QUANTIFIERS

Lilis Nurasiah
Many, Much, A lot of
 a lot of/ much money

a lot of/ many books

much much coffee
much milk
We use much +
uncountable noun.
much money
much food
much time
much fruit
many many books
many apples
We use many many tomatoes
+ countable many animals
nouns.
many pens
many oranges
a lot of a lot of books
a lot of money
We use a lot of in
positive sentence a lot of oranges
+ countable or a lot of food
uncountable
nouns.
a lot of apples
a lot of milk
There are a lot of onions
_________________.

There isn’t much milk

_________________.

many potatoes
How ___________________
are there?
 a lot of bread
There is ______________________.

many eggs
There aren’t ___________________.

much water there?

How _________________is
Few, A few, A little
Where do we use few/a few?

 We use Few in countable nouns (plural). It means ‘less’, a negative meaning.

 We use A Few in countable nouns (plural). It means ‘less’ but ‘enough’, a
positive meaning
Example :
 She only made few friends on her first day of school.
 She already made a few friends on her first day of school.
Where do we use little/a little?

 We use little in uncountable nouns. It means ‘less’, a negative meaning.

 We use a little in uncountable nouns. It means ‘less’ but ‘enough’, a positive
meaning
Example :
 He only earned little money this month, so his life now is miserable
 He earned a little money this month, but that’s enough.
QUANTIFIERS

Some and any

Some & any
some and any mean ‘an indefinite number or amount’

• Both can be used to express things that are countable or uncountable

nouns in singular or plural forms.
• Some is usually used for positive (affirmative) sentences, while any is
used for questions and negative sentences.
• However, we might meet some exceptions when some is used for offering
and request something and when any is used for singular forms to state
that one thing can be replaced by others under the same category.

SOME ANY
• We bought some flowers. • We didn’t buy any flowers.
• He’s having some rice today. • He’s lazy. He never cooks any rice.
• Would you like some coffee? • You can take any bus from this shelter to reach my
(Some for questions) house. (Any for positive sentence; meaning does not
• Do you have some money? matter which bus, every bus is the same)
• Do you have any money?
(In some money the speaker expects the hearer has
some amount of money; in any money he really asks if
the hearer has money without expectation)
 Some

SOME is used:
With affirmative verbs:
They bought some honey.
There are some chocolates in the cupboard.

Exception:
➢ In offers and requests:
Would you like some wine?
 Some

is meat in the fridge.

cheese
There some

are rulers on the desk.

pencils
 Any

ANY is used:

➢ With negative verbs or adverbs:

I don’t have any pineapples. (plural countable)
I never have any spare time. (uncountable)

➢ With questions:
Did you buy any meat? (uncountable)
Do you have any oranges? (plural countable)
 Any

isn’t milk in the shop.

There any
aren’t dishes under the bed.

Is juice in the fridge?

there any
Are oranges in the shop?
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