The document discusses the use of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns. It provides tables that show which quantifiers are used in the affirmative, negative, and interrogative forms for singular and plural countable nouns as well as singular uncountable nouns. Some of the quantifiers discussed include a, an, some, any, many, a few, a lot of, lots of, plenty of, much, and a little. The tables provide examples for the different grammatical structures.

1. QUANTIFIERS
MUCH, MANY, FEW, LITTLE,
PLENTY, A LOT OF, SOME, ANY,

2. COUNTABLE NOUNS
SINGULAR
AND
PLURAL

3. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
s
i
n
g
u
l
a
r
A
an
- There’s a
banana on
the table.
- There’s an
apple in the
fridge
- I don’t have
a banana.
- I don’t have
an apple
- Is there a
banana onthe
table ?
- Is there an
apple inthe
fridge ?

4. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
P
l
u
r
a
l
-Some
- Any
(We
don't
know
how
many)
- There
are some
vegetabl
es on the
table.
×
We use
any
- There
aren’t any
vegetables
on the table
×
We use
any
- Are there
any
vegetables
in the frige ?

5. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
P
l
u
r
a
l
Many
(a large
number)
- Many
Chinese
plates are
good.
-N.B. (only
at the
beginning
of the
sentence .If
not, we use
a lot of /lots
of /plenty
of).
- There aren’t
many carrots
in the fridge
- Do we need
many carrots ?

6. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
P
l
u
r
a
l
a few
(not
many, a
small
number)
There are a
few
oranges on
the table.
x x

7. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
P
l
u
r
al
a lot
of /
lots
of
There are
a lot of /
lots of
tomatoes
in the
fridge.
There
aren’t a
lot of /
lots of
tomatoes
in the
fridge.
Are there
a lot of/
lots of
tomatoes
in the
fridge ?

8. Quantifiers
Countable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
P
l
u
r
a
l
plenty
of
There are
plenty of
figs on
the tree.
x x

9. UNCOUNTABLE
NOUNS

10. Quantifiers
Uncountable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
S
I
N
G
U
L
A
R
SOME
ANY
I drink some
coffee for
breakfast
×
I don’t
drink any
coffee for
breakfast
×
Do you
drink any
coffee for
breakfast ?

11. Quantifiers
Uncountable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogative
S
I
N
G
U
L
A
R
Much
(a big
quantity)
Much of the
Moroccan
food is good.
N.B. (only at
the beginning
of the
sentence .If
not, we usea
lot of/lots
of/plenty of).
- We don’t
have much
cheese at
home
-Do you have
much cheese
at home ?

12. Quantifiers
Uncountable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogati
ve
S
I
N
G
U
L
A
R
a little
(a small
quantity)
I need a
little butter
to prepare
the cake.
X
WE USE
MUCH
X
WE USE
MUCH

13. Quantifiers
Uncountable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogati
ve
S
I
N
G
U
L
A
R
a lot
of/lots
of
I eat a lot of /
lots of
chocolate.
I don’t
eat a lot
of / lots
of sugar
X

14. Quantifiers
Uncountable nouns
Affirmative Negative Interrogati
ve
S
I
N
G
U
L
A
R
plenty
of
I need
plenty of
cheese
X X