This document discusses different types of quantifiers used to indicate quantity in English. It explains that quantifiers can be used with countable nouns, uncountable nouns, or both, and answers questions like "how many" and "how much." The main quantifiers discussed are a lot of, lots of, much, many, a little, a few, too, enough, some, any, no, nobody/none, and anything/nowhere. Examples are provided to illustrate the proper usage of each quantifier in different contexts.

1. QUANTIFIERS

2. quantifiers
 Quantifiers are words that are used to
state quantity . They answer the
questions "How many?" and "How
much?"
 Quantifiers can be used with plural
countable nouns, uncountable nouns
or both.

3. Large quantities (+)
 Use a lot of/lots of :
They have a lot of/lots of money.
 Lots of is more informal.
 Use a lot when there is no noun:
I like speaking in English a lot
Mainly used in affirmative sentences.

4. Large quantities: (-) & (?)
 Use much with uncountable nouns.
Do you watch much TV?
I don’t have much money.
 Use many with countable nouns.
Are there many students in your class?
There aren’t many cafés near here.
 In both cases you can also use a lot of.

5. Small quantities
 Use a little with uncontable nouns.
Would you like some sugar in your coffee? Just a
little please.
 Use a few with countable nouns.
This town has a few good restaurants.
 few and little can be pre-modified by very.
Hurry up! We have very little time.

6. More than you need or want.
 Too + adjective.
I won’t buy this shirt. It’s too big for me.
It’s too expensive. I can’t afford it.
 Too much + uncountable noun.
What I don’t like about big cities is that there is too
much traffic and too much noise
 Too many + plural countable noun.
What I don’t like about big cities is that there are
too many cars and too many people.

7. Less than you need.
 Not enough + noun
There aren’t enough car parks in this
city.
Sorry, I haven't got enough food for
everyone.
 Adjective + enough
You're not working fast enough, you
won't finish on time

8. Some, any,no + -body / -one, +
-thing, + -where

The compounds of some, any and no behave in the same
way as some any, and no, that is to say, some-, in
affirmative sentences, any-, in negatives and questions, and
no (with affirmative verb) although we use some- in the
interrogative to offer something, to ask for something or when
we expect a positive response, as we saw in the previous
unit. Examples:
I saw somebody there.
I did not see anybody there.
Did you see anybody there?
I saw nobody
Would you like something better?
Nothing is better than that

9. Any, no, not any

 No means the same as not any, but is
more emphatic.
 He has got no friends. (More
emphatic than He hasn’t got any
friends.)
 any can be used before a singular
countable noun with the meaning of it
doesn't matter who/which/what.