Ejercicios de contables e incontables: much, many, a few y a little
25 preguntas · opción múltiple, huecos, transformar frases, verdadero o falso y relacionar · corrección al instante
Opción múltiple
Expresa la cantidad
Elige la opción correcta para completar cada frase.
How apples do we need?
There isn’t sugar in the bowl.
We have minutes before the train leaves.
Add oil to the pan.
There are people in the square.
Completar
Much o many
Completa cada hueco con much o many.
How luggage have you got?
How chairs are in the room?
We haven’t got information about the trip.
There aren’t buses on Sundays.
How water does this plant need?
Transformación
Cantidades pequeñas
Completa cada frase con a few o a little, sin añadir más palabras. La segunda frase debe expresar la misma cantidad.
There are some coins in my pocket, but not many.
FEW
There are coins in my pocket.
There is some cheese in the fridge, but not much.
LITTLE
There is cheese in the fridge.
We have some questions, but not many.
FEW
We have questions.
She needs some advice, but not much.
LITTLE
She needs advice.
He has some free time today, but not much.
LITTLE
He has free time today.
Verdadero o falso
Revisa los nombres incontables
Marca Verdadero si la frase es gramaticalmente correcta y Falso si contiene un error.
Can you give me an advice?
There are three bottles of juice on the shelf.
We bought two new furnitures.
I have a little money for lunch.
How many rice do you want?
Relacionar
Cuenta por unidades
Relaciona cada cantidad con su expresión en inglés. Fíjate en la palabra que permite contar un nombre incontable.
Pulsa un elemento de la izquierda y después su pareja de la derecha.
Explicación
Los nombres contables se pueden contar como unidades. Los incontables presentan algo como una cantidad o una materia, sin contar unidades directamente.
Contables e incontables
| Contables | Incontables |
|---|---|
| an egg / three eggs | rice |
| a bottle / two bottles | water |
| a chair / six chairs | furniture |
Un contable singular necesita normalmente un determinante: a banana, the banana, my banana. Un incontable no lleva a/an ni una -s de plural: some bread, no a bread ni breads para hablar de pan en general.
Puedes contar un recipiente o una unidad: two bottles of water, a slice of bread.
Much, many y a lot of
| Expresión | Se usa con | Ejemplo |
|---|---|---|
| many | contables plurales | How many cups do you need? |
| much | incontables | We don’t have much coffee. |
| a lot of | ambos | a lot of cups / a lot of coffee |
Much y many son habituales en preguntas y negativas. En afirmativa cotidiana, a lot of suele sonar más natural: We have a lot of homework.
A few y a little
Ambas expresiones indican una cantidad pequeña, pero mayor que cero.
- A few + plural contable: I have a few friends in this town.
- A little + incontable: There is a little milk left.
Sin a, few y little destacan que la cantidad es escasa o insuficiente: We have little time significa que tenemos muy poco tiempo.
Truco: advice, information, homework y luggage son incontables en inglés. Di some advice o a piece of advice, no an advice.