Exercicis de quantifiers — Anglès 2n ESO

'There are some oranges in the fridge.'
És afirmativa → some.

'Have you got any brothers or sisters?'
És una pregunta normal → any.

'I don't drink much coffee.'
'coffee' és incomptable i la frase és negativa → much.

'How many students are there in your class?'
'students' és comptable plural → many.

'I need a little help with this exercise.'
'help' és incomptable → a little.

'We stayed there for a few days.'
'days' és comptable plural → a few.

Comptables: apple, egg, banana (es poden comptar i tenen plural).
Incomptables: milk, rice, water (no es compten una a una i no tenen plural).

I've got an apple, some bread and some bananas.
An davant de vocal amb un nom comptable en singular; some amb un nom incomptable (bread) o un plural (bananas).

a) How much sugar do you want in your tea? (sugar és incomptable).
b) How many chairs are there in the classroom? (chairs és comptable en plural).

There are a lot of people in the park. (També és correcte: There are lots of people in the park.)
People és plural, per tant: there are.

'Would you like some coffee?'
És un oferiment, i llavors es fa servir some encara que sigui pregunta.

'On holidays we took a lot of photos.'
Afirmativa amb comptable plural: a lot of encaixa perfectament.

'money' és incomptable, així que va amb much: 'How much money do you have?'

'water' és incomptable, així que va amb a little: 'There is a little water in the bottle.'

There is too much traffic and there are too many cars in the city centre.
Traffic és incomptable (too much) i cars és comptable en plural (too many).

a) There isn't enough sugar in my coffee. (enough va davant del nom).
b) He isn't tall enough to play basketball. (enough va darrere de l'adjectiu).

A few friends = alguns amics (idea positiva: n'hi ha uns quants).
Few friends = pocs amics, gairebé cap (idea negativa: no en té prou).
Passa el mateix amb a little (una mica) i little (molt poc).

a) How many students are there in your group?
b) How much money do you spend a week?
Students és comptable (how many); money és incomptable (how much).

I don't have much time to do my homework and there are many exercises.
Time és incomptable en aquest sentit: much. Exercises és comptable en plural: many.

There is no bread.
No ja porta la negació: per això el verb queda en afirmatiu (is no) i no es pot dir *There isn't no bread.

a) an umbrella (singular comptable que comença amb so de vocal).
b) some rain (incomptable).
c) some ideas (plural).
d) some advice (advice és incomptable en anglès).

The news is bad. I need some information. She gave me a lot of advice.
News, information i advice són incomptables en anglès: no tenen plural, no porten a/an, el verb va en singular i es fa servir much o a lot of (no many).

a) a glass of water. b) a slice of cake. c) a piece of advice. d) a carton of milk.
Els noms incomptables es poden quantificar amb una unitat o un recipient + of.

some eggs, some flour, some milk, any sugar, How many eggs, any milk.
Some a l'afirmativa; any a la negativa i a la pregunta; how many amb eggs (comptable) .

a) a lot of snow. b) much snow. c) a lot of tourists. d) many tourists.
A les afirmatives es prefereix a lot of; much i many s'usen sobretot en negatives i preguntes.

Model: There is a lot of milk in the fridge. There are a few eggs and some apples. There is a little cheese, but there isn't any juice. Is there any butter? No, there isn't.
Es valora la concordança: a little amb incomptables (milk, cheese), a few amb comptables en plural (eggs), any a negatives i preguntes.

a) too salty (too + adjectiu).
b) too many cars.
c) enough money.
d) too many sweets (sweets és comptable en plural).

There isn't any milk in the fridge, but there are a few eggs. I haven't got many friends and I eat too much rice.
1) any a la negativa. 2) a few amb eggs (comptable). 3) many amb friends. 4) too much amb rice (incomptable).

some, How many, a few, any, how much, a little.
Tomatoes és comptable (how many, a few); olive oil és incomptable (how much, a little).

a) I haven't got much time. (o I don't have much time.)
b) There are some pens on the table, but there aren't any pencils.
c) How much money do you need?
d) There is too much noise.
Noise i money són incomptables: much, too much, how much.