A short and simple slideshow with quantifiers for pre-intermediate ESL students.

1. QUANTIFIERS WITH
COUNTABLE AND
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

2. Countable Nouns
• Nouns that you count as 1, 2, 3….
• Example: an apple , two apples, three
apples/a banana, two bananas / a driver , two
drivers
• In terms of geographical features,
• A mountain, two mountains / A beach , two
beaches / A lake , two lakes

3. Uncountable Nouns
• Nouns that you CANNOT count as 1, 2, 3….
• Example: water / juice/ time/ money…
• Other useful nouns that are uncountable,
• Pollution / traffic / sand / space..
• Note: zero article

4. Quantifiers
• A quantifier is a type of determiner that indicates
quantity.
• For example:
There are some apples.
(Note the plural verb for plural countable nouns)
There is some traffic.
(Note the singular verb for uncountable nouns)

5. Quantifiers
Source: Cutting Edge Third Ed (Pre-Intermediate)

6. Quantifiers
Obviously, as we have learnt yesterday, singular nouns use the articles a / an.
But for nouns in plural:
Some,
A lot of,
(not) any,
(not) enough,
No
(not) many,
Too many,
A few
(not) much,
Too much,
A little
Uncountable nounsCountable nouns