Prime Time 4, Coursebook

Unit 1 0 Quantifiers: a lot of / lots of much – many You use quantifiers such as “a lot of”, “lots of”, “much” and “many” to talk about amounts, degrees and quantities. Du verwendest diese Zahlwörter, wenn du eine Mengenangabe, die Anzahl und den Grad von Dingen beschreiben möchtest. There is a difference between • countable nouns (countries, sights, stories, women, volcanoes, facts, …) and • uncountable nouns (snow, time, money, air, water, …). countable uncountable Es besteht ein Unterschied zwischen zählbaren (Länder, Sehenswürdigkeiten, Geschichten, …) und unzählbaren (Schnee, Zeit, Geld, …) Begriffen. A lot of and lots of are synonyms. You can use a lot of and lots of for countable as well as uncountable nouns. You can use them in positive and negative sentences as well as in questions . There are a lot of / lots of volcanoes in New Zealand. Are there a lot of / lots of sights in your hometown? Is there a lot of / lots of snow in your country? There aren’t a lot of / lots of sights in this city. There isn’t a lot of / lots of snow in my country. Note: For questions starting with “How …?” you must use “ How much …? / How many …?”. You use much for uncountable nouns and many for countable nouns. You can use them in positive and negative sentences as well as in questions . With much you use singular , with many plural . In colloquial English, you rather use lots of/a lot of in positive statements. Negative sentences: There isn’t much time left left to get on the plane. We didn’t have much snow this year. There aren’t many wom e n in our group. There aren’t many sight s in this city. You can’t see many wild bird s in winter. Questions: Is there much snow in your country? How much money do we need for the journey? Are there many sight s in your hometown? How many student s are going to fly to New Zealand? How many wild bird s live in this area? Tip: If you can use a number with the noun, you use “many” . à three facts, five women, 20 sights, 300 students, … G15 " p. 81 142 Grammar one hundred and forty-two Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv