Quantifiers to give information about the number of something

1. Quantifiers N. Valdelomar

2. Quantifiers
Quantifiers are used to give
more information about the
number of something.
Quantifiers tell how much
or how many of something
there is.

3. Quantifiers indicate either more or less of something:
MORE LESS
a lot of
significant/ significantly
considerable/ considerably
the most
a few
a little
slight/ slightly
marginal/ marginally
the least

4. How to use quantifiers?
If they modify a noun directly:
• This assignment is not difficult, and it will require
just a slight effort to do it.
• The storm caused significant damage, and we lost
our power for three days.
• Georgia always has a considerable number of office
supplies just in case.

5. How to use quantifiers?
If they modify an adjective before a noun:
• Alex got a marginally better score than me.
• You might have a slightly higher chance of getting a good grade if the
teacher is a family friend.
• I didn’t study much last week and got a considerably lower grade
than I expected. I felt terrible.