The Shining, The Miniseries: Quantifiers and Articles with Count x Non-Count Nouns

I. Work in small groups. Describe your house kitchen. Think of appliances, food, decoration, everything you can remember:

II. Make a guess of all the kitchen utensils and food the Overview Hotel has for the housekeepers. It is a very isolated hotel, which is unreachable during the winter time. Use the quantifiers below. You may also leave leave the spaces blank as well. YOU MAY REPEAT YOUR ANSWERS

A – AN – (NOTHING) – THREE – TWO – SIXTEEN – ONE HUNDRED TWENTY – 

1. There are ________________ smaller freezers, _____________________ stoves, _______________ pantry back there and ________________ vegetable bin.

2. There is _____________ cellar behind the trap door  full of potatoes,  __________ meal slicer, and _____________ food processor. 

3. You got _____________ sinks over there. There are also _____________ dishwashers.

Food:

___________________ of hamburger

___________________ of red eye chili.

___________________ legs of lamb

___________________ Bacon

___________________ Pork

___________________ Halibut

___________________ Peas

___________________ Corn

III. Watch the segment and check your answers:

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IV. Discussion:

1. Would you like to spend five months locked in that wonderful hotel for a good sum  of money? Why (not)?

2. What are the greatest difficulties they will face?

3. In your opinion, who is the right person to do such a job?

Answer key:

There are three smaller freezers

You got three stoves

There is a pantry back there

A vegetable bin

A cellar behind the trap door full of potatoes

A meal slicer

A food processor

You got sinks over there

There are two dishwashers

Edibles:

120 pounds of hamburger

Sixteen gallons of red eye chili

Three legs of lamb

Bacon, pork, halibut, peas, corn

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