Quantifiers

1.-Look at the quantifiers in the box and answer the questions.

some / any / much / many / a lot (of) / lots of / no / little / a little / few / a few / plenty of / enough / several

2.-Read the information and write sentences with (not) enough, too much, too many and the nouns in brackets.-

Nine friends want to go home in her car, but it is very small. (people)
Ed needs half an hour to do his home work, and the film starts in thirty minutes.(time)
A lot of people haven’t got a home.(houses)
The jeans are 200 pounds. Jill has got 100 pounds. (money)
Our football team has only got 8 people (players)

3.-Write sentences. Use the correct form of be and a lot of, much or many.

1 There / be / vitamins / in fresh fruit. ………………………………………………

2 There / not be / fat / in fish. ………………………………………………

3 There / be / protein / in fish. ………………………………………………

4 There / not be / protein / in chocolate. ………………………………………………

5 There / not be / vitamins / in sweets. ………………………………………………

6 There / be / salt / in crisps. ………………………………………………

7 There / be / cholesterol / in eggs. ………………………………………………

8 There / not be / fibre / in cheese. ………………………………………………

4.-Fill in the gaps with a suitable quantifiers

1. There isn’t ……….. soup for four people. I’ll have to make ……… more.

2. This tea isn’t sweet …………, and there isn’t ……… milk.

3. I need ……… time to think.

4. Could I have just ………… more bread?

5. ………… language can you speak?

6. There hasn’t been ………… snow this year.

7. ………… money do you need?

8. Let’s have a rest for ………… minutes

5.-Complete the sentences with a lot of, much or many.

1 How ……................. water do you use every day?

2 ……................. cities recycle glass and paper.

3 I don’t buy ……................. magazines.

4 There’s ……................. rubbish to recycle.

5 I haven’t got ……................. money.

6 How ……................. cans of cola did you buy?

6.-Complete the sentences with many, much or a lot of

1. How ………………. sweaters have you got?

2. She’s got …………………… money

3. How ……………. money did you pay for those shoes?

4. They didn’t cost …………………… money

5. There were ………………………. people in the shops yesterday.

6. ………………… my school friends are coming to the party

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