Day Four - Summing Up and Practice

Quantifiers

USE

A quantifier is a word or phrase used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity.

There are different quantifiers for countable or uncountable nouns.

QUANTIFIERS USED WITH…
*countable nouns*	many several a few few a couple of (informal) none of	many blogs several articles a few readers few friends a couple of pages none of the newspapers
*uncountable nouns*	much a great/good deal of not much a little little a bit of	much success a great deal of luck not much time a little hope little patience a bit of sugar
*both countable and uncountable nouns*	all a lot / lots of plenty of most (of the) enough some no	all the workers all the money a lot of/lots of children a lot of/lots of company plenty of possibilities plenty of love most problems most furniture enough people enough food some journalists some information no cakes no bread

Practice first by reading aloud each exercise with the corresponding answer:

A- Choose the correct quantifier.

1. We are going to be late. There is too ___________ (much/many) traffic.

2. He has __________(a few/ a little) ideas about how to earn money online.

3. I want to save ____________(some/several) money for the future.

4. There are _______________(much/many) students in this school.

5. You should drink _____(a couple of/ a great deal of) water during the day.

6. He has _________________ (little/few) friends he can count on.

7. They told me there were _______________( a few/ a little) tickets lefts.

8. There were ______________(several/much) people interested in the car.

B- Complete the sentences with the quantifiers in the box.

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few, plenty of, a little, many, a bit of, a few, much, little ,some, enough

1. I don’t have _______________ patience to take care of kids.

2. He had very _______________ money, in fact, almost no money at all.

3. You can bring more wine. We don’t have_________________.

4. I have been in New York _______________ times. I love that city.

5. It is not a very big library but it has got ____________ interesting books.

6. This teacher gives ___________ homework every day – pages and pages.

7. Only _________________ people know about his addiction.

8. We know ______ people in this area. We’d like to make some new friends.

9. She can speak _____________ English, so at least she won’t get lost.

10. I don´t like salty food. I cook only with _____________ salt.

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