Wednesday, 16 March 2016

D'Amico Shipping B2 Lesson 14

Class

  1. Singular/plural/uncountable
  2. Determiners/pronouns/quantifiers
  3. How countable is tested - extra word exercise (BEC Vantage Reading Part 5) p.42
  4. Countable/uncountable/proper nouns (workbook p. 25)
Notes
a few  + countable plural noun,  a little + uncountable noun = positive - a small number/amount but enough while few and little on their own are negative.

There was a little money left, so we were able to buy some wine. 
We got to the party late but there were still a few people left and we had a good time. 
We had little money left and were really starting to worry.
The Union Rep was fed up because few people attended the meeting. 

number of + plural noun  emphasises how many so is followed by a plural verb.
The number of + plural noun emphasises a single figure/amount/statistic so is followed by a singular verb. 

Going Further
Notes and examples:
Pronunciation: either, neither
Let's Call The Whole Thing Off  by George and Ira Gershwin. 



2 comments:

Andrea said...

The song has been re-used in filmmaking and television production.
This is one of the best version of this song :-)


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhg6Vrbn0M4

S.B. said...

Brilliant!