THIRD LEARNING OUTCOME MATERIAL

Determinando mi entorno empresarial

Quantifiers
Quantifiers in English language are those words that allow you to name, count and
organize things or people. Its function is to replace the numbers when the exact
quantity is unknown. For example: some, any, much, many, and none.

Many
It is used to build affirmative, interrogative and
negative sentences. It is also used to talk
about countable words.
The word company (one company, two
companies, many companies)
The word plane (one plane, two planes, many
planes)
.
Affirmative sentences:

He has many
fruits.

I have many tshirts.

Negative sentences:

There are not many

students in this class.

She doesnt have

many dresses..

Interrogative Sentences:
How many Colombian pesos are in one American dollar?
How many liters of water do you need?

Some or Any
They are used when the quantity is known but it
is not necessary to provide the precise number
of it. They are used to talk about both countable
and uncountable nouns, in affirmative
sentences (some), interrogative and negative
sentences (any).

Affirmative sentences:

There is some bread in

the larder.

Negative Sentences:

There are some

problems with the
Internet connection.

I do not have any

peach-palmes.

I do not have any

vacancy right now.

Interrogative Sentences:

Do you have any

fruits?

Do you have any

pending issue?

Few or Little
It is used to talk about small quantities of names
or objects. It can be used with both, countable
and uncountable nouns.
Countable: Few
Uncountable: Little

Example:

There are few fruits to export.

(Hay pocas frutas para
exportar)

That company has few

entrepreneurs. (Esa empresa
tiene pocos emprendedores)

There are few companies like

Paradise Fruits (Hay pocas
empresas como Paradise Fruits.)

We need a little of
patience. (Necesitamos
un poco de paciencia.)

We have little time to get

there. (Tenemos poco
tiempo para llegar all.)

How many
It is used to talk about countable nouns.
For example:

How many fruits

are yellow?

How many fingers

do you have?

How many products are

we going to export this
month?

How much
It is used to talk about uncountable nouns.
For example:

How much money do

you need to invest in
the project?

How much water do you

drink every day?

How much time does it

take you to go to the
school?

How much water do you

drink every day?

References

Moreno, F. (2008). "An Interactive Reading Comprehension Course".

Proyecto web. Consultado el 26 de octubre de 2013, en:
http://www.colombiaaprende.edu.co/recursos/software/reading/UNIT12/garde
n.htm

Rodriguez, S.(2001) Quantifiers. Consultado el 26 de octubre en:

http://www.reypastor.org/departamentos/ding/suro/grammar/quantifiers/quanti
fiers.htm

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Autores

Nombre
Csar Augusto
Marn Jaramillo

Cargo

Dependencia

Fecha

Instructor
ingls

Centro de
Automatizacin
Industrial
Regional Caldas

Octubre 26
de 2013

Expertos
temticos
Juan David
Mendieta
Muoz
John Jairo
Alvarado
Gonzlez

Instructor
ingls

Carolina
Chaparro

Octubre 30
de 2013

Guionista

Revisin
Andrs Felipe
Valencia Pimienta

Octubre 30
de 2013

Lder lnea
de
produccin
Instructor
ingls

Centro de Diseo e
Innovacin
Tecnolgica Industrial
Regional Risaralda.

Octubre 30
de 2013

Octubre 30
de 2013

Apoyo
Pavel Morales

Instructor
ingls

Octubre 30
de 2013