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Module # _4
I. General Information
Subject: English III CODE: INE-0206
Credit Units: 3 Module Duration: 10 days
Introduction
In this module you will learn to recognize foods, drinks, quantifiers, and count/ non-
counts in foods.

I. Specific Objectives:
To use quantifier with foods.
To use there is and there are to talk about foods.
II. Contents
Vocabulary

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Foods and drinks

1. Sugar
2. Apples
3. Oranges
4. Lettuce
5. Butter
6. Cheese
7. Eggs
8. Chicken
9. Fish
10. Bread
11. Milk
12. Onions
13. Carrots
14. Potatoes
15. Pasta
16. Tomatoes
17. Chocolate
18. Salt
19. Oil
20. Vinegar
21. Bananas

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Grammar

1. Countable nouns

Most of the nouns are countable. You can combine them with numbers, e.g one,
two or three. Here is an example:

 one pencil

 two pencils

 three pencils

 four ...

2. Uncountable nouns

These nouns cannot be combined with numbers.

 water

 butter

 coal

 money

 salt

 iron

If you want to express a quantity, you have to use a special phrase e.g. a glass of
water.

Note:

Some nouns can be either countable or uncountable. We recommend to use a

good dictionary to find out whether a noun is countable or uncountable or both.

Here is an example:

hair – hairs

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 You've got some hairs on your T-shirt. (There might be 5 or 6 of them.)

 Your hair looks lovely. (Here you think of the hairstyle.)

What are quantifiers?

A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or
quantity:
'Some', 'many', 'a lot of' and 'a few' are examples of quantifiers.

Quantifiers can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns.

Examples:

There are some books on the desk

He's got only a few dollars.
How much money have you got?
There is a large quantity of fish in this river.
He's got more friends than his sister.

Examples of quantifiers

With Uncountable Nouns

 much
 a little/little/very little *
 a bit (of)
 a great deal of
 a large amount of
 a large quantity of

With Both

 all
 enough
 more/most
 less/least
 no/none
 not any
 some
 any
 a lot of
 lots of
 plenty of

With Countable Nouns

 many

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 a few/few/very few **
 a number (of)
 several
 a large number of
 a great number of
 a majority of

* NOTE

few, very few mean that there is not enough of something.

a few means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.

** NOTE

little, very little mean that there is not enough of something.

a little means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.

** NOTE

If you add a quantity or container to an uncountable noun it becomes countable.

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I. BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Textbook: English ID 1B, Editorial Richmond, 2da Edición.

2. Workbook: English ID 1B, Editorial Macmillan, 2da Edición.
3. Diccionario de Ingles / Español o www.dictionary.com
4. Laboratorio de Idiomas - Open Mind www.macmillanmind.com
5. English Central Website- www.englishcentral.com