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Quantifiers from adjectives

Past necessities: using “have to” in the past

We use “have to” to talk about something that is necessary, but we still have option to do it or not.

If we don’t do that thing, there are going to be consequences.

Did you have to… + verb

Examples:

• Did you have to do your homework?
• Did you have to do the laundry?
• Did you have to finish your project?
• Did you have to wash the dishes?

No, I didn’t have to.

Yes, I had to do.

Yes, it was due today!

Yes, but I didn’t do them and now my mom is upset.

• Responding in the negative

No he didn’t have to eat 3 pizzas, but he did and now he has stomachache!

• Consequences

• Responding in positive

Yes, I had to…

Yes, she had to…

Yes, we had to pay the money back!

Quantifiers as adverbs

Read the text and identify the quantifiers used.

Once upon a time, there was a boy who loved to eat! He eats many things, but not everything. He eats a lot of fruit and vegetables because he wants to stay healthy. He eats a little chocolate every month because it is very tasty. He also rides his bike a lot. He only cooks a bit, though. He likes baking very much. He is almost a professional at making cookies and bread. The good thing is that most fruits and vegetables do not cost very much!

List of quantifiers used as and adverb in the text

• a lot

• a little

• many

• a bit

• much

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Expressing quantities with "hardly" and "not much"

Hardly, barely, not much/many

“Hardly” and “barely” are adverbs used to express a little quantity of something, almost nothing.

“Not much” and “not many” are used to talk about uncountable and countable things, respectively.

Examples: