Sustantivos contables e incontables

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Sustantivos contables e incontables

Referencia gramatical

Forma Ejemplo
much / a littlesustantivos incontablesI have a little time — I can help.
many / a fewsustantivos contables pluralesA few of us are going — join us!
a lot of / lots ofambos tiposI have little time — I can't help.
a little (positivo)al menos algo (incontable)Very few people know the secret.
little (negativo)casi nada (incontable)much noise · a little sugar
fewer / lessfewer = contable · less = incontablemany books · a few friends

Sustantivos contables e incontables — Ejercicios

¿Contable o incontable?

Indica si cada sustantivo es contable (C) o incontable (U) en el contexto dado.

  1. automation (el proceso de automatización)
    (U / C) 
  2. redundancy (una instancia de despidos)
    (C / U) 
  3. inequality (el concepto abstracto)
    (U / C) 
  4. carbon emission (una emisión específica de CO₂)
    (C / U) 
  5. biodiversity (la variedad de vida)
    (U / C) 
  6. workforce (un grupo de trabajadores)
    (C / U) 
  7. sustainability (el concepto)
    (U / C) 
  8. breakthrough (un descubrimiento específico)
    (C / U) 

Elige el cuantificador correcto

  1. There is ______ evidence that renewable energy reduces carbon emissions.
    (a great deal of / a large number of / many) 
  2. ______ workers were made redundant when the factory switched to automation.
    (A large number of / A great deal of / Much) 
  3. The company has ______ information about its digital footprint — too much to process.
    (a vast amount of / a great many / numerous) 
  4. ______ species have been lost as a result of deforestation in the past decade.
    (Numerous / Much / A great deal of) 
  5. There is ______ inequality between urban and rural communities in terms of job opportunities.
    (considerable / many / a number of) 

Completa los huecos — artículos y cuantificadores

Rellena cada hueco con a, an, the, — (sin artículo) o un cuantificador.

  1. automation of many traditional jobs has led to significant rise in inequality. number of workers facing redundancy has grown sharply. evidence suggests that retraining programmes help, but governments have invested enough. biodiversity is issue that is rarely linked to inequality, yet research shows the two are interconnected. carbon emissions and deforestation both threaten sustainability.

Corrección de errores

  1. There are much inequality in developed economies.
  2. She has a lot of informations about data privacy breaches.
  3. The number of redundancies are rising due to automation.

Sustantivos contables e incontables — Respuestas

¿Contable o incontable?

  1. U
  2. C
  3. U
  4. C
  5. U
  6. C
  7. U
  8. C

Elige el cuantificador correcto

  1. a great deal of
  2. A large number of
  3. a vast amount of
  4. Numerous
  5. considerable

Completa los huecos — artículos y cuantificadores

  1. The automation of many traditional jobs has led to a significant rise in inequality. The number of workers facing redundancy has grown sharply. A great deal of evidence suggests that retraining programmes help, but few governments have invested enough. biodiversity is an important issue that is rarely linked to inequality, yet a growing body