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Lesson Plan February 21, 2025

Topic: Quantifiers

We use quantifiers to tell us how much or how many of something there is.

Section A: Countable & Uncountable Nouns

• all, any, enough, a lot of, lots of, more, most, no, none of, some

  • We have lots of money to spend at the restaurant.

  • None of the boys could speak English.

  • Be patient. We have loads of time.

Section B: Countable Nouns

• both, each, either, a number of, few, a few, fewer, neither, several, a couple of, hundreds of

  • There were very few girls at the party.

  • You have a couple of minutes to finish the exam.

  • These shoes cost hundreds of dollars.

Section C: Uncountable Nouns

• a little, little, much, less, a bit of

  • We don’t have much time left.

  • You will be in a great deal of trouble if you don’t finish your assignment.

  • There’s little time left.

  • Do you have a bit of cash on you? I need ¥200 for a drink and I forgot my wallet.

Section D: Things to Remember

• We use few to emphasize that there is a lack of something and a few to mean a sufficient number of something

  • There were few people at the party so we left right away. (= a lack of people / not enough people)

  • There were a few people at the part so we decided to stay. (= some people)

• We use little to emphasize that there is a lack of something and a little to mean a sufficient amount of something.

  • Hurry up! There is little time left. (= a lack of time / not enough time)

  • We have a little time, so let’s grab some snacks before we catch the train. (= some time / enough time)

Lesson Notes

Words & Phrases

• I almost lost track of time while cleaning my office.

• “Lose track of time” means to forget to forget the time because you are busy or having fun

• Nearly 80% of people in India are Hindu.

• About 80% of people in India follow Hinduism

• There are 83 bathing places along the Ganges.

Quantifiers

• Both sentences, ‘I have very few coins on me.’ and ‘I have very few coins with me.’ are correct. However, ‘on me’ is more commonly used in everyday conversation.

• “The sentence ‘I have few cash on me.’ is not quite correct. You should say, ‘I have little cash on me.’ This is because ‘cash’ is uncountable, so we use ‘little’ instead of ‘few’.”

• In the sentence “Have you seen _____ shops since we arrived here?”

• Using “any” makes the question about whether you’ve seen shops at all, while “many” asks about how many you’ve seen.