Commenting on amounts

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Commenting on amounts
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• How do we comment on amounts?

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• We can comment on amounts by using
• enough
• too many
• too much
• not enough
• too few
• too little

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We use enough and not enough with both plural
countable nouns and uncountable nouns.
Do we have enough paintings to sell at the art
auction? Yes, but there isnt enough space to
display them in the classroom.
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We use too many and too few only with plural
countable nouns.
There are too many homeless children in the
city. We organised too few fundraising events
last year. Lets organise more this year.
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We use too much and too little only with
uncountable nouns.
There is too much poverty in the world. People
give too little money to charity.
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Practice
Complete the letter.
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Dear schoolmates Were writing this letter to
thank you for participating in our schools first
sponsored walk. We hope you had after
the long hike. As you know, the Social Service
Clubs fun fair did very badly this year. We had
wanted to donate a laptop to the Make-A-Wish
Foundation. However, we raised to
meet our goal. Then the prefects had a great
idea they could help us organise a sponsored
walk.
enough rest
too little money
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At first, we thought that there would be
. You might have thought that we were
having . You might also have thought
it would be to find a
sponsor and then spend a whole day hiking. Your
wonderful response has shown us that we neednt
have worried. With your help, we can now buy

for not one but five children!
Theres in this letter to
express how grateful we feel. So let us just say
this thank you! The Social Service Club
not enough / too few volunteers
too many fundraising events
too much work
enough laptops
not enough / too little space
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