The Shining, The Miniseries: Quantifiers and Articles with Count x Non-Count Nouns

I. Work in small groups. Describe your house kitchen. Think of appliances, food, decoration, everything you can remember:

II. Make a guess of all the kitchen utensils and food the Overview Hotel has for the housekeepers. It is a very isolated hotel, which is unreachable during the winter time. Use the quantifiers below. You may also leave  the spaces blank as well. YOU MAY REPEAT YOUR ANSWERS

A - AN - (NOTHING) - THREE - TWO - SIXTEEN - ONE HUNDRED TWENTY - 

1. There are ________________ smaller freezers, _____________________ stoves, _______________ pantry back there and ________________ vegetable bin.

2. There is _____________ cellar behind the trap door  full of potatoes,  __________ meal slicer, and _____________ food processor. 

3. You got _____________ sinks over there. There are also _____________ dishwashers.

Food:

___________________ of hamburger

___________________ of red eye chili.

___________________ legs of lamb

___________________ Bacon

___________________ Pork

___________________ Halibut

___________________ Peas

___________________ Corn

III. Watch the segment and check your answers:

IV. Discussion:

1. Would you like to spend five months locked in that wonderful hotel for a good sum  of money? Why (not)?

2. What are the greatest difficulties they will face?

3. In your opinion, who is the right person to do such a job?

Answer key:

There are three smaller freezers

You got three stoves

There is a pantry back there

A vegetable bin

A cellar behind the trap door full of potatoes

A meal slicer

A food processor

You got sinks over there

There are two dishwashers

Edibles:

120 pounds of hamburger

Sixteen gallons of red eye chili

Three legs of lamb

Bacon, pork, halibut, peas, corn

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MOVIE SEGMENT DOWNLOAD - THE SHINING

Imagine That: Quantifiers - Countable x Non Countable

This is a movie for the whole family. It is about a highly imaginative gilr whose imaginary world halps her dad succeed in his business deals. This charming scene is great for quantifiers practicing, especially expressions that go with count and/or non-count nouns.




A. Write the quantifiers below in the correct column:


a little
a bit
no
none
not any
a lot of
plenty of
a few
a number of
several
a large number of
a great number of
lots of
a great deal of
a large amount of


1. QUANTIFIERS WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS



2. QUANTIFIERS WITH BOTH COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS



3. QUANTIFIERS WITH COUNTABLE NOUNS



B. Now watch the segment and fill in the blanks with one of the quantifiers above, according to the information presented in the movie.

To make the pancakes, he poured ___________ flour, and ______________ eggs. They left __________ (flour) all over the kitchen table. They melted ____________ butter and fried ______________ pancakes. She poured ____________ chocolate syrup, ________ hot sauce, _____________ ketchup, and _________ mustard on the pancakes. At the end of the scene, she charged him ____________ money for the pancakes.

WORKSHEET

MOVIE SEGMENT DOWNLOAD - IMAGINE THAT


Answer Key on the worksheet:



a little /a bit / a great deal of / a large amount of / no / none / not any / some / any / a lot of / plenty of / lots of / a few / a number of / several / a large number of /


B. Answers will vary.