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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 4 hours
English skills? uncountable nouns.

Teacher:

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.

1. 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

1. Write 5 examples using the comparative quantifiers to express INCREASING as in
the examples above.

2. Write 5 examples using the comparative quantifiers to express DECREASING as in

the examples above.
She has many cats> She has more cats> She has the most cats
Jacinto has much coffee> Jacinto has more coffee> Jacinto has the most coffee
We have much homework> We have more homework> We have the most homework
I have many books> I have more books> I have the most books
My mom has many dishes > My mom has more dishes > My mom has the most dishes

You have little money> You have less money> You have least money
I have few dogs > I have fewer dogs > I have fewest dogs
My best friend has few chairs > My best friend has fewer chairs > My best friend has
fewest chairs >
They are little food > They are less food > They are least food
We are few beer bottles> We are fewer beer bottles > We are fewest beer bottles
 2. TASKS:

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?
___Canada is very cold but it has the most beautiful lakes in the
world_______________________________________________________________________
_________________________________________________________________________.
✔ What type of products does Canada export?
_the 80% of the syrup for waffles and packages in the world has been exported by
Canada_________________________________________________________________.
✔ According to the video what is the Canadians´ favorite word? why?
__sorry, because they always instinctively apologize instinctively apologize and represents
sympathy.____________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
_____.
✔ How much of the Earth's freshwater supply is in Canada?
_____there are 9 % the contry_______________________________.
✔ How many kilometers does Wood Buffalo National park have, and where is it located?
___there are more than 44800 square kilometers________________________.
✔ Why did Canada receive international recognition in December 2016?
____ international recognition for having the seventh best educational system in the
world_______________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
_.
✔ Which is the other way Canada is called in the video?
 ___Kanata___________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________________________
______.
✔ How many people gained Canada between 1995-2015?
__Canada gained over 6 ½ millón people ____________________________.
✔ How many hours do the post employees donate each year to respond the letters to Santa
Claus?
_ They donate more than 190,000 hours of their time each year.
____________________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________________.

2. Write a text of three paragraphs (five lines each) 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.

In my house there are many plates, because my mother likes to collect plates, there
are also more picture frames than chairs in the house, because she likes decoration.
In the kitchen we can always find a lot of coffee because my whole family loves it
and little sugar because they don't like sweet things, we have 2 dogs and they have
few fleas. my dog drinks a lot of water and little purine because he doesn't like it.
3. 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 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/