How to use the good quantity

1. Talking about quantity

2. an apple
 things we can count
 plural : three apples
Countable nouns
 singular:

3.  We use singular verbs or plural verbs
with countable nouns.
e.g. There is a chicken leg.
There are three oranges.
Countable nouns

4. Uncountable nouns
 things we cannot count
 a meat  two waters
 We don’t use a, an or 1,2,3… before
them.

5.  We only use singular verbs with
uncountable nouns.
e.g. There is a lot of soup.
There is some water.
There are two waters.
Uncountable nouns

6. Countable
pear
rice
e.g. rice
pear
cheese
bread
milk milk
grape
cheese
bread
mango
tomato
tomato
grape
mango
Uncountable

7. congee
salt
egg
meat
prawn
ham
chicken wings
Countable Uncountable
chicken
wings
egg
prawn
congee
meat
salt
ham

8.  We use a few and a little.
 We use a few with plural countable
nouns.
e.g. There are a few apples.
There are a few fruit tarts.
= not many apples
= not many fruit tarts

9.  We use a little with uncountable nouns.
There is a little bread.
e.g. There is a little water.
= not much water
= not much bread

10.  We use plural verbs with a few and
singular verbs with a little.
There are a few rulers.
e.g.
a few a little
a little milk.
There is
bread
congee
fruit
soup
cakes
eggs
melons
oranges

11. is a little
a few
a little
a few
is a little
is a little
are a few
e.g. There ____ _________ apples.
are a few
1 There ____ _________ soup.
2 Mary has _________ fruit tarts.
3 Peter ate ________ fish
and ________ prawns.
4 There ____ _________ cheese.
5 There ____ _________ water.
6 There ____ _________ vegetables.

12.  We use plenty of and a lot of.
 We use plenty of with both
uncountable and plural countable nouns.
e.g. There is plenty of rice.
There are plenty of chicken wings.

13.  We use plenty of with positive
sentences.
 We should eat plenty of vegetables. (positive)
 Don’t eat plenty of sweets. (negative)

14.  We use a lot of with both
uncountable and plural countable nouns.
e.g. There is a lot of water.
There are a lot of
fruit tarts.

15.  We use a lot of with both positive
and negative sentences.
 We should drink a lot of water. (positive)
 Don’t eat a lot of sweets. (negative)

16. a few
a little
plenty of
a lot of
uncountable countable positive negative
 
 
  
   

17. Sally Peter
a lot of a few a little a lot of a few a little
vegetables
fruit tarts
soup
 
 
 

18. Sally Peter
a lot of a few a little a lot of a few a little
fish
chicken wings
prawns







19.  We use many with countable nouns
and much with uncountable nouns.
 We usually use many and much in
negative sentences.
I don’t have many cakes. (negative)
She doesn’t eat much fruit. (negative)

20.  We use a lot of with both
uncountable and plural countable nouns.
e.g. a lot of orange juice
a lot of chicken wings

21.  We use a lot of in both positive and
negative sentences.
e.g. There is a lot of food in the kitchen.
(positive)
Don’t eat a lot of sweets. (negative)

22. Finish the sentences with many, much or a lot of.
1 Sally is not hungry. She does not eat
______________ food for dinner.
2 There are not _________ hamburgers.
3 Is there ____________ orange juice left?
4 John ate _________ chicken wings yesterday.
much
many
much
a lot of
/ a lot of
/ a lot of
/ a lot of
/ many

23. 5 I don’t have _________ oranges.
6 There is not ________ milk left in the
bottle.
7 There is _________ rice on the plate.
8 Are there ____________ tomatoes in the
basket?
many
much
a lot of
many/a lot of
/ a lot of
/ a lot of

24. There are enough pears.
There are not enough pears.
There are four people and four pears.
Everyone can have a pear.
   
There are four people but only three pears.
One of them cannot have a pear.
   

25.  Both of these mean more than enough.
 We use too much with uncountable
nouns and too many with plural
countable nouns.
e.g. too much water 
too many chicken wings


26.  We use singular verbs with too much
and plural verbs with too many.
e.g. There is too much salt in the soup.
uncountable
There are too many sweets in Harry’s
bag.
countable

27. Finish the sentences with too much, too many, enough or
not enough.
1 Jenny is unhealthy. She eats __________
meat and __________ sweets.
2 There are ten people and eighty mangoes.
There are __________ mangoes.
3 There are five dogs but only two bones. There
are __________ bones.
4 Tim is too thin because he does not eat
__________.
5 We should not drink __________ cola. It’s not
good for our health.
too much
too many
too many
not enough
enough
too much

28. 6 I have to go now. I don’t have __________
time to wait for him.
7 Mum bought twenty cakes for only two of us.
There are __________ cakes.
8 The baby is still hungry because there is
__________ milk in the bottle.
9 John ate three chicken legs, ten cakes and
five sandwiches. He ate __________.
10 My sister is unhealthy because she does not
do __________ exercise.
enough
too many
not enough
too much
enough