Do you want to know how to use the queantifiers? Let´s check this explanation

1. THERE IS- THERE ARE

2. USE
Las expresiones there is y there are se utilizan
en inglés para indicar que un objeto o una
persona se encuentran en un sitio especifico.
There is a book on the table. “hay un libro sobre
la mesa”
There are two books on the table. “hay dos
libros sobre la mesa”

3. THERE IS
Utilizamos there is cuando el sujeto es:
• Un sustantivo contable singular: There is an apple in the basket.
Observa que el sustantivo lleva el artículo idenfinido (a/an).
• Un sustantivo incontable:
There is some tea in the pot.
Un sustantivo incontable son aquellos sustantivos que no se pueden contar, como le
arroz, los líquidos, el pan, el hielo.

4. THERE ARE
Utilizamos there are cuando el sujeto es:
• Un sustantivo plural:
There are two apples in the basket
Recuerda que en inglés los sustantivos irregulares, aunque no
lleven la marca “s”, requieren el acuerdo en plural con el verbo to
be:
There are a lot of children in the street.

5. NEGATIVE FORM
Las expresiones existenciales there is / there are se construye con
la partícula negativa not:
There isn’t any apple in the basket.
There aren’t twenty children in the class.
Para decir que no hay ningún o ninguna se utiliza el
cuantificador any.

6. INTERROGATIVE
Se construye mediante una inversión entre el verbo to be y el
sujeto “postizo” there:
Is there an apple in the basket?
Are there twenty children in the class?

7. BIBLIOGRAPHY
The information was taken from
http://www.ejerciciodeingles.com/cuando-usar-there-is-there-are/

8. HOW MUCH . HOW
MANY
QUESTIONS

9. ANTES DE ESTUDIARLO
Para poder entender el uso y estructura de estas preguntas, aclararemos las dos clases de
sustantivos en inglés:
CONTABLES (COUNTABLES )Y NO CONTABLES (UNCOUNTABLES)
LOS CONTABLES SON: los sustantivos que se pueden contar
A house, two houses, three houses, etc
El sustantivo people (gente) es contable ya que el singular es person (persona)
One person, two person, three people, four people, etc
LOS NO CONTABLES SON: los sustantivos que no se pueden contar
Los líquidos, el azúcar, la harina, es decir todos los sustantivos que se pueden contar con una
medida (libra (pound) botella (bottle) vatios (watts) segundo(second) etc)

10. HOW MANY
Se usa para hacer preguntas con los sustantivos contables:
How many cups of coffe do you drink? (¿cuántas tazas de café tomas?)
How many pants do you have? (¿Cuántos pantalones tienes?)
How many apples are there in the fridge? (¿Cuántas manzanas hay en el
refrigerador?)
El sustantivo está siempre en plural (cups, pants, apples)

11. HOW MUCH
Se usa con los sustantivos no contables
How much coffe do you drink in the morning? (¿Cuánto café tomas en la mañana?)
How much wine does France produce? (¿Cuánto café produce Francia?)
How much electricity do you consume every month? (¿Cuánta electricidad consumes al
mes?)
El sustantivo siempre está en singular

12. ANSWER FOR HOW MANY
Puedes responder con una cantidad precisa:
one, two, three, one hundred, million, etc.; de forma relativa: few (pocos), some (algunos),
many (muchos), none (ninguno), a lot (muchos), etc.
FOR EXAMPLE
How many candies do you have in your pocket? (¿Cuántos dulces tienes en tu bolsillo?)
Just a few! (¡Solo unos cuantos!)
How many suitcases are you going to take in your next trip to Europe? (¿Cuántas maletas vas
a llevar en tu próximo viaje a Europa
only one. (sólo una.)

13. ANSWER FOR HOW MUCH
Las respuestas son relativas: some (algo), a lot (mucho), a little (un poco), none (nada), much (mucho),
etc. También podemos responder con unidades de medida, peso, volumen, etc. para especificar la
cantidad cuando se requiera.
How much flour is there in the bowl? (¿Cuánta harina hay en el tazón?)
There is some flour in the bowl. (Hay un poco de harina en el tazón.)
How much money do you have? (¿Cuánto dinero tienes?)
Not too much. (No mucho.)
How much time do you need to finish your work? (Cuánto tiempo necesitas para terminar tu trabajo?)
Just a few more hours. (Solo unas pocas horas más.)

14. How many…? How much…?
songs music
jobs work
bottles wine/milk/water
cups coffee/tea
chairs furniture
suitcases luggage
batteries electricity
tips advice
dollars money
views scenery
carrots vegetable
bananas fruit
rings jewelry
letters mail
pants clothing

15. QUANTIFIERS

16. USE
Quantifiers talk about the amount or the number of a noun.
These expressions are mainly “some, any, many, much, a lot of, a
little, a few

17. SOME and ANY
They express an indefinite quantity or number
SOME + UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (affirmative)
There is some dust on the floor
There is some cheese in the fridge.
ANY + UNCOUNTABLE/ COUNTABLE NOUNS (negative and interrogative)
There isn’t any milk in the bottle
There isn’t any honey at home.
Is there any bread on the table?

18. MUCH / MANY
They express a large quantity
AFFIRMATIVE
I have many postcards. (COUNTABLE NOUN)
She has got much influence on you. (UNCOUNTABLE NOUN)
NEGATIVE
There isn’t much sugar in the kitchen. (UNCOUNTABLE NOUN)
There aren’t many people in the streets. (COUNTABLE NOUN)
INTERROGATIVE
Has Eric got much cash? (UNCOUNTABLE NOUN)
Are there many books in your bag? (COUNTABLE NOUN)

19. A FEW / A LITTLE
“A few” expresses a small quantity. It expresses a negative idea.
I have a few close friends in the city.
“A little” expresses a small quantity. It expresses a negative idea.
We have a little milk.

20. A LOT OF /LOTS OF
Expresses a big quantity.
There are a lot of bus stops in Bosa.
I have got lots of story books.