Talking about problems and solutions with quantifiers
A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS
Students practice a wide range of different quantifiers by making up problems and suggesting solutions, with suggested topics and grammar presentation stage.
Lesson Plan Content:
Talking about problems and solutions with quantifiers
Choose one of the quantifiers on the right below and use it to explain a problem, listen to your partner’s suggestion(s) on how to solve that problem (perhaps also using words from below), react to what they say, discuss solutions more if you like, then swap rules and do the same. Take turns doing the same thing until your teacher stops you.
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Suggested topics
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Suggested quantifiers for problems (and solutions) |
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Complaints Co-workers (= colleagues) English at work Getting a promotion Improving your English Information Meeting people Meetings Negotiations Networking Office (furniture, building, space, local area, etc) Overtime Paperwork Sales Staffing/ HR Finance/ Money Telephoning Travel Work Work-life balance |
a couple of (only) a few (only) a little a lot of few little lots of/ many no not any not enough not many not much quite a lot so many so much some too few too little (much/ far/ slightly) too many (much/ far/ slightly) too much |
Share a problem and a solution that you agreed on with the class, and see if they agree.
Ask about anything above which you couldn’t use, don’t understand, etc, working together to think of related problems and solutions each time.
What are the differences between these quantifiers?
- many/ so many
- so many/ too many
- too many/ too much
- too many/ much too many
- not many/ not enough
- a few/ few
- a little/ little
Which of the quantifiers above are (always or usually) negative?
Change groups. Do the same, without using the list above but using a different quantifier in each problem, writing the quantifiers you use so you don’t repeat them next time.
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