EEB. PE. MIGUEL GIACCA.

Professor(a): Gilmar Borges Junior

Aluno(a):_________________________________________________
Turma: 1001,1002,1003,1004 e 1005 Data: ____/_____/2021
ENGLISH EXERCISES – QUANTIFIERS / QUANTIFICADORES

EXERCISES: QUANTIFIERS: MUCH, MANY, FEW…

WARM-UP
WARM-UP
A Complete the information. The read the dialogues and check your answers.
1 número de pessoas: ________
2 quem são: ________
3 relacionamento: ________
4 assunto: ________

B Your opinion.
1 Billy parece saber o valor do dinheiro?
2 Josie e o pai têm a mesma opinião sobre o valor do dinheiro?

C Observe the underlined words and answer the questions.

I spent few dollars. I spent a few dollars. I spent many dollars.

TEACHER GILMAR BORGES JR.

 1 Qual das frases indica a maior quantidade de dinheiro?
2 Qual das frases indica a menor quantidade de dinheiro?

GRAMMAR
WARM-UP
Quantifiers: much, many, few...

Substantivos
Os substantivos podem ser contáveis ou incontáveis.
Substantivos contáveis (countable nouns) referem-se a coisas que podemos contar.
Dollars, bottles, liters, kilos, packs, slices, apples, boys, etc.
Dólares, garrafas, litros, quilos, embalagens, fatias, maçãs, meninos, etc.
Substantivos incontáveis (uncountable nouns) referem-se a coisas que não podemos contar.
Money, milk, sugar, bread, meat, liberty, happiness.
Dinheiro, leite, açúcar, pão, carne, liberdade, felicidade.

Uso
Antes de substantivos contáveis usa-se:
Many: muitos(as)
I bought many bottles of milk. (Comprei muitas garrafas de leite.)
Few: poucos(as)
I have few cents; I can’t take a bus. (Eu tenho poucos centavos. Eu não posso pegar um ônibus.)
A few: alguns(mas)
We have a few minutes to talk. (Nós temos alguns minutos para conversar.)
Fewer: menos
You have fewer friends than I do. (Você tem menos amigos do que eu.)

Antes de substantivos incontáveis usa-se:

Much: muito(a)
There wasn’t much milk in the bottles. (Não havia muito leite nas mamadeiras.)
Little: pouco(a)
He has little money; he can’t buy a car. (Ele tem pouco dinheiro. Ele não pode comprar um carro.)
A little: algum(a)
We have a little time to talk. (Nós temos algum tempo para conversar.)
Less: menos
I have less time than you. (Eu tenho menos tempo que você.

TEACHER GILMAR BORGES JR.

A lot of, lots of, plenty of podem substituir much e many em frases afirmativas.
We have a lot of friends. (Nós temos muitos amigos.)
Very: muito (usado para enfatizar)
She’s very tired. (Ela está muito cansada.)

Nota Importante

Alguns substantivos são contáveis em outros idiomas, mas incontáveis em inglês. Nesses casos,
eles devem seguir as regras dos substantivos incontáveis.

A Check what you need for a party.

B Complete the sentences. Use few or little.

1 There is _____________ money in the drawer.
2 There was ______________ sugar in the sugar pot.
3 There are _____________ children in the park.
4 There were _____________ people at the party yesterday.
5 She needs _____________ time to get ready.

TEACHER GILMAR BORGES JR.

 6 I bought ______________ bottles of soda for dinner.

C Complete the sentences. Use much or many.

1 There are ____________ Brazilians in the USA.
2 There are ____________ animals at the zoo.
3 There isn’t ____________ water in the refrigerator.
4 There is not ____________work today.
5 We don’t need ___________ time to finish the exercise.
6 They aren’t going to bring ____________ CDs.

D Find out the mistakes. Correct them.

1 Give fewer food to the animals. ______________________
2 Invite a little children to the party. ______________________
3 She knows less songs than me. ______________________
4 He has few money because he is jobless. ______________________
5 The omelet tastes good. Add just a few salt. ______________________
6 She doesn’t like me very much. ______________________
7 I have lots of friends to invite to the party. ______________________
8 I don’t spend much money at the mall. ______________________

E Check the correct alternative.

1 I don’t have ______ time to talk to you because I am _______ late.
a) very – very b) much – very c) many – very d) much - many
2 _______ people know that there are _______ children working on cocoa plantations.
a) many – less b) less – little c) few – many d) fewer – much

3 There ins’t _______ bread in the house. Please, buy _______ packages.
a) many – less b) much – a few c) little – much d) much – much

4 We don’t have _______ eggs either, buy _______.

a) many – a few b) much – a little c) fewer – less d) many – a fewer

5 I ordered _______ gallons of lemonade this month because the children aren’t home.
a) fewer b) less c) very d) much

6 I want to ask you _______ questions. It won’t take _______ time.

a) a lot of – many b) many – very c) a few – much d) much – many

7 ________ work brings _______ money.

a) little – little b) little – few c) much – very d) less – fewer

8 Nowadays we spend _______ money to buy ________ things.

a) less – less b) few – few c) much – less d) more – fewer

9 My brother is a _______ curious person.

a) many b) few c) a few d) very

10 She drinks ________ coffee because she has _______ problems.

a) many – much b) a lot of – lost of c) few – little d) very – a little

TEACHER GILMAR BORGES JR.