Presentation on expressing quantity for Spanish students, secondary education, year 2

1. EXPRESSING
QUANTITY

3. THERE IS/ THERE ARE
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La traducción es español es “hay”
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“there is” se utiliza para el singular
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“there are” se utiliza para el plural
– There is a book on the table
– There are two books on the table

4. A / AN
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La traducción es “un, uno, una”
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Se usa con sustantivos contables en singular
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“a” si la siguiente palabra empieza por consonante
– A book; a computer; a house; a university
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“an” si la siguiente palabra empieza por vocal
– An apple; an orange; an hour; an ugly
building

5. SOME/ ANY
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“some” se usa en frases afirmativas
con sustantivos incontable o con
sustantivos contables en plural
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Se traduce por “algunos, varios”
– There is some milk in the fridge
– I have some money
– There are some books on the table
– We have some photographs

6. SOME/ ANY
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“any” se usa en frases negativas y en
preguntas. Se usa con sustantivos
incontables y con contables en plural
– There isn't any milk in the fridge
– Do you have any money?
– There aren't any books on the table
– Are there any books on the table?

7. MUCH/ MANY
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“much” se usa con sustantivos incontables y se traduce
como “mucho”
– There is much milk in the fridge
– There isn't much cheese
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“many” se usa con sustantivos contables en plural y se
traduce por “muchos”
– There are many tomatoes in the fridge
– There aren't many books on the table

8. HOW MUCH/
HOW MANY
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Estas expresiones se usan para
preguntar por la cantidad
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“how much” se usa con sustantivos
incontables y significa “¿cuánto?
– How much milk is there in the fridge?
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“how many” se usa con sustantivos
contables en plural y significa
“¿cuántos?”

9. A lot of
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Se puede usar tanto con sustantivos
contables como incontables y significa
“mucho”. Su uso es más frecuente en
frases afirmativas
– I have a lot of homework
– There is a lot of milk in the fridge
– There are a lot of tomatoes in the fridge

10. SUMMARY

11. SOME EXERCISES
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