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. QUANTIFIERSUNIT 5A

2. LARGE QUANTITIESPOSITIVE SENTENCES (+)Use a lot of / lots ofTheyhavea lot of /lots of moneyLots ofis more informalUse a lotwhenthereis no nounHe talksa lot (not: He talks a lotof)

3. LARGE QUANTITIESNEGATIVE 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 QUANTITIESUse plenty of in positive (+) sentencesto mean ‘as much as weneedor more’.Don’trun, wehaveplenty of time

5. SMALL QUANTITIESUse little (uncountablenouns) and few (plural countablenouns)A. Do youwantsome tea? B. Justa little, please.A little and a few mean some, butnot a lotThetown has onlya fewgood restaurantsVerylittle/few mean notmuch/manyHurry up, wehaveverylittletime

6. ZERO QUANTITYNegativeverbs (-) anyThereisn’tanyroom in the carPositive verbs (+) noThere’s no room in the carShort answers: none (/nn/)it’s a pronoun)A. Howmuchmoney do youhave?B. None

7. More thanyouneedorwantToo + adjectiveI don’tlikethiscity. ThiscityistoobigToomuch + uncountablenounThereistoomuchtrafficToomany + plural countablenounThere are toomany cars

8. LessthanyouneedorwantEnough + nounTherearen’tenoughparksAdjective + enoughThe buses aren’tfrequentenough