Determiners and quantifiers

DETERMINERS AND QUANTIFIERS: A/AN, THE; SOME/ANY, MANY, MUCH, A LOT OF. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Contents Countable and Uncountable Nouns.  Determiners and Quantifiers; a, an , some, any, much, many, a lot of. PRACTICE  Countable and Uncountable Nouns.               Tanto en español como en inglés, hemos de distinguir entre sustantivos contables e incontables. a. En inglés, los contables son aquellos sustantivos que tienen una forma singular y otra plural y podemos anteponerles un numeral. Generalmente, son sustantivos que designan objetos, personas o animales: pencil/pencils, person/people, lion/lions, etc. Con los contables en singular solemos utilizar el artículo a/an, que es sólo singular; y con los contables en plural podemos utilizar some o any. Ejemplo:             There is a person in the classroom / There are some people in the classroom             There isn’t a lion in the zoo. / There aren’t any lions in the zoo. b. En inglés, los sustantivos incontables son aquellos que sólo tienen una forma singular y no se les puede anteponer un numeral. Generalmente son sustantivos que designan sustancias (honey, sugar), líquidos (water, milk), materiales (wood, iron), cualidades o conceptos abstractos (faith, hope). Cuando estos sustantivos funcionan como sujeto de la oración, el verbo debe ser siempre 3ª persona singular: Money is the problem. Con los sustantivos incontables NUNCA podemos utilizar a/an, pero sí podemos utilizar some o any. Ejemplo:             There is some butter in the fridge but there isn’t any jam.                         Hay algunos sustantivos incontables que se pueden usar en ocasiones como contables: some coffee /a coffee (una taza de café); some paper/a paper(un periódico); some hair/a hair (un pelo). Algunos otros los podemos hacer contables anteponiendo alguna unidad de medida: some milk/two bottles of milk; some bread/ a loaf of bread. Nota: el artículo the puede usarse tanto con contables como con incontables. Determiners and Quantifiers; a, an , some, any, much, many, a lot of. a/an: ya hemos aclarado que este artículo es sólo singular y se utiliza sólo con sustantivos contables en singular: a pen, a ruler. some/any: Estos adjetivos hablan de cantidad en forma indefinida y pueden usarse con los contables en plural y con los incontables.  Some en oraciones afirmativas, y any en oraciones interrogativas y negativas:             There is some tea in the kitchen                    There are some books on the table             Is there any cheese in the fridge?                  Are there any apples in the basket?             There isn’t any money in my pocket.             There aren’t any coins in my pocket. much/many: Estos adjetivos de cantidad también indefinida se usan: much con incontables y many con contables, generalmente en oraciones interrogativas y negativas.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        How much milk is there?       There isn’t much                                                                                How many people are there? There aren’t many a lot of: Es también un indefinido de cantidad que puede usarse con contables e incontables:                   There is a lot of milk               There are a lot of people / There are lots of people

Determiners

Determiners are words placed in front of a noun to make it clear what the noun refers to. Use the pages in this section to help you use English determiners correctly.

Determiners in English

• Definite article : the
• Indefinite articles : a, an
• Demonstratives: this, that, these, those
• Pronouns and possessive determiners : my, your, his, her, its, our, their
• Quantifiers : a few, a little, much, many, a lot of, most, some, any, enough
• Numbers : one, ten, thirty
• Distributives : all, both, half, either, neither, each, every
• Difference words : other, another
• Pre-determiners : such, what, rather, quite

Exercises on some and any

Fill in the correct word (some or any).

1. Sue went to the cinema with someany of her friends!
2. Jane doesn't have someany friends.
3. Have you got someany brothers or sisters?
4. Here is someany food for the cat.
5. I think you should put someany flowers on the table.
6. Could you check if there are someany calls on the answering machine?
7. I don't want someany presents for my birthday.
8. Did they have someany news for you?
9. I'm hungry - I'll have someany sandwiches.
10. There aren't someany apples left.

Decide whether you have to use much or many.

1. muchmany cars
2. muchmany music
3. muchmany pictures
4. muchmany flowers
5. muchmany milk
6. muchmany numbers
7. muchmany money
8. muchmany tea
9. muchmany girls
10. muchmany pencils

Decide whether you have to use much or many.

1. muchmany food
2. muchmany evenings
3. muchmany websites
4. muchmany sugar
5. muchmany women
6. muchmany cheese
7. muchmany children
8. muchmany time
9. muchmany mice

1. Decide whether you have to use much or many.
   1. Jane hasn't got muchmany time.
   2. Do you know muchmany words in English?
   3. He didn't eat muchmany meat.
   4. There isn't muchmany butter in the fridge.
   5. How muchmany eggs did the hens lay?
   6. Samantha has as muchmany money as Bruce.
   7. How muchmany lessons do you have on Mondays?
   8. There was too muchmany noise in the streets.
   9. I cannot see muchmany stars in the sky tonight.
   10. Do you have muchmany friends abroad?
   muchmany information

8 Trucos para separar las sílabas en Inglés

What time is it?

The time

Formal and informal introductions

Simple formal greetings, introductions and goodbyes conversation

Greetings		Introductions		Good-byes
Sample sentence	Sample response	Sample sentence	Sample response	Sample sentence	Sample response
Hello, Mr. Jones	Hello.	Teacher Paul, I’d like to introduce you to my friend Linda	It’s a pleasure to meet you. / Pleased to meet you.	It was nice meeting you.	It was nice meeting you too.
Hello, teacher.	Hello.
Good morning.	Good morning.			It was nice to see you.	Same to you.
Good afternoon.	Good afternoon.
Good evening.	Good evening.			Have a good day.	Thank you. You too.
How are you?	Fine, thank you.			Good night / Goodbye.	Good night / Goodbye.

Simple informal greetings, introductions and goodbyes conversation

Greetings		Introductions		Good-byes
Sample sentence	Sample response	Sample sentence	Sample response	Sample sentence	Sample response
Hey. Hi.	Hey. Hi.	Jane, this is John. He’s in my class.	Hi John.  Nice to meet you.	Nice meeting you.	You too.
How are ya?	I’m good. All right.			Take it easy.
How are things?	Pretty good.	Hi. My name’s Jason.	I’m Jack. Nice to meet you.	Take care.
How’s it goin?	OK. Not bad.			I’m off.	OK, bye.
How ya doin?	I’m doin good.			I gotta go.	See ya. See ya later. Bye.
What’s up?	Nothin much. Not a whole lot. Nothin. Nothin special. Not much.			So long.
What’s new?				See ya.
What’s happenin?				See ya later.
What are you up to?				Bye.
What’s goin on?

HAVE GOT

AFFIRMATIVE FORM

I HAVE GOT YOU HAVE GOT HE HAS GOT SHE HAS GOT IT HAS GOT WE HAVE GOT YOU HAVE GOT THEY HAVE GOT

I'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT HE'S GOT SHE'S GOT IT'S GOT WE'VE GOT YOU'VE GOT THEY'VE GOT

NEGATIVE FORM

I HAVE NOT GOT YOU HAVE NOT GOT HE HAS NOT GOT SHE HAS NOT GOT IT HAS NOT GOT WE HAVE NOT GOT YOU HAVE NOT GOT THEY HAVE NOT GOT

I HAVEN'T GOT YOU HAVEN'T GOT HE HASN'T GOT SHE HASN'T GOT IT HASN'T GOT WE HAVEN'T GOT YOU HAVEN'T GOT THEY HAVEN'T GOT

INFORMATIVE FORM

HAVE I GOT?

HAVE YOU GOT?

HAS HE GOT?

HAS SHE GOT?

HAS IT GOT?

HAVE WE GOT?

HAVE YOU GOT?

HAVE THEY GOT?

COMPLETA LAS SIGUIENTES ORACIONES CON HAVE / HAS GOT Y PÁSALAS A NEGATIVA E INTERROGATIVA


. Mary ..............a new car.
. Mary ........................ a new car.
. ......... Mary .......... a new car?

. Paul and Tom  many friends.
. Paul and Tom  many friends.
.  Paul and Tom  many friends?

. The cat  white legs.
. The cat  white legs.
.  the cat  white legs?

. They  much money.
. They  much money.
.  they  much money?

. Your mother  three friends.
. Your mother  three friends.
.  your mother  three friends?

To be - Positive Sentences & Contractions

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Full Forms of the verb to be

I am a student. He is a teacher. She is a journalist. It is a book. We are mechanics. You are pilots. They are policemen.

Contracted forms of the verb to be

I am a student. He is a teacher. She is a journalist. It is a book. We are mechanics. You are pilots. They are policemen.

 The verb to be - exercise

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Chose the correct form of the verb to be - am/is/are.

1. It  --- am is are  cold today.
2. I  --- am is are  at home now.
3. They  --- am is are  Korean.
4. There  --- am is are  a pen on the desk.
5. My name  --- am is are  Nikita.
6. We  --- am is are  from Ukraine.
7. That  --- am is are  right.
8. I  --- am is are  OK, thanks.
9. Clara and Steve  --- am is are  married.
10. She  --- am is are  an English teacher.

 The verb to be - more practice

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Make positive sentences with the verb to be.

1  old. twenty-five am years I

 

2  are We from Venezuela.

 

3  My a and is student. Anton I'm name

 

4  is my book. This

 

5  a It's today. nice day

 

6  name Her is brother's Paul.

 

7  engineer. an is John

 

8  name is My husband's Johansson.

 

9  There twelve are in students class. my

 

10  of letter. at address top the the is My new

 

 To be - negative forms and contractions

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Full negative forms of the verb to be

I am not a singer. He is not a receptionist. She is not a nurse. It is not my book. We are not not musicians. You are not a shop assistant. They are not taxi drivers.

Contracted negative forms of the verb to be

I'm not  a singer. He isn't a receptionist. She isn't a nurse. It isn't my book. We aren't not musicians. You aren't a shop assistant. They aren't taxi drivers.

 Negative forms of the verb to be - exercise

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Complete the gaps with the negative forms of the verb to be.

Example: She  from France.

1. This book  mine.
2. Jane and Peter  married.
3. That  right.
4. My brother  here at the moment.
5. We  in England.
6. It  Monday today.
7. Jennie's surname  Peters.
8. I  a hairdresser.
9. My name  Alexander.
10. There  many people in this class.

 Negative forms of the verb to be - more practice

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Make the positive sentences negatives.

Example:
I am a student.This exercise is difficult.

1. 
   
2. We're from Spain.
3. My grandmother's name's Adelaide.
4. The kids are in the garden.
5. You're English.
6. My car is very expensive.
7. This is my student's notebook.
8. These photographs are very nice.
9. Alex is twenty-five years old.
   
   I'm fine.
10. 
    

 The verb to be - yes / no questions

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Am I right? Is he here? Is she a nurse? Is it second-hand? Are we wrong? Are you Alan Parker? Are they American?

 Yes / no questions with the verb to be - exercise

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Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verb to be - am, is, are.

1.  --- Am Is Are  Jane and Alice sisters?
   
2.  --- Am Is Are  this car yours?
   
3.  --- Am Is Are  I in your way?
   
4.  --- Am Is Are  Maria John's sister?
   
5.  --- Am Is Are  you twenty-five years old?
   
6.  --- Am Is Are  the Smiths divorced?
   
7.  --- Am Is Are  this your new bicycle?
   

 Yes / no questions with the verb to be - more practice

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Make positive sentences with the verb to be.

1  hot? Are you

2  this Is your book?

3  Peters from Mr. Is Unites States? the

 

4  they married? Are

 

5  wrong? right Am or I

 

6  name your Sandra? Is daughter's

7  Mrs. Are Mr. and Jenkins? you

El presente del verbo TO BE

Utiliza el verbo TO BE en su forma correcta.

 Jane a teacher? No, she . She  a doctor.
 you American? No, I. I Australian.
 John and Paul at home? No, they . They  at the university.
 the book on the table? No, it . It on the chair.
 your father from Madrid? No, he . He  from Barcelona.