This document discusses quantifiers used to describe quantities in English. It categorizes quantifiers into those describing large quantities, small quantities, zero quantity, and more or less than needed. Quantifiers for large quantities include "a lot of", "lots of", and "plenty of". Quantifiers for small quantities are "little" for uncountable nouns and "few" for plural countable nouns. To express zero quantity, negative verbs use "any" and positive verbs use "no".

1. QUANTIFIERS UNIT 5A

2. LARGE QUANTITIES POSITIVE SENTENCES (+) Use a lot of / lots of Theyhavea lot of /lots of money Lots ofis more informal Use a lotwhenthereis no noun He talksa lot (not: He talks a lotof)

3. LARGE QUANTITIES NEGATIVE SENTENCES (-) AND QUESTIONS (?) Use much(uncountablenouns) / many (countablenouns). Do youwatchmuch TV? Therearen’tmany cafés nearhere. Note: hereyou can also use a lot of

4. LARGE QUANTITIES Use plenty of in positive (+) sentencesto mean ‘as much as weneedor more’. Don’trun, wehaveplenty of time

5. SMALL QUANTITIES Use little (uncountablenouns) and few (plural countablenouns) A. Do youwantsome tea? B. Justa little, please. A little and a few mean some, butnot a lot Thetown has onlya fewgood restaurants Verylittle/few mean notmuch/many Hurry up, wehaveverylittletime

6. ZERO QUANTITY Negativeverbs (-) any Thereisn’tanyroom in the car Positive verbs (+) no There’s no room in the car Short answers: none (/nn/)it’s a pronoun) A. Howmuchmoney do youhave? B. None

7. More thanyouneedorwant Too + adjective I don’tlikethiscity. Thiscityistoobig Toomuch + uncountablenoun Thereistoomuchtraffic Toomany + plural countablenoun There are toomany cars

8. Lessthanyouneedorwant Enough + noun Therearen’tenoughparks Adjective + enough The buses aren’tfrequentenough