Notes and exercises on quantity of a countable and uncountable noun. Uncountable nouns have no plural. The verb form is singular.

1. NOUN
COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
car, book, girl, cat, school, dollar water, oil, hair, sugar, money, food
MANY
+ plural countable nouns
• There are many chairs in the room.
• I have many friends.
• Do you think many people will go?
MUCH
+ uncountable nouns
• I don’t have much time.
• He doesnt need much money.
• How much milk should I drink?
A FEW
+ plural countable nouns
• He has a few dollars left.
• I meet a few people every day.
A LITTLE
+ uncountable nouns
• He has a little money left.
• There is a little paper in the printer.
SOME
Can be used in positive sentences.
• I read some books.
• There are some cups on the table.
• I would like some coffee.
• There is some paper on the table.
ANY
Can be used in negative sentences.
• I don’t read any book.
• There aren’t any cups on the table.
• I don’t want any coffee.
• There isn’t any paper on the table.
A LOT OF / LOTS OF
+ plural countable nouns
• There are a lot of cars on the street.
• She has lots of friends.
+ uncountable nouns
• There is a lot of traffic today.
• I need lots of coffee.

2. Circle the best answer.
1. There aren’t (many, much) car parks in the centre of Oxford.
2. Eating out is expensive here. There aren’t (any, some) cheap restaurants.
3. Liverpool has (many, a lot) of great nightclubs.
4. Hurry up! We only have (a few, a little) time before the coach leaves.
5. We saw (a little of, some) beautiful scenery when we went to Austria.
6. There are a (few, any) shops near the university.
7. It's very quiet. There aren’t (much, many) people here today.
8. There are (some, a little) expensive new flats next to the river.
9. He isn't very popular. He has (a little, a few) friends
10. Did you take (many, much) photographs when you were on holidays?
11. The museum was very crowded. There were too (many, much) people.
12. Most of the town is modern. There are (many, much) old buildings.
13. The weather has been very dry recently. We've had (few, little) rain.