A FEW / A LITTLE / MUCH / MANY / SOME / ANY / NO / A LOT OF

Put the suitable word or words from the box in to the blanks below:

Amy : Mum, I’m hungry.

Mother: Do you want a Mediterranean Omelette?
Amy : Yes, and I want to learn how to make it.
Mother : Alright. Come on then – Let’s make one together.
Amy : Thanks , mum ! OK. I need ________ eggs, but ___________ do I need ?
Mother : Two . You also need a small onion, a small green pepper, a large tomato and butter, but there isn’t
_________ butter in the refrigerator.
Amy : ___________ butter ?
Mother : About 25 grams.
Amy : Do I need ________ salt and pepper ?
Mother : Yes, you do .
Amy : Do I need _________ flour ?
Mother: No, you need _________ flour. We need _________ vegetables. We have _________ onions ,
_________ green peppers. There are __________ tomatoes but there aren’t __________ mushrooms. OK. It’s
not problem.
Amy : Shall I cut them into pieces to help you , mum ?
Mother : Yes, thank you . Put __________ butter into the frying pan.
Amy : Do I put the vegetables in the frying pan now ?
Mother : Yes, fry them for about three minutes. OK. Break the eggs into a bowl. Add _________ salt and
pepper. Good... now beat them well.... like that . Right. I think the vegetables are ready now, so add the eggs to
the frying pan. It’s ready in __________ minutes.
Amy : Is it ready ?
Mother : Not yet. Turn the omelette over. Have we got _________ bread ?
Amy : No, there is _________ bread. Can I buy __________ ?
Mother : OK. Serve it with bread. It’s delicious.
Amy : I want to drink _________ coke with it . Unfortunatelly, we have _________ coke left. I’ll buy two cans
of it.
Mother : It looks delicious and attractive.

  Choose the best underlined word from each sentence :

I haven’t got much / many money today.

I’ve got a few / a little fruit and a lot of / many vegetables .
They don’t seem to have much / many free time these days.
He has only read a few / a little chapters of that new book, but he likes it.
A : Does he show much / many interest in sports ?
B : Yes, a lot / a lot of .
There aren’t many / much huge buildings and traffic problems in the small cities so there is no / any stress there.

Put some , any , a little , a few or , no into the blanks in the sentences :

 A : How was your skiing weekend ?

B : Terrible ! There wasn’t _________ snow on the mountains.
 A : Hurry up ! There is _________ time to waste. The bus will be here soon .
B : I’m really ready.
 A : What would you like in your coffee ?
B: Just _________ sugar, please.
 A : There are still _________ tickets left for the concert on Friday night.
B : Great . I’ll go and buy one now.
 A : I bought _________ great books from the book-fair this afternoon.
B : Really ! Let me see them .

  In the following sentences, fill in the gaps with one of the following quantifiers:

 much, many, lots of, a lot of, little, most, a little, little, a few, few

1. It seems to me that we've had homework in English this term.

2. How material can we be expected to read in one week?
3. books are not in the library.
4. I've had headaches already because of stress.
5. depression can be attributed to being overworked.
6. Our yard looks awful this summer. There are too weeds.
7. I didn't use fertilizer last spring, and that has made a difference.
8. Also, I've paid attention to how rain we've had.
9. I'm afraid it's rained times this summer, and the grass is turning brown and dying.
10. experts say you should fertilize your lawn in the fall.
11. It didn't seem to do my lawn good.
12. advice you get from experts doesn't seem to help.
13. of my neighbors ignore their grass, and they have better lawns this year.
14. They say knowledge is a bad thing.
15. I know instances where that proves true.
16. people know as much about computers as Tomas does.
17. But it does him good when the whole system goes down.
much/many/little/few/a little/a few
1. There aren't mountains in Holland. 12. I know very about spiders -- I am
afraid of them.
2. You need only sugar for this cake.

3. children know what the capital of Madagascar is.

4. Have you got friends?

5. I don't like salt in my food.

6. people would like to win the lottery.

7. Only of those books are fun to read.

8. In Africa children have food.

9. Could I have milk, please?

10. There are songs about love.

11. But singers like to sing about steam trains.