PITTSBURGH - PENNSYLVANIA (USA)

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Thanks so much Lauren.

QUANTIFIERS - SOME - ANY - HOW MUCH - HOW MANY

HELLO EVERYONE!!!

Here below, there is some information about the QUANTIFIERS in english language.

SOME - ANY - HOW MUCH - HOW MANY

You could study and learn about when you must use quantifiers in English language.

SOME and ANY

With countable nouns, we use

THERE ARE - THERE AREN'T

(plural nouns)

example

There are SOME apples on the table.

(affirmative sentence)

There aren't ANY books on the bed.

(negative sentence)

Are there ANY gorillas in Asia?

(interrogative sentences)

With uncountable nouns, we use

THERE IS - THERE ISN'T

(no plural)

There is some honey on my toast.

(affirmative sentence)

There isn't any butter on the toast.

(negative sentence)

Is there any water in the glass?

(interrogative sentence)

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After reading the information above,
Feel free to take the Quiz below!!!

HOW MUCH vs HOW MANY

Before taking the Quiz below,
you should read carefully this information.

We use HOW MANY to ask questions about quantity for countable nouns.

example

How many apples do you eat in a day?

We use HOW MUCH to ask questions about quantity for uncountable nouns.

example

How much water do you drink?

Verb "To Can"

Hello, Everyone!!!

Now, I´m going to teach you 
the verb "To Can".

We use CAN to say that something is 
possible or that someone has
the ability to do something.

VERB “TO CAN”

This is the way the verb “to can” is conjugated,

and the way you can make sentences.

AFFIRMATIVE		NEGATIVE			INTERROGATIVE
SUBJECT  +  CAN  +  INFINITIVE VERB  +  COMPLEMENTS
I	CAN	I	CAN´T (CAN NOT)		CAN I …	…?
YOU		YOU			CAN YOU …
HE		HE			CAN HE …
SHE		SHE			CAN SHE …
IT		IT			CAN IT …
WE		WE			CAN WE …
YOU		YOU			CAN YOU …
THEY		THEY			CAN THEY …
SHORT ANSWERS
Yes, I can. ... Yes, he can. … Yes, they can.				No, I can´t. … No, he can´t. … No, they can´t.

Examples

I can play the drums.

She can drive a car.

Can you open the door? Yes, I can.

Can he speak french? No, he can´t.

They can´t go to the cinema.

BE ABLE TO is possible instead of CAN,
but CAN is more usual. 

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