Countable Nouns: A FEW, MANY and A LOT OF
I’m so excited about the jazz concert tonight! One of my favorite musicians will be there. There aren’t many seats left, but Katie has a couple of tickets for us.
Belle: What a cool theater! There are so many people here.
Katie: I agree. There’s not much space in here. I’m glad we have reserved seats.
Belle: Do you have any jazz albums?
Katie: I have a few Norah Jones albums. She is my favorite singer.
What is Belle excited about?
Are there many tickets left for the show?
Countable Nouns: A FEW, MANY and A LOT OF
Positive:
She has a few tickets for the show.
She has many/a lot of DVDs.
Negative:
She doesn’t have many/a lot of CDs.
Questions:
Does she have many albums?
Uncountable Nouns: A LITTLE, MUCH and A LOT OF
Positive:
She has a little wine in her glass.
She has a lot of makeup in her bag.
Negative:
She doesn’t have much/a lot of time today.
Questions:
Does she have much furniture in her house?
and Uncountable Nouns
Choose the correct word
1. We have much / a lot of rice.
2. There are a few / a little cookies on the plate.
3. I don’t drink a few / much beer.
4. I don’t have much / many textbooks.
5. Do you eat much / many chocolate?
6. Do you have much / many pairs of shoes?
Complete the dialogue with a few, many, a little, much and a lot of.
Katie: The band is huge! How _____________ musicians are on stage?
Belle: I don’t know. There are _____________ people up there.
Katie: I don’t have ____________ money, so I can’t buy any souvenirs.
Belle: I have ____________ money. I can buy one for you. You bought the tickets.
Katie: Wow, thanks Belle!
You’re going shopping for groceries. What do you need? What will you buy?
“I don’t have much butter. I’m going to buy some.”
bread – bananas – milk - olives – rice – yogurt – juice
Countable Nouns: A FEW, MANY and A LOT OF/Uncountable Nouns: A LITTLE, MUCH, and A LOT OF
可算名詞におけるa few, many, a lot of、不可算名詞におけるa little, much, a lot of
Day 3では、「a few, many, a lot of」と「a little, much, a lot of」の使い分けを紹介します。
many と much は「たくさんの」という意味ですが、many は可算名詞に、much は不可算名詞に対して使います。
例1： She has much money. （moneyは不可算名詞）
例2： I have many friends in Tokyo. （friendは可算名詞）
a few は「少数の」という意味で可算名詞に、a little は「少量の」という意味で、不可算名詞に対して使います。
例3： He has a little money. （moneyは不可算名詞）
例4： She has a few friends in Kanagawa. （friendは可算名詞）
a lot of は「たくさんの」という意味ですが、可算名詞にも不可算名詞にも使えます。（ただし、many と much に比べると少々口語的です）。
例5： He has a lot of money.
例6： She has a lot of friends in Japan.
なお、a few, a littleともに「少しは～ある」という肯定的なニュアンスを持っていることに注意しましょう。