5. Anything to drink? Yes, three pints, please.

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Paco enjoyed visiting Liverpool a lot. He bought a great amount of presents and souvenirs of the Beatles in some of the streets surrounding the Cavern Club. He also enjoyed a few pints. He drank a great deal of beer, so he felt dizzy since he is not used to drinking a lot of beer. He met lots of Spanish students in Liverpool that showed him a few places in town, including pubs. In the evening, Paco was a little tired, so he decided to go back to the hotel on foot.

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Quantifiers are words that precede and modify nouns. They tell us how many or how much.
Try to identify in the text some quantifiers either countable or uncountable.

 



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1) My father smokes __________. He is always coughing.

2) There are __________ ways to solve this problem.

3) How __________ milk do you like in your coffee?

4) There is __________ water in this river.

5) That lorry carries __________ trees.

 

Use the following quantifiers to complete these sentences:

plenty of / a great amount of / a lot / much / a great deal of


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1) My grandfather always drinks (some) __________ wine for lunch.

2) I hope that (not many) __________ students will fail this exam.

3) There is (not much) __________ milk in the fridge.

4) Paco has (some) __________ friends in London. 

 

 

Complete these sentences with little, a little, few, a few.

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Read the sentences below and fill in the blanks with these quantifiers:

a lot of (twice) / many / a few / plenty of / several of / some / a little / a great deal of

 

1. I'm having trouble passing my driving test.

2. the movies were rated PG.

3. information you gave me was wrong.

4. You still have time to finish your exam.

5. Although there are brilliant students at university, only will choose to remain in it after graduation.

6. Cervantes wrote D. Quixote. Although the book is about knight-errantry, there are funny stories in it.

7. I think he drank wine last night.

  

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Do you know the meaning and use of all these quantifiers in Spanish?

Do you know the difference between using them with or without "of"?

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 ABOUT THE USE OF LITTLE, A LITTLE, FEW, A FEW

 

LITTLE: only used with UNCOUNTABLE nouns, synonym for hardly any, not much

There is little hope to find him alive.

 
A LITTLE: only used with UNCOUNTABLE nouns, synonym for a small amount, some

 There is still a little hope to win the match.


FEW: with COUNTABLE nouns, synonym for hardly any, not many

Few people attended my professor's lecture.

 
A FEW: with COUNTABLE nouns, synonym for a small number, some

A few people were at Paul's party. It was great.
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The Beatles
 
The Beatles were a rock and pop group formed in Liverpool, England in 1960 who became one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed bands in the history of popular music. During their years of stardom, the band consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, piano, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). Although their initial musical style was rooted in 1950s rock and roll and skiffle, the group worked with different musical genres, ranging from Tin Pan Alley to psychedelic rock. Their clothes, style and statements made them trend-setters, while their growing social awareness saw their influence extend into the social and cultural revolutions of the 1960s.
 
The Beatles sold between 600 million and one billion records internationally. In the United Kingdom they released more than 40 different singles, albums, and EPs that reached number one, earning more number one albums (15) than any other group in UK chart history. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, they have sold more albums in the United States than any other artist. In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine ranked them number one in its list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, and four of their albums appeared in the top ten of the magazine's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
 
From Wikipedia.
 
The Cavern Club is one of the many rock and roll clubs in Liverpool, England. Opened on Wednesday 16 January 1957. This club first saw The Beatles performing, on 9 November 1961.
 
 
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Click here to have a look at a complete list of quantifiers in English.

Definition and examples about determiners and quantifiers.

Very good website with clear explanations and examples of quantifiers.

Talking about Liverpool is talking about the Beatles here you have a link to all their video-songs. You can learn a lot by listening to them.

Nice link, isn't it?


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