Janeth Juárez López A07105678 Inglés I 05/03/15 Tutor: Marcelo Ocampo

MIV-U1- Actividad 1 Quantities

Introducción: Expresiones de cantidad: Little /few /a lot of

- Little se utiliza para expresar cantidades pequeñas con sustantivos en singular:

Examples:

There is little traffic. (Hay poco tráfico)

There is little pollution. (Hay poca contaminación)

El verbo to be se utiliza en singular:

There is little noise. (Hay poco ruido).

There is little space. (Hay poco espacio).

- Few se utiliza con para expresar cantidades pequeñas con sustantivos en plural:

Examples:

There are few houses. (Hay pocas casas)

There are few buildings. (Hay pocos edificios)

El verbo to be se utiliza en plural:

There are few students. (Hay pocos estudiantes)

There are few robberies. (Hay pocos robos).

- A lot of se utiliza para grandes cantidades ya sea en singular o plural.

Examples:

There is a lot of traffic. (Hay mucho tráfico)

There are a lot of cars. (Hay muchos carros)

There is a lot of pollution. (Hay mucha contaminación)

There are a lot of robberies. (Hay muchos robos)

Janeth Juárez López A07105678 Inglés I 05/03/15 Tutor: Marcelo Ocampo

MIV-U1- Actividad 1 QuantitiesTask 1

Lee este texto sobre la ciudad de México. Utiliza a lot of, few o little según corresponda de acuerdo al contexto (el sustantivo en negritas es el que determina cuál de las tres expresiones utilizar). Para las palabras cuyo significado no comprendas, utiliza el diccionario en línea: http://www.wordreference.com/

Mexico City is an important city because it has many historic museums and buildings. There are a lot of night clubs, theaters and cultural centers and there are a few restaurants with different types of foods. The city is very busy and people do not have little time to rest. There is also few pollution and noise, and unfortunately a lot of traffic and crime. The climate is nice, but sometimes there is little rain.

Task 2

De las siguientes ciudades, elabora enunciados, puedes tomar como ejemplo el párrafo anterior.

Example:

London

There is a lot of traffic

There are many cars.

There is little time.

Michoacán

There is little bad weather

There are many animals

There is a lot of heat

Los Angeles

There is a lot of pollution

There are many buildings

There is little sun

My city

There are many forests

There is a lot of traffic

There are a few events in anime