Clues
In “I have three books,” what kind of quantity does “three” show?
What is an exact amount?
Does “several” tell an exact number?
What is non?
Choose the word that fits: “___ people came to the park.” (“many” or “much”)
What is “many”?
Choose the word that fits: “There is ___ water left.” (“many” or “little”)
What is “little”?
Distributive adjectives point to a whole group or to individual members?
What are individual members?
“second” a cardinal or ordinal number?
What is an ordinal number?
In “We have some time,” is “some” exact or non-exact?
What is non-exact?
Is “books” countable or uncountable?
What is countable?
Is “water” countable or uncountable in this sentence: “We need more water”?
What is uncountable?
Which category describes individual members: definite, indefinite, or distributive?
What is distributive?
Which word shows an exact count: “many” or “twenty”?
What is “twenty”?
Which word means a non-exact amount: “one” or “few”?
What is “few”?
Name one target word used with countable nouns: “little,” “several,” or “much.”
What is “several”?
Which word fits: “How ___ milk is in the cup?” (“much” or “many”)
What is “much”?
In the lesson, what do distributive adjectives help us notice about members of a group?
What is each member individually?
In “She finished first,” what does “first” tell us?
What is a specific rank or order?
Name one flexible word that can describe both countable and uncountable nouns.
What is “some,” “any,” “all,” “enough,” “most,” or “no”?
Which word fits: “There were ___ birds in the tree.” (“few” or “little”)
What is “few”?
Name one target word used with uncountable nouns.
What is “much,” “little,” “a lot,” or “sufficient”?
A clue tells you to focus on members one at a time. Which adjective type should you investigate?
What is distributive?
Name the two types of definite quantitative adjectives.
What are cardinal and ordinal numbers?
What question do quantitative adjectives answer for uncountable quantities?
What is “How much?”
Name all four target words for countable nouns.
What are “many,” “few,” “several,” and “both”?
What question do quantitative adjectives answer for countable quantities?
What is “How many?”
Name the three main types of quantitative adjectives.
What are definite, indefinite, and distributive?