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much, many, (a) little, (a) fewveel, veel, weinig, weinig

two bicycles a lot of bicyclesone bicycle not that many bicycles

just a few bicycles

two apples a lot of applesone apple not that many applesjust a few apples


not that much snow lefta lot of snowone snow/two snowjust a little snow left

not that much energyjust a little energy

one energy/two energya lot of energy


Welke woorden heb je al geziendie iets zeggen over veel/weinig?


Welke woorden heb je al gezien die iets zeggen over veel/weinig?

A LOT OFBehalve eentje….


I have a lot of things to do. I have a lot of work to do.

Do you have many things to do? Do you have much work to do?

No, I don’t have many things to do. No, I don’t have much work to do.

Much en many betekenen allebei veel.

Je gebruik much en many alleen bij vragen en ontkennende zinnen.

Bij positieve zinnen gebruik je a lot of.


Much en many betekenen allebei veel.

Je gebruik much en many alleen bij vragen en ontkennende zinnen.

Bij positieve zinnen gebruik je a lot of: He has a lot of clothes.

Toch is er een verschil tussen much en many.

Much gebruik je alleen voor ontelbare zelfstandige naamwoorden; milk,

energy, snow, money, air, grass, etc. (deze kun je niet in het enkelvoud of

meervoud zetten, ze hebben maar één vorm)

Many gebruik je voor zelfstandige naamwoorden die je wel kunt tellen, jekunt er wel een getal voor zetten; 3 friends, 5 movies, 7 chairs, 2 apples.

I haven’t got much money.

I haven’t got many euros.

I have a lot of money/euros. (zie je het verschil?)


Dezelfde regel geldt voor het Engelse woord weinig. Ook

twee varianten voor ontelbare en telbare zelfstandige

naamwoorden: little en few.

deze heeft

He has little money left.Hij heeft weinig geld over.

uncountable

There are very few chairs left.Er zijn heel weinig stoelen over.

countable

Little en few betekenen dus allebei weinig.a little en a few betekenen weer iets heel anders...

much, many, (a) little, (a)veel, veel, weinig, weinig

few

a few > few

We gebruiken a few/few bij telbare zelfstandige naamwoorden.

a few = positiefFortunately, our financial situation is good: we still have a few good customers.

few = negatief (= bijna geen)I'm very sad: I have few good friends./ I'm very sad: I have very few good friends.

NIET LEREN:a few en few hebben onregelmatige vergrotende en overtreffende trappen.

a few – more – the mostfew – fewer – the fewest

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a little > little

We gebruiken a little/little bij ontelbare zelfstandige naamwoorden.

a little = positief (iets, maar niet veel)I can help you: I speak a little English.

little = negatief (bijna geen, bijna niets)I can't help you. I speak little English. / I can't help you. I speak very little English.

NIET LEREN:a little en little hebben onregelmatige vergrotende en overtreffende trappen.

a little – more – the mostlittle – less – the least

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A lot of = bevestigende zinnen (I have a lot of CDs and DVDs.)Much/many = vragen en ontkenningen (He hasn’t got many CDs or DVDs.)

Telbaar OntelbaarDollar, chairs, apples, Grass, snow, energy, air,

trees, questions, days, milk, money, salt, love,

etc. etc.

Veel (?/-) many much

weinig few little

een paar / een a few a little

beetje


Een aantal bekende uncountable nouns:

advice

air butter

coffee

education

electricity

food

furniture

gold

grass

homework

information

knowledge

literature

love

luck

luggage

meat

milk

money

music

news

noise

pepper

power

rain

saltsnow

space

speed

sugar

tea

toothpaste

weather

wine

work


Exercise: Match the uncountable nouns met de countable nouns in de tabel.

Wine – furniture – electricity – travel – money – work – advice – information –

music – luggage - scenery

euro

song

suitcase

table

battery

bottle

report

tip

journey

job

view


Exercise: Match the uncountable nouns met de countable nouns in de tabel.

Wine – furniture – electricity – travel – money – work – advice – information –

music – luggage - scenery

euro money

song

suitcase

table

battery

bottle

report

tip

journey

job

view

music

luggage

furniture

electricity

wine

information

advice

travel

work

scenery


few

Exercise: Maak onderstaande oefening af.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

We spent money. (weinig)

Do you have friends? (weinig)

There wasn’t traffic this morning. (veel)

There are old buildings and just churches. (veel – een paar)

The sun is shining, there isn’t snow left. (veel)

I know London, I have been there times.(paar –veel)

You’d better run, you haven’t got time left. (veel)

I’m staying longer. (beetje)

He has patience. (veel)

She’s lucky. She hasn’t got problems. (veel)


few

Exercise: Maak onderstaande oefening af. ANSWERS

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

We spent little money.

Do you have few friends?

There wasn’t much traffic this morning.

There are a lot of old buildings and just a few churches.

The sun is shining, there isn’t much snow left.

I know London, I have been there a few/a lot of times.

You’d better run, you haven’t got much time left.

I’m staying a little longer.

He has a lot of patience.

She’s lucky. She hasn’t got many problems.


! ExerciseProbeer bij alle

passende zin te

7 varianten eenbedenken.


1)

2)

3)

I have a lot of homework to do.

Does he have many fans in China?

We don’t have much homework for Monday.

4)

5)

I’ve invited few friends to come to my birthday party.

After the sun had shone, there was little snow left.

6)

7)

We borrowed a few books from the library for our research.

I can help you. I have a little money left.

Education

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