Key to 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
- Countable nouns: some / any / / many / a lot (of) / lots of / no / / few / a few / plenty of / enough / several
- Uncountable nouns: some / any / much / a lot (of) / / no / little / a little / / plenty of / enough
- Countable and uncountable nouns: some / any / a lot (of) / / no/ plenty of / enough
- Positive connotation: some a lot (of) / lots / plenty of / enough / several
- Negative connotation: / any / much / many / no
2.-Read the information and write sentences with (not) enough, too much, too many and the nouns in brackets.-
- There are too many people to go home by car
- He has had enough time to his homework before the film start.
- There aren’t enough house for everyone.
- She hasn’t got enough money to buy the jeans.
- Our football team hasn’t got enough players
3.-Write sentences. Use the correct form of be and a lot of, much or many.
1 There are a lot of vitamins in fresh fruit.
2 There isn’t much fat in fish.
3 There is a lot of protein in fish.
4 There isn’t much protein in chocolate.
5 There aren’t many vitamins in sweets.
6 There is a lot of salt in crisps.
7 There is a lot of cholesterol in eggs.
8 There isn’t much fibre in cheese.
4.-Fill in the gaps with a suitable quantifiers
1. any, some
2. enough, any/much
3. some
4. some/ any
5. how many
6. any/ much
7. how much
8. a few/ some
5.-Complete the sentences with a lot of, much or many.
1 much
2 a lot of
3 many
4 a lot of
5 much
6 many
6.-Complete the sentences with many, much or a lot of
1. many
2. a lot of
3. much
4. much
5. A lot of
6. a lot of