PULSE BASICS UNIT 3

GRAMMAR 1

Cantidad: some / any, (too) much / many

1 Completa la tabla con las palabras del cuadro.

books exhibitions information jewellery money

paintings people rice sweets water

contable no contable
books information

______________ ______________

______________ ______________

______________ ______________

______________ ______________

some / any
nombres contables nombres no contables

afirmativa Hes got some pens. Shes got some money.

negativa He hasnt got any pens. She hasnt got any money.

interrogativa Has he got any pens? Has she got any money?

2 Subraya las palabras correctas

I havent got any / some time.

1 Shes got any / some sweets.
2 Have they got any / some new jewellery?
3 Are there any / some good exhibitions at the moment?
4 Ive got any / some lovely paintings at home.

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 much / many
nombres contables nombres no contables

negativa She hasnt got many He hasnt got much

necklaces. experience.

interrogativa How many artists live here? How much time have you
got?

3 Subraya la opcin incorrecta. En cada grupo de tres hay una.

a) much people 2 a) much information

b) many cities b) many galleries
c) much fun c) much tourists
1 a) many buildings 3 a) much sculptures
b) many earrings b) much art
c) much exhibitions c) many exercises

a few y a lot of, too y (not) enough

MIRA!

Con los nombres contables en plural usamos a few.

Shes seen a few paintings.

Con los nombres contables en plural y los no contables usamos a lot of.
Ive got a lot of questions / Ive got a lot of information.

Para mostrar que algo es excesivo usamos too.

She is too young to go to the nightclub.

Para mostrar que algo es insuficiente usamos not enough.

Shes not old enough to go to the nightclub.

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4 Relaciona los principios de las frases con sus finales.

1 I havent got a d
2 Can I have ___
3 They collect a ___
4 She has a ___
5 There are a ___
a) few friends.
b) lot of rubbish for recycling in their house.
c) more pasta?
d) lot of questions to ask my teacher.
e) few children who live with their grandparents in my school.

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