STUDY NOTE 9

QUANTITY
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apple chair .
An apple
Three apples
A chair
Two chairs
!" #$ %& '( )* #$ ) a an +
,
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sand water % . /0 1 :
water
sand
!" 2#$3+ %& '( )* .
4 5 love beauty ( *$ ( 63 7 5 -+ % . !" 8 .
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%$ + . :
9: 5 liht co!!ee + %& % . %& % ;< . + &
%+=+ %& '( )* + . %+=+ %& '( )* . %> 50 ? :
The liht of the sun.
Turn on the lihts.
A jar of co!!ee
Three co!!ees please.
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9: 5 scissors 2#$3+ @A& %& '( )* ) ";=+ 5& %& /( )* ):
These scissors are very sharp.
(are B )
9: 5 babble 2#$3+ @A& %& /( - . 2#$3 ) !" an, a ?:
A babble of voices was all I could hear.
(B A babble - voices )C)
more less :
DA $ 0+ E F> %$ 2#$3+ ) ' 0$ . % 2A+ :C >G 5
How much? How many?
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#ow $uch% 2#$3+ ) ' #ow $any% 2#$3+ )
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all He ate all the bread. every& all ' Every student!All the students
came to the meetin".
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$ost He spends $ost of his time readin". $ost' (ost of my friends came to the party.
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$uch (uch of what you say is true. $any (any people wal# to school every day.
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so$e There$s so$e bread in the cupboard. so$e& several ' So$e of these apples taste
sour.!%everal people were waitin" for the bus.
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A little& not $uch& little' There$
s only a little)not $uch room
left. !Hurry up& There$s little time. Not $any&only a !ew& !ew' There are not $any) only a
!ew tic*ets left. There are !ew children in this area.
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not+ any& no& none He didn,t "ive me any not+ any & no& none' He couldn,t answer any
help.!There is no petrol in the car' none at all. of the e(am )uestions. !There are no e""s left' none at
all.
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some and any
: any 2#$3+ : so$e %& >G 5* $H %> not
: Have you "ot any ""s!mil#?
*o, I haven$t "ot any e""s!mil#.
8 2#$ so$e %& >G (; I 6 )J$+
+ :C yes :
Have you "ot so$e e""s! mil#, please?
+ould you li#e so$e more coffee?
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number size :
DA $ 0+ E - 2#$ !" F> 0$ %& 2J/ 2* . 2J/: K*+ %> >G How
many? %& 2* % :C ?L3> how bi"?
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#ow bi% #ow $any%
billions There are billions of stars in the s#y. -ast&hue&enor$ous& iantic&colossal& i$$ense'
,hina is a vast)hue)enor$ous country.! There is a iantic! colossal! i$$ense new buildin"
in the
centre of the city.
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$illions' (illions of people watched
the football match on television. bi& lare& reat bi There was a bi) lare)reat bi bo( on
the floor.
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Thousands Their new car cost thousands
of pounds. averae)$ediu$ %he is about averae hei"ht.!The
room is $ediu$ si-ed.
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#undreds There were hundreds of people
on the beach. little& s$all He was a little man . thin and not
very tall. ! she carried a s$all ba" in her hand.
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do.ens' There were do.ens of people
waitin" in the )ueue. tiny' There was a tiny insect on the flower.
$inute& $icroscopic
I can$t read his minute! $icroscopic writin".
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one or two ' /nly one or two of
my friends noticed
that I$d had my hair cut.
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