GRAMMAR

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Espressioni di quantità

A little / a few

Wh- questions (3)

(A) little e (a) few servono per indicare una piccola quantità (poco/a, pochi/e). Con i sostantivi non numerabili (uncountable) si usa a little = un po’ di o little = poco/a. Con i sostantivi numerabili (countable) plurali si usa a few = qualche / alcuni o few = pochi/e. Numerabili

Non numerabili

There are a few sweets (left).

There’s a little milk (left).

There are few sweets.

There’s little milk.

How much…? e How many…? Sono le parole interrogative che si usano per informarsi sulla quantità. La costruzione della domanda è: How much / How many + sostantivo + verbo + soggetto + ? A queste domande si risponde fornendo un’informazione precisa.

Yes / No questions (3) Quando la domanda non inizia con una parola interrogativa, ma con il verbo, si risponde usando le risposte brevi, o con una frase completa, come hai già visto per i verbi Be e Have got (vedi pagine 8 e 12).

There are a few sweets left!

10 Scrivi le domande per queste risposte. Scrivi su un foglio e inseriscilo qui. A ______________________________________ Is there any cheese? B Yes, there is some. 1 B No, there aren’t any. 2 B No, but I’ve got a lot of CDs. 3 B The red T-shirt? It’s 15 pounds, dear. 4 B We haven’t got much time. We’re late! 5 B No, there are only a few sandwiches left. 6 B Yes, I’ve got a lot of friends!

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Completa le frasi con a little o a few. We’ve got ________ a little flour. 1 They’ve got ________ friends now. 2 There’s ________ water in the bottle.

Scrivi su un foglio e inseriscilo qui.

3 There are only ________ people.

There are a lot of vegetables. There aren’t any steaks (bistecche), but there’s some fish. There isn’t any cheese, there are a few eggs. There’s some fruit: some oranges, a lot of strawberries, a few apples. There isn’t much milk, but there’s a lot of orange juice.

4 The children have got ________ toys. 5 Can I have ________ orange juice, please? 6 There’s ________ bread. 7 I’ve got ________ money. 8 We’ve got ________ sandwiches.

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11 Che cosa c’è nel frigo? Traduci in italiano.

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