We use several to mean a small indefinite number of something, but fewer in number than many. Often a couple of means two of something. We use a couple of to mean a small indefinite number of something. So, it is very important –when you talk about food- to express quantities. Similar to a few, a couple of and several are used only with count nouns.
We usually use some in positive sentences for countable and uncountable nouns. Do you like food? Everybody loves food, right? But, how much food do you eat? Some A little, a few or small number or amount. In this lesson you will practice quantifiers, countable and uncountable, many, much, some, any, a lot of, a few and a little in a context of food, diet and eating habits.
By Thomas Williams Teacher at EC San Diego English School Get idioms 1. Here are a few examples: some, a lot of, plenty of, or enough. The most common way to express them is using numbers, but when are difficult to calculate you can use words to express quantities, amounts and degree of something. There are some quantifiers which are used with both non-count and count nouns. One of them is Quantifiers.Īs their name points out, are used to indicate quantities. In English, there are a number of interesting topics to study. Adverbs of quantity with count and uncountable nouns: too many. Cherry Hand Handheld Matina Red Small Tomato. Organic Tomato form Yeongwol-gun, Gangwon-do. A/an, any, some, many, much, a lot of A/an, any, some, many, much, a lot of Complete the sentences with a / an, some or any. Child Eating Sandwich Hoagie Grinder Blimpie. Retrieved on 2017, May 05 from Īkamommagazine. A girl eating her lunch with other kids in background. 42.4 kg of food found in New Zealand household rubbish bins.
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