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A family in England

Alex and Sally Brown live in Manchester, in the north of England, since 1999. Alex is a
teacher and Sally works as a secretary. They have two children, Peter and Helen. Peter is
twelve and Helen is ten. They live in a modern house. Downstairs, they have a kitchen and
living/dining room. Upstairs, they have three bedrooms and one bathroom. They rent the
house. They pay about three hundred and sixty pounds for it. They usually get up at six
oclock in the morning. After having breakfast at eight, they leave the house.

AGES TIME PRICE QUANTITIES

Numbers

EIGHT
ELEVEN

FIFTY
SIXTY

HUNDRED
TEN

NINETY
THIRTEEN

ONE
THIRTY

SIXTEEN
TWELVE

SEVENTY
TWENTY

Palabras para expresar cantidades

A y An: Se emplean slo con sustantivos contables en su forma singular. Utilizamos

"a" delante de sonidos consonantes y "an" delante de sonidos vocales. "A" y "an" son
llamados artculos indeterminados.

Ejemplos: A pencil An Apple A school - An umbrella A chair.

"Much" y "little": Generalmente se utiliza "much" (mucho) y "little" (poco), con

sustantivos que no se pueden contar:
Ejemplos

Did he drink much water? = Bebi l mucha agua?

No, he drank little water = No, l bebi poco agua.

Do you have much time? = Tienes mucho tiempo?

No, I have little time = No, tengo poco tiempo.

"Many" y "few": Generalmente se emplea "many" (mucho) y "few" (poco), con

sustantivos que se pueden contar:

Do you have many CDs? = Tienes muchos CDs?

No, I have few CDs. = No, tengo pocos CDs.
Does he have many brothers? = Tiene l muchos hermanos?
No, he has few brothers. = No, l tiene pocos hermanos.

"Some": Se emplea con los sustantivos incontables y tambin con el plural de los
sustantivos contables, en frases afirmativas.

Ejemplos:

I have some milk. (incontable)

He has some biscuits. (plural)

"Any": Se utiliza para sustantivos incontables y con el plural de los contables, en frases
negativas y en preguntas.

Ejemplos:

Have we got any sugar? (incontable)

Are there any chairs? (plural)

A lot of/Lots of: Significado: Mucho. Uso: Expresan idea de gran cantidad. Se puede usar
con nombres o sustantivos contables e incontables. A diferencia de many y much, no
las usamos en frases interrogativas. En general, lots of es ms informal.

Ejemplos:

Nombre contable: He has a lot of books.(Tiene muchos libros.)

Nombre contable: He does not have a lot of books. (No tiene muchos libros.)

Nombre incontable: I have lots of money. (Tengo mucho dinero.)

Nombre incontable: I do not have a lot of money. (No tengo mucho dinero.)
Indica en cuales de las siguientes oraciones hay que utilizar "much" / "many" / "little" /
"few" o "a lot of":

1) There are people who prefer to work part-time

2) We don't have time to listen to your arguments
3) You need time to finish your homework
4) Look at the sky! You can see birds flying southwards
5) Have you received letters from your friend?
6) people know that you worked abroad for ten years
7) I can see that you have interest in helping me
8) cars can go more than 300 km per hour
9) There were foreigners in that village last summer?
10) I am very busy; I have things to do
11) Mark is not a millionaire. I am sure he doesn't have money
12) I put a bit of sugar in my coffee because I don't like it very sweet
13) Peter has a stomach ache and that is because he ate biscuits
14) He didn't have luck. He lost all his money in the casino
15) It is a very small car park; it allows cars
16) We haven't had rain during this year
17) I have books of the Second World War
18) He made effort to win the race
19) Martin doesn't eat Martin doesn't eat
20) Do you have friends in England?
21) He was very furious and said nonsense
22) people can agree with your point of view about immigration
23) After attempts he could cross the river
24) In the morning you can see people running to the beach
25) He found support in his family when he got divorced