Quantity / Amount
How much or how many?
Значение
The amount, count, mass, portion, or approximate quantity of a participant or event.
Как распознать
Find words that count or measure things.
Примеры
one|two|many|few|some|all
three books|a lot of water|many people
I bought three apples.
Visual guide
Participant: apples/water Question: HOW MUCH/MANY? apples: ● ● ● three apples = exact count many people = large amount a lot of water = mass amount
Same AMOUNT, different shapes: three books number + noun 3 + classifier + book books + 3 noun + number a lot of water measure phrase Check: plural? mass/count?
Разбор по языкам
В родном языке
Numerals strongly affect noun number and case patterns.
три книги
three books
На изучаемом языке
В английском количество выражается числами, количественными словами и определителями: three, many, much, some, any, a few. Выбор зависит от того, можно ли считать существительное по штукам, и от смысла фразы.
I need three apples.
three = «три», количество
Учащиеся могут путать much и many, few и little, some и any, а также исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.