MANY, MUCH, A LOT OF, FEW, LITTLE… + COMPARATIVES.

TO DESCRIBE JOBS.

There are some rules:

Many is used only with COUNTABLES nouns.

Much with UNCOUNTABLES nouns.

A lot of can be used with both.

Only many and much can be preceded by the words how, to form questions (how many / how much ...?).

Few is found with COUNTABLES nouns.

Little with UNCOUNTABLES nouns.

If they are used without the indefinite article, a, they have the sense of   not enough   and are negative in feeling (few events, little interest) but these are quite formal and we would normally prefer not many events and not much interest.

When few and little are used with “a”, they simply mean asmall quantity with no extra negative overtones: a few

events (i.e. three or four) and a little interest (i.e. some interest, but not a lot).

Instructions: there are some adjectives with their comparative, then give a sentence using the comparative but don’t forget to use a quantifier.

Big - bigger _____________________________________________________________

Tall –taller ______________________________________________________________

Fast –faster______________________________________________________________

Smart –smarter___________________________________________________________

Intelligent- more intelligent___________________________________________________

Good- better _____________________________________________________________

Bad- worse ______________________________________________________________

Now look at the following pictures and make a sentence using comparatives and quantifiers which my fit better on each picture. Write your sentence in the blue box that is next to the picture.

Here there is the structure of a comparative sentences using quantifiers.

THE OBJECT THAT WE´LL COMPARE + VERB TO BE + QUIANTIFIER + COMPARATIVE + THE OBJECT THAT COMPARES THE PREVIOUS ONE. NOTA: IF IT’S NECESARY ANOTHER OBJECT.

My cousin house is much bigger than mine

Instructions: Now that you have the rules, write some sentences using the quantifiers (MANY, MUCH, A LOT OF, LITTLE,

ETC) + a comparative BUT DESCRIBING YOUR FAMILY´S JOBS, there are some example on the box.

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My grandpa's job is a little noisier than the one of my mom

My sister works in a factory which for me is worse than my bro´s job.

The building where I work is bigger than the one where my best friend works.

Here there is the structure of a comparative sentences using quantifiers.

THE OBJECT THAT WE´LL COMPARE + VERB TO BE + QUIANTIFIER + COMPARATIVE + THE OBJECT THAT COMPARES THE PREVIOUS ONE. NOTA: IF IT’S NECESARY ANOTHER OBJECT.

My cousin house is much bigger than mine