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Quantifiers

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Affirmatives No (+Plural) ..... at all There were no people at all when I arrived
Affirmatives No (+Plural) There were no plates on the table

No (+Plural) There isn't a single reason you won't pass the exam
Affirmatives / Questions Not a single (+ Singular) Is there a single person here who can sing?

Affirmative I want a ticket


Questions A Do you want a lift?
Negatives I don't want a cup of coffe, thanks

Negatives
questions I don't have any biscuits, sorry
Any (Plural) Do you have any days off?
Affirmative if we mean
You can have any colour you want
cualquier

Affirmative A few There are only a few cars on the roads today

Affirmative Very few There are very few places you can get good coffee

I am disappointed there were so few people at the


Affirmative (so) few
party
By the time we arrived there were hardly any
Affirmative Only Hardly any
sandwiches left
Negatives Many (plural) I don't eat many vegetables. Do you?
Negatives Many (plural)...... at all I didn't see many people at all when I got there
Affirmative I saw many beautiful places during my visit
Questions (so) Many (+Plural)
Are there many children at this school

Affirmative / Questions Quite a few I saw quite a few different types of birds

Affirmative There are quite a lot of people who hate spiders


Quite a lot of (Plural)
Questions Do you spend quite a lot of you days off on the beach?

Affirmative Quite a large number of homes have double glazing


Quite a large Number of
Questions Were there quite a large number of people with you?

Affirmative A lot of people say it can't be done


A lot of (Plural)
Questions Do you have a lot of friends?
Affirmative He had lots of cakes at the party
Lots of (plural)
Questions Did your children give you lots of birthday cards?
Affirmative / Questions - Plenty of (plural) We had plenty of things to do on holiday
implica sificiencia Did you have plenty of food in the evenings?
A large number of developed countries suffer from
pollution
Affirmative / Questions /
A large Number of Does your company have a large number of
Negatives
competitors in the market?
The haven't been a large number of accidents this year

+/-/? Uncountable

Affirmative No ..... at all Bad publicity is better than no publicity at all


Questions No There's no sugar in my tea
Affirmative / Questions si
Some
pides o ofreces
Negatives and questions-
Affirmative if we mean Any
cualquier

Affirmative / Questions A bit of


Affirmative / Questions A little
Affirmative / Questions (so) little
Affirmative Only Hardly any
Negatives Much

questions So( Much)

Affirmative / Questions /
Quite a lot of
Negatives
Quite a large Amount /
+/-/?
Quantity of
Affirmative / Questions /
A lot of
Negatives
Affirmative / Questions /
Lots of
Negatives
Affirmative / Questions Plenty of (plural)
Large Amount / Quanmtity
+/-/? of
+/-/? A great deal of B30B2B2:D47

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