miércoles, 6 de enero de 2016
miércoles, 18 de junio de 2014
Uncountable nouns
Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself. Here are some more uncountable nouns:
- music, art, love, happiness.
- advice, information, news.
- furniture, luggage.
- rice, sugar, butter, water.
- electricity, gas, power.
- money, currency.
We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example:
- This news is very important.
- Your luggage looks heavy.
We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a something of:
- a piece of news
- a bottle of water
- a grain of rice
We can use some and any with uncountable nouns:
- I've got some money.
- Have you got any rice?
We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:
- I've got a little money.
- I haven't got much rice.
Uncountable nouns are also called "mass nouns".
lunes, 16 de junio de 2014
How many? How much?
Cómo utilizar” How much” y “How many”
How much y How many únicamente se utilizan en la forma interrogativa, y las reglas son:
1.- How many…? lo empleas para preguntar zcerca de sustantivos contables.
- How many cups of coffee do you drink a day?
- How many pants did you buy in the last sale?
- How many apples are there in the fruit bowl?
- How many pictures did you take last summer?
Si observas bien, el sustantivo contable está siempre en plural: cups, pants, apples, pictures.
2.- How much…? lo empleas para preguntar acerca de sustantivos incontables.
- How much coffee do you drink in the morning?
- How much wine did France produce last year?
- How much electricity do they consume every month?
- How much work do you have?
Si observas bien, el sustantivo incontable siempre está en singular: coffee, wine, electricity, work.
Ahora que ya sabes cómo formular la pregunta, veremos como responder:
1.- How many…?
Puedes responder con una cantidad precisa: one, two, three, one hundred, million, etc.; de forma relativa: few (pocos), some (algunos), many (muchos), none (ninguno), a lot (muchos), etc.
- How many candies do you have in your pocket?
- Just a few!
- How many suitcases are you going to take in your next trip to Europe?
- I am going to take only one.
- How many bars of chocolate did you eat?
- Two of them.
- How many songs did Pink Floyd play in his last concert?
- Many of them, and the concert was awesome!
2.- How much…?
Las respuestas son relativas: some (algo), a lot (mucho), a little (un poco), none (nada), much (mucho), etc. También podemos responder con unidades de medida, peso, volumen, etc. para especificar la cantidad cuando se requiera.
- How much flour is there in the bowl?
- There is some flour in the bowl.
- How much time do you need to finish your work?
- Just a few more hours.
- How much money do you have?
- Not too much.
- How much milk is there in the fridge?
- There is a bottle/there is a litre…
- How much electricity do you need to make it work?
- I need 2,800 Watts.
Aquí algunos ejemplos más:
| How many…? | How much…? |
| songs | music |
| jobs | work |
| bottles | wine/milk/water |
| cups | coffee/tea |
| chairs | furniture |
| suitcases | luggage |
| batteries | electricity |
| tips | advice |
| dollars | money |
| views | scenery |
| carrots | vegetable |
| bananas | fruit |
| rings | jewelry |
| letters | |
| pants |
clothing
|
domingo, 15 de junio de 2014
Some & any - exercises
Quantifiers - exercises
Choose the correct quantifier to fill the blank in each exercise, the answer will be discuss later.
- They have had homework in mathematics recently.
- How time do you need to finish the work?
- There are too students in the library.
- Have you visited foreign countries?
- Although he's very ill, he didn't take medicine.
- people know as much about linguistics as John does.
- They say knowledge is a dangerous thing.
- He's having of trouble passing his driving test.
- I spend of my time reading novels.
- He knows English. He knows enough English to manage.
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