.
3. Are there SOME places to sit?
4. My father doesn’t have ANY money to buy me a hamburger.
5. He sent me SOME flowers yesterday.
6. Can you give me SOME water?
7. Don’t you have ANY notes from the last class?
8. We have SOME advice for your first day at the university.

6. Choose the correct answer:

1. “Problems?” “Yes, a lot/ a lot of”

2. “Any/Some letters for me?”
3. A lot of/ Lots of things need to change.
4. I know a little/ a few English
5. I’ll be on holiday in a little/ a few days
6. I’m going away for a little/ a few weeks
7. I’m having a little/ a few trouble with the police
8. Grace will be ready in a little/ a few minutes

7. Underline the correct option:

Taken from:
Live worksheets:
https://es.liveworksheets.com/worksheets/en/English_as_a_Second_Language_(ESL)/Quantifiers/Qua
ntifiers_am302440xq

8. Choose the correct option to complete the sentence:

1. In my opinion, ___ meat, red and white, is bad for you.

a. Lots of
b. enough
2. I'm sorry, but there's ___ milk. Is it black coffee, OK?
a. any
b. no
3. If you want to lose weight, maybe you should eat ___ chocolate.
a. less
b. more
4. We don't have ___ potatoes. Can you peel another five or six?
a. no
b. enough
5. When we were children, we used to drink ___ milk.
 a. Lots of
b. most
6. I can eat ___ things, but cheese makes me sick.
a. more
b. most

Taken from:
British Council: https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/english-grammar-reference/quantifiers

9. Let’s watch the video sent by your teacher and answer the questions about the
conversation:

1) The town has many _____. 

 a) young people
 b) nice people

2) There are many _____. 

 a) parks
 b) flowers

3) The weather is _____. 

 a) sunny
 b) rainy

4) Is the town safe? _____. 

 a) Yes
 b) No

5) How is the shopping? _____. 

 a) Good
 b) Not good

10. Write some sentences with some:

Ex: Would you like some coffee?
Could I have some bread?

1. (ask for coffee) Can i get some coffe please?

2. (Offer rice) Would you like eat some rice at dinner?
3. (Ask for tomatoes) Could i get some tomatoes for 5 bucks?
4. (Ask for milk) is there some milk for breakfast ?
 11. Choose the correct item:

1. Have you got _______ friends?

A) many B) much C) a lot of
2. There are _______ people in the room.
A) much B) a little C) a lot of
3. Can I have _______ sugar, please?
A) a few B) a little C) little
4. How _______ oranges are on the table?
A) many B) a few C) much
5 How _______ money has Fred got?
A) many B) little C) much
6. There are _______ monkeys at the zoo.
A) much B) a few C) a little.

Taken from: ISL Collective: https://en.islcollective.com/english-esl-worksheets/grammar/quantifiers-

some-many-much-any-few-little/quantifiers/49246

5. TASK.

1. Look at the video “10 Incredible Things You Didn't Know About Canada!” (You can find
it in the attachments sent by your teacher).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWd-Qq_-pi0
Then, answer the following questions:
✔ What is the most impressive thing you heard about Canada?
Is very extensive because Canada has a size of 9.99 million square kilometers and it is
surrounded by three oceans
✔ What type of products does Canada export?
Lentils and maple’s honey .
✔ According to the video what is the Canadians´ favorite word? why?
The Canadians´ favorite word is sorry, because they use this word a little too far often.
✔ How much of the Earth's freshwater supply is in Canada?
Over the 20% of the Earth's freshwater is supply in Canada.
✔ How many kilometers does Wood Buffalo National park have, and where is it located?
The Wood Buffalo National Park has over 44,800 square kilometers, and it is located
between Alberta in the Northwest Territories
✔ Why did Canada receive international recognition in December 2016?
Canada received the international recognition in December 2016 by having the
seventh best education system in the world
✔ Which is the other way Canada is called in the video?
The other way Canada is called in the video is Village Kanata
✔ How many people gained Canada between 1995-2015?
Canada gained over 6 ½ million people between 1995-2015 with an increase in
population of around 1% per year.
✔ How many hours do the post employees donate each year to respond the letters to Santa
Claus?
The post employees donate each year over 190,000 hours of their time each year to
respond the letters to Santa Claus

6. INDIVIDUAL PRODUCTION
Write a text of 15 sentences paragraph where you describe the place where you live. You
can choose between your city, department or country. Use the quantifiers. You must
include aspects that you think are interesting in your region, you can illustrate them with
some pictures or photographs.

- Boyaca is a department that has many frailejones and landscapes.

- Boyaca has a lot of kinds of weathers.
- Boyaca is a producer of much milk and meat.
- Boyaca has a lot moors.
- Boyaca has many touristic places.
- Boyaca has a few desert.
- Boyaca has a few airports.
- Boyaca is a department with many history places.
- In the place when I live there are a few ancestral drinks like the guarapo and the chicha.
- In all Boyaca is practiced a few tipical games like the tejo and the rana.
- Where I live in Paipa there exist many traditional foods like the almojabana with
masato.
- Boyaca’s people drink to much beer.
- Boyaca has a few establishments of fast food.
- Mongui is a place with a lot ball manufacturers.
- Raquira is identified for having many clay handicraft factories the many.
 7. EVALUATING MY PROCESS

Task 1:
Quality indicator Ye No
s
I recognize quantifiers in the video. X

I understand the questions proposed by the teacher. X

I am able to classify important information about the video. X

Task 2:
Quality indicator Ye No
s
I use the quantifiers appropriately to describe a place. X

I understand the uses and differences between the different types of quantifiers. X

I use images to support my election. X

I use connectors and punctuation marks. X

REFERENCES

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWd-Qq_-pi0
https://learningenglish.voanews.com/a/how-much-do-you-know-about-quantifiers/3206680.html
https://englishgrammarhere.com/grammar/using-a-little-little-a-few-few-and-example-sentences/
https://ucc-grammar5.webnode.es/quantifiers/
https://7esl.com/countable-and-uncountable-nouns/