Fecha: October 8, 2022

Topic: Many or much?

Recall

What is a countable noun?

What is an uncontable noun?

Tricky nouns:

Quantifiers:

Notes

• Countable:
  • Things that can be counted.
  • They have both singular and plural forms.
• Uncountable:
  • Things that are abstract.
  • Things that are made of particles that are too numerous to count.
• To better understand how to use countable and uncontable nouns, here are some nouns:
  • Money: Uncountable
  • Coins: Countable
  • Bread: Uncountable
  • Loaves of bread: Countable
  • Water: Uncountable (no liquid is countable / ningún líquido es contable)
  • Glasses of water: Countable
  • Hair: Uncountable
  • Information: Uncountable

• We use too much only in positive sentences.
  • Incorrect form: I have much work to do ⛔
  • Correct form: I have too much work to do ✅
• But in the negative form is posible only use much.
  • I don’t have much work to do.

<aside> 📌 Summary**:** As we saw earlier, countable nouns are things that can be counted, and uncountable nouns can be abstracts or made of particles.

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Fecha: October 8, 2022

Topic: More quantifiers!

Recall

Quantifiers:

What is the difference between “most of” and “some of”?

Notes

• Most of: It’s like 75 - 80% of somenthing.
• Some of: It’s like 25% of somenthing.

<aside> 📌 Summary**:** We have some quantifier that can we use only with countable or uncontable nouns, respectively and there are some quantifiers that we can use in both cases.

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Fecha: October 8, 2022

Topic: Proportions and groups

Recall

How can we identify proportions?

Notes

• To refer proportions, we have a graphic:

  

  • As we can see, different words represent proportions with a percentage.

<aside> 📌 Summary**:** There’re many words we use to refer to the porcentage in a group, as long as we follow the instruccions, there are no problems.

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