Modal exercises

exercise
http://www.englishpage.com/modals/modalintro.html

Quantifier Review Exercise + Reading

Exercise
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1k3xMww8Hr_yJYIwTArrDO6lRwvS9ccdTZ1AI3zww5rk/edit?pli=1

Pre-reading-Holiday Spending sized up
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/14Tu9FSFfRbvrsdaGgkrZqBQMoRBfdi0nb2AhEOKbrg0/edit

Reading-Holiday Spending Sized Up
https://docs.google.com/a/canada-english.com/document/d/1NMS6WD8JELxbveeF8R6g5haqtHj_4fsVu7e_CzrYUhU/edit

Quantifiers--Important Notes to Remember

Quantifiers -- Important Notes to remember

1.  Add “of” to the quantifier when there is a determiner before the noun—determiners are:

A, an, the;   this, that, these, those;  my, his, her, your, their, our.

I ate some of the cookies.

He ate all of my cookies.

I ate a few of those cookies.

Many of the cookies were eaten.  Much of the cake was eaten.

Also add “of” to the quantifier with an object pronoun (after the verb)

Him, her, us, them, me, it

Did you eat all of the cake?  No, I only ate some of it.

2. Differences between ‘a few’ and ‘few’ (for countable nouns) and ‘a little’ and ‘little’(for uncountable nouns)

A few, few:

I have a few copies. (some)

I have few copies. (not very many—lack of copies)

A little, little:

I have a little money. (some)

I have little money. (not very much—lack of money)

3. Quite (adverb) and quantifiers

When ‘quite’ is before a small quantifier, it changes the meaning to the opposite!!!  (a few, a bit)

However; it does not change the meaning with a large quantifier.

There are a few people at party.  (not many, a small number of)

There are quite a few people. (a lot, many)—opposite idea

There is a bit of food left.  (a little food left, not much food)

There is quite a bit of food left.  (a lot of food—much food)—opposite idea

Quite does not change the meaning of quantifiers for large amounts—it stresses or emphasizes  that there is a large amount—similar to using ‘very’.

There are quite a lot of students at the party.  (There are very many students at the party.)

Carlos Slim has quite a lot of money.  (He has very much money.)

4.  ‘So’ and ‘too’ with quantifiers.

Quantifiers - quiz supplement link

Quizzes
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/quantifiers2.htm

http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/quant_gap2.htm

Reported Speech Notes and Exercises--External Website

Notes and Exercises

To do the practice exercises do not click on the PDF files.  You will have to click on the links at the end of each grammar note section and copy and paste the exercises into a google document or a word document.  You can then type your answers in.

Reported Speech Quiz--External Link

Quiz

Discursive Essay

You are going to write a discursive essay that will be due on Monday Feb. 20th.

Here are some links that will explain what a discursive essay is:

http://custom-writing.org/blog/writing-tips/free-essay-writing-tips/228.html

http://www.ehow.com/how_5107873_write-discursive-essay.html

http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/exams/discursiveessays.pdf