The document discusses quantifiers used with countable and uncountable nouns in English. It provides examples of quantifiers like much, many, few, little, plenty, a lot of, some, any used in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. It also distinguishes between quantifiers used with singular and plural countable nouns as well as those used with uncountable nouns. Examples are given for quantifiers at the beginning and middle of sentences. The document concludes with practice questions to test understanding of using quantifiers correctly.

1. QUANTIFIERS
MUCH, MANY, FEW, LITTLE,
PLENTY, A LOT OF, SOME, ANY,

2. COUNTABLE NOUNS
SINGULAR
AND
PLURAL

3. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
s - There’s a - I don’t have a - Is there a
banana on banana. banana onthe
i the table. table ?
n A
g - There’s an - I don’t have - Is there an
u an apple in the
fridge
an apple apple inthe
fridge ?
l
a
r

4. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
P × ×
l We use any We use any
u -Some - There
r - Any are some
a vegetable - There aren’t - Are there
s on the any any
l (We
vegetables on vegetables in
don't table.
know the table the frige ?
how
many)

5. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
- Many - There aren’t - Do we need many
P Chinese many carrots in carrots ?
l plates are the fridge
good.
u Many
r -N.B. (only
a at the
beginning of
l (a large
the
number) sentence .If
not, we use
a lot of /lots
of /plenty
of).

6. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
P
l There are a
u a few few oranges x x
r on the table.
a
(not
l many, a
small
number)

7. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
P There are There Are there a
lu a lot a lot of / aren’t a lot of/ lots
r of / lots of lot of / of
al lots tomatoes lots of tomatoes in
in the tomatoes the fridge ?
of
fridge. in the
fridge.

8. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
P There are x x
l plenty plenty of
u of figs on the
r tree.
a
l

9. UNCOUNTABLE
NOUNS

10. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
S
I SOME I drink some × ×
N coffee for I don’t drink Do you drink
G breakfast any coffee any coffee
U ANY for breakfast for
L breakfast ?
A
R

11. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
S Much of the
I Moroccan food
N
Much is good. - We don’t -Do you have
G have much much cheese at
N.B. (only at cheese at home ?
U the beginning of home
L (a big the sentence .If
A quantity) not, we usea lot
R of/lots of/plenty
of).

12. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogati
ve
S
I X X
N
a little I need a little
G butter to WE USE WE USE
U (a small prepare the MUCH MUCH
L quantity) cake.
A
R

13. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogativ
e
S
I
N
a lot of/ I eat a lot of / I don’t eat X
G lots of lots of a lot of /
U chocolate. lots of
L sugar
A
R

14. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogati
ve
S
I X X
N
plenty I need plenty
G of of cheese
U
L
A
R

15. PRACTICE
Read the differences of these English cities
Canterbury Billingham
% unemployment 9% 29%
% families with two cars 17 % 2%
% empty shops 7% 31%
Number of tourists 1.2 millon 5000
Use the words in the box to complete the questions and answers
A lot a lot of a few much many very few not much
10. How .......... unemployment is there in Billingham ?
There’s ..............
11. Is there ...................... in Canterbury ? No, .............
12. How ............ families with two cars are there in Canterbury? There
are quite .....
13. Are there .............. in Billingham? Np, there are ................
14. Are there ............ Empty shops in Billingham ? Yes, ...........
15. Are there .................. In Canterbury? No there are only ....................
16. How ..................... tourists visit Canterbury each
year? ..........................
17. How ................... visit Billingham? ............................

16. Decide if the following sentences are correct or
incorrect. Correct the wrong ones. Good luck!
1) Are there some products in the
market?
2) There is a woman in the office.
3) There aren’t any trains after 11
o’clock.
4) We haven’t got any oranges now.
5) There is a lot of animals in the zoo
6) Is there some water in the lake?
7) There is some people visiting the
animals.

17. 8. Is there a lot of water in the river?
9. There isn’t a umbrella next to the
door.
10. Sue drinks much tea.
11. How many students there are in the
classroom?
12. Is there any book on the table?
13. I don’t know much people in this
town
14. There is a lot of oil in Kuwait.
15. There are any cars on the road today

18. GREAT WORK!