Saturday, October 2

Imagine That: Quantifiers - Countable x Non Countable

This is a movie for the whole family. It is about a highly imaginative gilr whose imaginary world halps her dad succeed in his business deals. This charming scene is great for quantifiers practicing, especially expressions that go with count and/or non-count nouns.




A. Write the quantifiers below in the correct column:


a little
a bit
no
none
not any
a lot of
plenty of
a few
a number of
several
a large number of
a great number of
lots of
a great deal of
a large amount of


1. QUANTIFIERS WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS



2. QUANTIFIERS WITH BOTH COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS



3. QUANTIFIERS WITH COUNTABLE NOUNS



B. Now watch the segment and fill in the blanks with one of the quantifiers above, according to the information presented in the movie.







To make the pancakes, he poured ___________ flour, and ______________ eggs. They left __________ (flour) all over the kitchen table. They melted ____________ butter and fried ______________ pancakes. She poured ____________ chocolate syrup, ________ hot sauce, _____________ ketchup, and _________ mustard on the pancakes. At the end of the scene, she charged him ____________ money for the pancakes.


WORKSHEET


Answer Key:

A. The quantifiers have the same color as the correct columns.


a little /a bit / a great deal of / a large amount of / no / none / not any / some / any / a lot of / plenty of / lots of / a few / a number of / several / a large number of /


B. Answers will vary.