Quantity Expressions

^{COUNT NOUNS & NONCOUNT NOUNS III}

General & Specific Quantity Expressions

Multiple Select

Check the count nouns.

• gasoline

• candle

• dust

• heart ♥

• bird

Multiple Select

Check the noncount nouns.

• grass

• castle

• homework

• box

• glue

Quantity expressions.

• We use quantity expressions to refer to small, medium, and large amounts.

• Quantity expressions don't refer to exact amounts.

Multiple Choice

After the exam, ______ students complained about how difficult it was.

• a little

• much

• many

• too much

Multiple Choice

They complained that ______ classmates got high grades.

• too many

• few

• little

• too much

Multiple Choice

Amy has to visit a friend in the hospital. She can probably go on Monday because she has ______ time in the afternoon.

• a few

• few

• too many

• a little

Multiple Choice

Amy has ______ activities the rest of the week. She only has time to visit her friend on Monday.

• too many

• much

• too much

• a little

Multiple Choice

Not everyone was able to sit down because there were ______ chairs.

• little

• a few

• a little

• few

Multiple Choice

Diana is trying to teach Gina to play the guitar.

Gina doesn't practice, so she's making ______ progress.

She needs to practice ______ more.

• much, little

• little, a lot

• much, a little

• few, a lot

Using Quantity Expressions

• Rick's office had a picnic. One hundred people attended the picnic.

• Look at the list of food that Rick ordered (Grammar Sense, page 274).

• Answer the following questions using the information from the book.

Multiple Choice

He bought too much coffee, but little iced tea.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

He bought a few bags of potato chips.

Note: remember that the office picnic is for 100 people.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

He bought plenty of burgers.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

He bought some salad, but no dressing.

• True

• False

Think Critically About Meaning and Use

A) Read the instructions for making pancakes.

Mix a lot of flour with a little baking powder. Beat some eggs with some milk. Mix the eggs and milk with the flour and baking soda. Put a lot of blueberries in the mix. Add a little vanilla. Melt some butter in a frying pan. Pour in some of the batter. After a while, turn the panckaes over. When it is brown, remove it from the pan and serve immediately.

Poll

Can you make pancakes by following the previous instructions?

• Yes

• No

Can you think of any specific quantity expressions that should be in the instructions below?

Mix a lot of flour with a little baking powder. Beat some eggs with some milk. Mix the eggs and milk with the flour and baking soda. Put a lot of blueberries in the mix. Add a little vanilla. Melt some butter in a frying pan. Pour in some of the batter. After a while, turn the panckaes over. When it is brown, remove it from the pan and serve immediately.

Multiple Select

Check the sentences with specific quantity expressions.

• For my favorite spaghetti sauce, I use a can of tomatoes.

• I also need a pound of ground beef.

• For seasoning, I add some salt.

• I chop several onions to cook with the ground beef.

Multiple Select

Check the sentences with general quantity expressions.

• Then, I add a little cream.

• I boil a gallon of water and then put the spaghetti in.

• Finally, I mix the spaghetti with the sauce, and some parmesan cheese.

• I serve it with 2 slices of garlic bread and a salad.

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that has the incorrect specific quantity expression.

• A piece of cloth

• A yard of cloth

• A cup of cloth

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that has the incorrect specific quantity expression.

• a kilo of milk

• a drop of milk

• a quart of milk

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that has the incorrect specific quantity expression.

• a piece of bread

• a tablespoon of bread

• a slice of bread

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that has the incorrect specific quantity expression.

• a grain of rice

• a stick of rice

• a cup of rice

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that has the incorrect specific quantity expression.

• a slice of cereal

• a cup of cereal

• a box of cereal

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that has the incorrect specific quantity expression.

• a can of food

• a bowl of food

• a meter of food

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that has the incorrect specific quantity expression.

• a jar of peanut butter

• a bag of peanut butter

• a teaspoon of peanut butter

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that has the incorrect specific quantity expression.

• a bunch of bananas

• a kilo of bananas

• a drop of bananas

Multiple Choice

Select the sentence that has the incorrect specific quantity expression.

• a teaspoon of papers

• a box of papers

• a pile of papers