Food

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A quantifier, as its name implies, expresses quantity. Quantifiers can be a single word or a phrase and are used with nouns. They can be used with either a countable or anuncountable noun to express amount or quantity.



COUNTABLE / UNCOUNTABLE NOUS



COUNTABLE NOUS

• Nouns you can count

• you can use a / an in front of countable nouns.

•Nouns that have a plural form.



UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

• Nouns you can´t count

• Normally, you can´t use a / an in front of uncountable nouns

• Nouns that normally don´t have aplural form



• We can make uncountable nouns countable to express quantity. We add a unit or a quantity with “OF”

E.g. a bar of chocolate





• some + plural nouns or uncountablesingular forms. ( has an affirmative meaning)



• any + plural nouns or uncountable singular forms. ( is used with negative sentences and questions.



• much + plural nouns• a lot of + uncountable or plural nouns( is more usual in affirmative sentences)



• a little + singular uncountable nouns ( has a positive meaning)



• a few + plurals ( has apositive meaning.)



• no + zero quantity ( no = not any)



HOW MUCH…? / HOW MANY…?



• How much + uncountable noun

E.g. How much ham?



• How many + countablenoun

E.g.: How many rashers and sausages



QUANTIFIERS



FOOD



CONTAINERS AND QUANTITIES



a) Use a / an or some and write C for countable or U for uncountable.



•____ money ___

• ____ ponds ____

• ____ cup of tea ____

• ____sugar____

• ____ bar of chocolate____

• ____ ice-cream ______

• ____rice ______

• ____glass of water______

• ____ coffee ______

• ____ cake ________

• ____ eggs_______

• ____ orange_______






b) Use a / an or some and write C for countable or...