Quantifiers - 9B - Digital Detox - First Part

Hello there. We're going to work on the very last part of your grammar 00:00:00

contents in this course. We're going to start by working on something called digital detox, 00:00:07

which is in your book on page, let me check, it's 148 and 149. Okay, so 00:00:15

So while watching this video, make sure you have your book with you and I will ask you 00:00:28

to stop the video and do some exercises, okay? 00:00:37

So the first thing is we're going to work on some vocabulary that you are supposed to 00:00:41

be very familiar with. 00:00:46

There you have vocabulary on electronic devices. 00:00:49

are supposed to match the words with the photos and I'm going to play the 00:00:53

recording you're going to listen and check the words okay 9.9 to an adapter 00:01:00

4. A charger. 5. A keyboard. 1. A memory stick. 13. A mouse. 6. A plug. 8. A printer. 10. 00:01:13

A remote control 00:01:41

3 00:01:43

A router 00:01:46

11 00:01:48

A socket 00:01:50

9 00:01:52

A speaker 00:01:55

7 00:01:57

A switch 00:01:59

12 00:02:01

A USB cable 00:02:04

Okay. 00:02:06

So, now you may stop the video. 00:02:10

And do the next exercise, which is matching the phrasal verbs, a-j, with the sentences. 00:02:14

And look at this, how they are linked. 00:02:24

Switch it off, delete it, update it. 00:02:27

OK, so stop the video, do the exercise, and I will play the recording again. 00:02:31

9.10 00:02:44

1 00:02:45

H. I changed the heating from 20 degrees to 18 degrees. 00:02:47

OK, so look how it pronounces changed. 00:02:55

I turned it down. 00:03:02

2. F. 00:03:05

I disconnected my printer from the computer. I unplugged it. 00:03:08

Unplugged it. See, it goes all together. 00:03:15

3. D. I made the volume on the TV louder. I turned it up. 00:03:20

4. A. I pressed the off button on the TV. I switched it off. 00:03:30

5. G. I programmed the alarm on my phone for 7.30. I set it. 00:03:39

6. I 00:03:47

I put my phone charger into a socket. I plugged it in. 00:03:52

7. J 00:03:59

I pressed the on button on my laptop. I switched it on. 00:04:01

8. C 00:04:08

I got the latest version of an app. I updated it. 00:04:10

9. E 00:04:18

I put antivirus software on my computer. I installed it. 00:04:20

10. B. 00:04:28

I removed a photo I didn't like. I deleted it. 00:04:31

OK. So, take your time and go again over this to learn this vocabulary and especially these phrasal verbs 00:04:39

and how they're used in the past and how the linking of the pronunciation is made. 00:04:48

So, then we have this listening and speaking on detox. 00:04:56

And you have this text that I would like you to read. 00:05:04

I'm going to read it for you. 00:05:08

And first, I want you to think if you're addicted to your phone, 00:05:11

How many times an hour do you look at your phone and what for? 00:05:15

So stop the video and think about it. 00:05:21

OK, I'm going to read this for you. 00:05:25

Less time online. 00:05:37

Millions of Britons take digital detox. 00:05:39

Taking a break from technology is on the rise. 00:05:44

According to a recent study by Ofcom, the UK Office of Communications, 00:05:47

More and more young people are phone stacking when they go out for a coffee or a meal, 00:05:52

putting their phones in the middle of the table and agreeing not to look at them. 00:05:59

The first person who looks at their phone pays the bill. 00:06:05

34% of internet users have taken a break from their devices in the last 12 months. 00:06:10

This break was usually for no more than a day, though some people took a break of a week or even a month. 00:06:20

The under 25s are most likely to unplug. 00:06:29

Feedback from these digital detoxers is very positive. 00:06:37

Less than 33% said they got more done in their lives when they weren't online. And 21% said they 00:06:42

enjoyed life more. Only 8% found the experience stressful. Okay, so this is the text on digital 00:06:55

detox and okay since you have the the app you can listen to this okay I would 00:07:08

like you to check and go to this part which is about quantifiers okay and to 00:07:20

do that before we do that better said I would like you to go to your grammar 00:07:33

bank and in this lesson we're going to work on quantifiers and you see you've 00:07:39

got three types of quantifiers large quantities that is when we talk about 00:07:46

words like a lot of lots of loads of or a lot many much and plenty of okay small 00:07:54

quantities, little, a little, a few, very little, very few, less, fewer. When, OK, so 00:08:07

there you have. We're going to listen to this and see how it's pronounced and when it is 00:08:21

used. 00:08:28

9.15 00:08:29

1. My daughter has a lot of apps on her phone. 00:08:31

Nina has lots of clothes. 00:08:36

I've been there loads of times. 00:08:43

2 00:08:47

James eats a lot. 00:08:47

3 00:08:52

There aren't many cafes near here. 00:08:52

Do you have many close friends? 00:08:57

Do you watch much TV? 00:08:59

I don't eat much chocolate. 00:09:05

4 00:09:09

Don't run. We have plenty of time. 00:09:09

Okay. So, when working on this, you have to remember what you studied about countable and uncountable nouns. 00:09:13

So, we use a lot of, lots of, loads of, okay, in positive sentences. 00:09:24

But lots of and loads is more informal. 00:09:33

Now, what you cannot say is a lot of without a noun, no? 00:09:38

He talks a lot. He drinks a lot. He drinks a lot of beer. 00:09:43

But he drinks a lot of is not correct. 00:09:49

Very half, much, many. 00:09:53

Okay, many cafes. 00:09:56

That means that you can count the cafes, the places. 00:09:58

And do you watch much TV? 00:10:01

TV in general is uncountable. 00:10:04

Okay, do you eat much chocolate? 00:10:07

or many chocolate pieces, okay? 00:10:10

And we have plenty of time. 00:10:16

Now, you normally have no problem with this. 00:10:19

What you have problem with is with small quantities, 00:10:22

with a little and a few, right? 00:10:26

So, little is for uncountable and few for countable nouns, okay? 00:10:29

So, let's listen. 00:10:36

9.16 00:10:37

1. Do you want some more ice cream? 00:10:39

Just a little. 00:10:44

The town only has a few cinemas. 00:10:47

2. I'm so busy that I have very little time for myself. 00:10:51

Sarah isn't popular and she has very few friends. 00:10:58

3. I have less free time than I used to have. 00:11:05

4. There are fewer flights in the winter than in the summer. 00:11:09

Okay. There you are. A little for uncountable. Less. Okay. And few for countable. Few is 00:11:17

a comparative of few. Okay. Less is a comparative of little, of course. So, this is large and 00:11:35

small quantities. And here you have, I don't think that you have seen this before, when 00:11:45

to use too. Too, OK? Meaning demasiado, OK? So, we're going to listen. 00:11:52

Nine point seventeen. One. 00:12:01

I don't like this city. It's too big and it's too noisy. 00:12:05

Too big, demasiado grande, too noisy. 00:12:09

OK, you see? 00:12:14

So, too and an adjective. 00:12:15

Too big, too noisy. 00:12:18

You're speaking too quietly. 00:12:23

I can't hear you. 00:12:25

OK? 00:12:27

Too quietly, in this case, this is an adverb. 00:12:27

So, too goes with adjectives and adverbs. 00:12:31

Too. 00:12:40

There's too much traffic and too much noise. 00:12:40

There are too many tourists and too many cars. 00:12:47

OK, so again, we have to remember countable and uncountable nouns. 00:12:51

Too much goes with uncountable nouns. 00:12:57

You cannot count noise. 00:13:01

Too much noise, too much traffic. 00:13:03

You can count cars. 00:13:06

Too many cars. 00:13:08

In this case, too many tourists, too many cars. 00:13:09

So, this is demasiado. 00:13:14

And now, we'll cut enough. 00:13:17

Enough. 00:13:21

Enough. 00:13:23

Three. 00:13:25

There aren't enough parks and there aren't enough trees. 00:13:27

Enough parks, enough trees. 00:13:32

That is, enough, suficientes, bastantes. 00:13:35

And the noun. OK? 00:13:40

The buses aren't frequent enough. 00:13:45

The buses don't run frequently enough. 00:13:49

OK. Bus. If you're using enough with an adjective or an adverb, the adjective or the adverb goes before. 00:13:52

Frequent enough. You don't say enough frequent. Frequent enough. 00:14:03

OK. That's finished. 00:14:14

And finally, what is called zero quantity, right? 00:14:15

9.18 00:14:23

1. There isn't any milk in the fridge. We don't have any eggs. 00:14:24

OK, so in Spanish we don't use this. We say, 00:14:34

No hay leche en el frigorífico y no tenemos huevos. OK? 00:14:39

Two. There's no milk in the fridge. We have no eggs. 00:14:43

OK. So, you could say, there isn't any milk or there is no milk. 00:14:56

Careful, you don't say there is not milk because if you use not with T, then you have to say any. OK? 00:15:03

Three. How many eggs do we have? 00:15:15

None. I've used them all. 00:15:18

None. Ninguno. Nada. 00:15:23

OK. So, stop the video 00:15:26

and I'm going to show you 00:15:30

the answers to the grammar exercises and then 00:15:34

I will record a little bit more in a different video to carry 00:15:38

on working with this. OK. So, stop the video 00:15:42

and check the answers okay so this was the first part of quantifiers we will 00:15:45

carry on working on this in our next video bye 00:16:26

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