QUANTIFIERS & PHRASAL VERBS

22 de mayo de 2018
* CORRECTION HOMEWORK
- Student's book. Pag. 89. 3 Reading & Speaking
a) Nowadays we have too information, press, tv, internet and all information sometimes it isn't true
b) 1- b they enjoy their jobs less/ 2- c more stressed and less creative/ 3- b using the internet
c) hits= entradas de internet, internet's links/ bloggers= person who write a blog on the internet/ survey= encuesta/ multitasking= multitarea, haciendo varias cosas a la vez/ switch off= apagar/ electronic devices= aparatos electrónicos

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 88. 1 Grammar
a) mobile phone, laptop, headphones, tablet, mp3, photo camera

b) 1- I used to have a lot of different gadgets, but now I use my phone for almost everything/
    2- I'd like to buy a better computer, but I don't have enough money at the moment/
    3- I spend too much time every day online/
    4- I only have a few friends on Facebook, and none of them are close friends/
    5- I never watch TV or films on my phone because the screen isn't big enough/
    6- I like Apple products because of their design, but I think they are too expensive

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 149. 9B Quantifiers
+ large quantities
- Utilizamos a lot of ó lost of en frases afirmativas, 
    Ej: My uncle and my aunt have a lot of money  /  Nina has lots of clothes

- Utilizamos a lot cuando no hay un sustantivo.
     Ej:  James eats a lot / He talks a lot/ He talks a lot of

- Much (uncountable) / Many (countable) se usan en frases negativas e interrogativas.
  A lot of también puede ser utilizado
  Ej: There aren't many cafés near here / Do you watch much TV? / I don't eat much chocolate

- Usamos plenty of en frases afirmativas para expresar que algo es más que suficiente
   Ej: Don't run. We have plenty of time

+ Small quantities
- Usamos little + uncountable sustantivo y few + plural countable sustantivo.
   a little y a few = some, but not a lot = algo, pero no mucho
  Ej: The town only has a few cinemas / I need a little time

- Very little y very few = not much / not many = no mucho / no muchos 
 Ej:I'm so busy that I have very little time for myself/
     Sarah isn't popular and she has very few friends

+ More or less thant you need or want= más ó menos que lo que tú necesitas o quieres
- Usamos too + adjetivo. Ej: I don't like this city. It's too big and it's too noisy

- Usamos too much + uncountable nouns y too many + plural countable nouns
  Ej: There's too much traffic and too much noise / There are too many tourists and too many cars

- Usamos enough antes de un sustantivo.
  Ej: There aren't enough parks and there aren't enough trees

- Usamos enough después de un adjetivo o adverbio. 
  Ej: The buses aren't frequent enough  / The buses don't run frequently enough

+ Zero quantity
- Usamos any + noun para referirnos a ninguna cantidad (cero) y el verbo en negativo
   Ej: There isn't any room in the car / We don't have any eggs

- Usamos no + noun con el verbo en positivo. Ej: There's no room in the car /  We have no eggs

- Usamos none sin noun en las respuestas cortas.
   Ej: How many eggs do we have? None. I've used them all

+ EXERCISES
a) 1- I just have to reply to a few emails and then I've finished/
    2- Don't spend much time on social networking sites?/
    3- My bedroom is a nice size. There's enough room-plenty of room for a desk/
    4- I know very few people who speak two foreign languages/
    5- My brother has downloaded a lot of - lot of apps onto his new phone/
    6- I have some cash on me, but not a lot/
    7- Their new Tv is too big, It hardly fits in the living room/
    8- There aren't any- there are no potatoes. I forgot to buy some/
    9- My niece isn't enough old to play with a games console/
  10- I don't have a lot of- many friends on Facebook

b) 1- How many presents did you get? A lot/
    2- I buy very few paper books now because I have an e-reader/
    3- I don't use any social networks because I don't like them/
    4- Please turn that music down. It's too loud/
    5- There aren't many good programmes on TV tonight/
    6- My internet connection isn't fast enough for me to download films/
    7- I make too many phone calls. My phone bill is enormous!/
    8- How much fruit do we have? None. Can you buy some?/
    9- There are a few websites that I use regularly/
  10- Karen has plenty of money, so she always has the latest gadgets

* EXTRAPHOTOCOPIES. Pag. 33
- The country has a lot of problems/
  Firstly, there's too much unemployment/ Secondly, there aren't enough teachers/
  there's no money left for pensions!/ We've had very little time to repair the damaged/
  How many people voted for you?/ Very few!/ were a lot of members of your own party/
  You say you haven't had enough time/ I say you don't have any original ideas/
  we have plenty of ideas/ that very few of them/ A few years ago/
  we had very little unemployment/ The people of this country are too intelligent/
  The problem is that your party spends too much time insulting/
  and not enough time thinking of new ideas/ I'm afraid we have no more time today

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 88. 2 Pronunciation
a) ʌ: enough, tough/ ɔː bought, brought, caught, daughter, thought/ 
  əʊ: although/ ɑː laugh/ uː through/ ɒ: cough

* STUDENT'S BOOK. Pag. 90. 4 Vocabulary & Pronunciation
a) 7 a mouse/ 8 a speaker/ 11 a USB cable/ 6 a keyboard/ 9 a memory stick/ 2 a plug/ 
    4 a remote control/ 5 a screen/ 12 a socket/ 1 a switch/ 10 an adaptor/ 3 headphones

b) 1- I changed the heating from 20º to 18º I turned it down C/ 
    2- I disconnected my iPod from the computer I unplugged it F/ 
    3- I made the volume on the TV louder I turned it up D/ 
    4- I pressed the "off" button on the TV I switched it off A/ 
    5- I programmed the alarm on my phone I set it for 7.30 G/ 
    6- I put my phone charger into a socket I plugged it in E/ 
    7- I pressed the "on" button on my laptop  I switched it on B

+ Frases verbales separadas
- Muchas frases verbales están separadas, el objeto puede estar entre el verbo y la particula
   Ej: Switch the TV on / Turned the Tv down

- Si el objeto de la frase es un pronombre,  este debe de ir siempre entre el verbo y la particula
   Ej: Switch it on / Turn it down/ Plugged it in/ 

* EXTRAPHOTOCOPIES. Pag. 43. VOCABULARY REVISION. Phrasal verbs
1- warm up/ 2- set up/ 3- pug in/ 4- cut down on/ 5- eat out/ 6- cut out/ 7- pay back/ 8- pick up/ 
9- sent off/ 10- split up/ 11- switch off/ 12- bring up/ 13- work out/ 14- take out/ 15- look forward to/
16- fall out with/ 17- look for/ 18- run out of/ 19- watch out/ 20- turn up


                        FIN DEL CURSO INGLES B1.1