ENGLISH ARTICLES II

QUANTITY (mucho)
A LOT OF / LOTS OF: mucho, a, os, as, with both
countable plural nouns and uncountable nouns in
affirmative sentences.
E.g.: I drink a lot of water every day.
E.g.: There are a lot of people in the
street.

MUCH: mucho, a, with uncountable nouns in

negative and interrogative sentences.
E.g.: I don’t drink much water every
day.

MANY: muchos, as, with countable plural nouns

in negative and interrogative sentences.
E.g.: There aren’t many people in
the concert.
THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN THE PARK

A LOT / VERY MUCH / SO MUCH: they are

adverbs; they usually go at the end of a sentence
without a noun.
 E.g.: I need you a lot / very much.

QUANTITY (demasiado)
TOO MUCH: with uncountable nouns.
E.g.: There is too much poverty in the
world today.

TOO MANY: with countable plural nouns.

E.g.: There are too many politicians in
the world.

QUANTITY (tan, tanto, a, os, as), a bit of

emphasis
SO MUCH: with uncountable nouns.
E.g.: We need so much water in the
world!
It means the same as very much and a lot at
the end of a sentence when it is an adverb.
E.g.: I love you so much / very much / a
lot.

SO MANY: with countable plural nouns.

E.g.: There were so many people in the
concert that I couldn’t see the singer.
QUANTITY (poco)
FEW: it means pocos, as, with plural countable
nouns.
E.g. Few people went to the concert
last night.

A FEW: it means some, and it is always followed

by plural countable nouns.
E.g. There were a few teenagers in
the demonstration yesterday morning.

LITTLE: it means poco, a, with singular

uncountable nouns.
E.g. We have little time to lose.

A LITTLE: it means some, and it can go alone, but

also it can be followed by singular uncountable
nouns.
E.g. Just a little, please.
E.g. We have a little money to
spend.
INDEFINITE (otro, a, os, as)
OTHER: with countable nouns in plural and
uncountable nouns, except when it refers to
something already named in the sentence: the
other day, the other book, …
E.g.: Other countries have more
money than ours.
E.g.: We need other information for
the newspaper.
ANOTHER: with singular and countable nouns.
E.g.: Another place I would like to
visit is England.
E.g.: She needs another t-shirt.

OTHERS: it is a pronoun, so it always goes alone,

it doesn’t take any noun with it.
E.g.: Some people think Spain is fine,
others/OTHER PEOPLE believe the contrary.