Quantifiers

Quantifiers

1. Large Quantities

   • a lot / a lot of
     • (+) sentences
       • They have a lot of money
       • She has lots of friends
     • Use a lot when there is no noum
       • He talks a lot
       • He eats a lot
   • much / many
     • In general (-) and (?)
       • a lot CAN also be used
     • Do You watch much TV?
     • There aren't many cafés near here
   • Plenty
     • (+) sentences
     • mean "as much as we need"
     • Don't run we have plenty of time

2. Small Quantities

   • little
     • Uncountable noums
     • Do you like cinema? Just a little
   • few
     • plural countable noums
     • The town only have a few cinemas
   • a little / a few
     • some, but not a lot
     • Do you want some ice cream? Just a little
   • very little / very few
     • NOT much / many
     • Hurry up we have very little time
     • I have very few close friends

3. More than you need or want

   • too + adjective
     • This city is too big
   • too much + uncountable noum
     • There is too much trafic
   • too many + plural countable noums
     • There are too many tourists

4. Less than you need

   • Enough
     • before a noum
       • There aren't enough parks
     • after an adjective
       • The buses aren't frequent enough

5. OBS

   • UNCOUNTABLE
     • much
     • little
   • COUNTABLE
     • many
     • few

6. zero quantity

   • any
     • (-) verb
     • There isn't any room in the car
   • no
     • (+) verb
     • There is no room in the car
   • none
     • Without noums
     • How much maney do you have? None