9B

quantifiers more or less than you need or want

large quantities 1 I d o n ’t lik e t h is c ity . I t ’stoo big a n d i t ’s too noisy. 5 12)))

2 T h e r e ’s too much traffic a n d too much noise.
1 M v u n c le an d a u n t h a v e a lot of m o n e y . 5 10 ))) T h e r e a r e too many tourists a n d too many cars.
N in a h a s lots of c lo th e s . 3 T h e r e a r e n ’t enough parks a n d th e re a r e n ’t enough trees.
2 Ja m e s e a ts a lot. T h e b u s e s a r e n ’t frequent enough.
3 T h e r e a r e n ’t many c a f e s n e a r h e re . T h e b u s e s d o n ’t r u n frequently enough.
D o y o u h a v e many c lo s e frie n d s ?
D o y o u w a tc h much T V ?
I d o n ’t e a t much c h o c o la te .
4 D o n ’t r u n . W e h a v e plenty of tim e .

1 U se a lot o f o r lots o f in 0 s e n te n c e s .
2 U s e a lot w h e n th e r e is n o n o u n , e.g ., He talks a lot. N O T
H e talks a lot of.
There’s too much traffic and too much noise.
3 much I many a r e u su a lly u sed in 0 s e n te n c e s a n d 0 , b u t a lot
o f c a n a ls o b e u sed . 1 U se too + a d je c tiv e .
4 U se plenty o f in 0 s e n te n c e s . (= m o re th a n e n o u g h ) 2 U s e too much + u n c o u n ta b le n o u n s a n d too many + p lu ra l
c o u n ta b le n o u n s .
small quantities 3 U seenough b e f o r e a n o u n , e .g ., enough eggs, a n d a f t e r a n
It isn’t big enough, o r a n a d v e rb , e .g ., You aren’t
a d je c tiv e , e .g .,
1 A D o y o u w a n t s o m e m o r e ice c r e a m ? 5 ID)) walkingfast enough.
B Ju s t a little.
T h e to w n o n ly h a s a few movie theaters. zero quantity
2 I ’m s o b u sy t h a t I h a v e very little time f o r m y se lf.
S a r a h is n ’t p o p u la r an d sh e h a s very few friends. 1 T h e r e i s n ’t a n y r o o m in t h e c a r . 5 13)))
We don’t have any eg g s.
1 U se little + u n c o u n ta b le n o u n s , fe w + p lu ra l c o u n ta b le n o u n s . 2 T h e r e ’s no r o o m in th e c a r. W e have no eg g s.
• a little a n d a few = s o m e , b u t n o t a lo t. 3 A H o w m a n y e g g s d o w e h av e?

2 very little a n d veryfe w = not much / many.

B None. I ’v e u se d th e m a ll.

1 U se any (+ n o u n ) f o r z e r o q u a n tity w ith a 0 v erb .

2 U s e no + n o u n w ith a 0 v erb .
3 U s e none (w ith o u t a n o u n ) in s h o r t a n s w e rs .

a (C i r c l e ) t h e c o r r e c t a n s w e r . C h e c k / i f b o t h a r e p o s s ib le . b C h eck / t h e c o r r e c t s e n t e n c e s . C o r r e c t t h e m i s t a k e s in
th e h ig h lig h te d p h r a s e s .
M y husban d h a s too much / ( f o o T i a m ^ l e c t r o n i c g a d g e ts .
1 I ju s t h a v e t o r e p ly to a fe w / a little e m a i ls a n d th e n I ’ll M y n e p h e w g o t lo ts o f v id e o g a m e s f o r h i s b ir t h d a y . /
b e f in is h e d . 1 d o n ’t p o s t m u c h v id e o s o n F a c e b o o k . many videos
2 D o you sp en d much / many t i m e o n s o c i a l n e t w o r k in g 1 H o w m a n y p r e s e n t s d id y o u g e t? A lo t o f !
s ite s ? 2 I b u y v e ry fe w p a p e r b o o k s n o w b e c a u s e I h a v e a n e -re a d e r.
3 M y b e d r o o m is a n ic e s i z e . T h e r e ’s enough room / 3 I d o n ’t u s e n o s o c i a l n e t w o r k s b e c a u s e I d o n ’t lik e t h e m .
plenty o f room f o r a d e sk . 4 P le a s e t u r n t h a t m u s ic d o w n . I t ’s t o o m u c h lo u d !
4 I know very fe w / very little p e o p le w h o s p e a k tw o 5 T h e r e a r e n ’t m a n y g o o d s h o w s o n T V t o n ig h t .
f o r e ig n la n g u a g e s .
6 M y I n t e r n e t c o n n e c t i o n is n ’t e n o u g h f a s t f o r m e to
5 M y b r o t h e r h a s d o w n lo a d e d a lot o f / lots o f a p p s o n t o d o w n lo a d m o v ie s .
h is n e w p h o n e .
7 I m a k e t o o m u c h p h o n e c a lls . M y p h o n e b ill is e n o r m o u s !
6 I have so m e c a sh o n m e, b u t n o t a lot j a lot of. 8 A H o w m u c h fr u it d o w e h a v e ?
7 T h e i r n e w T V i s too / too much b ig . It h a r d ly f i t s in t h e B A ny. C a n you buy so m e ?
liv in g r o o m .
9 T h e r e a r e o n ly a li t t l e w e b s i t e s t h a t I u s e r e g u la r ly .
8 T here aren ’t any / T here are n o p o t a t o e s . I f o r g o t 10 K a r e n h a s p le n ty o f m o n e y , s o s h e a lw a y s h a s t h e la t e s t
to b u y so m e.
g a d g e ts .
9 M y n i e c e is n ’t old enough / enough old t o p la y w ith a
g a m e c o n s o le . < p .8 8
10 1 d o n ’t h a v e a lot o f / many f r ie n d s o n F a c e b o o k .
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