QUANTIFIERS

A quantifier is a word that expresses a quantity.

 With Both
With Uncountable
all With Countable Nouns
Nouns enough many
much more/most a few/few/very few **
a little/little/very less/least a number (of)
little * no/none several
a bit (of) not any a large number of
a great deal of some a great number of
a large amount of any a majority of
a large quantity of
a lot of
lots of
plenty of
Some quantifiers are used with countable nouns:

few apples
a few apples small quantity
a couple of apples

several apples
many apples big quantity
most apples
all apples
Some quantifiers are used with uncountable
nouns:

little water small

a little water = a bit of water quantity

much water big quantity

Some quantifiers work with countable and
uncountable nouns:

Enough apples/water
a lack of apples/water (= not enough)
a lot of apples/water = lots of apples/water = plenty of apples/water
most of the apples/water
all (of) the apples/water
Write much or many
1. Did you buy much food?
2. Paula hasn’t got ________money.
3. There aren’t ________ cherries in the fridge.
4. Were there________ people in the train?