This document discusses the use of quantifiers like some, any, a lot of, many, much, a few, a little, few, and little in English. It provides examples of how these quantifiers are used with countable and uncountable nouns in positive sentences, questions, and negative sentences. It also discusses the differences between a little/a few and little/few. The document then provides an example dialogue where a cook checks the items in their fridge and the quantities of different foods, using the quantifiers.

1. Some / Any / Much / Many/
A lot of/ A few/ Few/ A little/ Little
Jelgavas Valsts ģimnāzija
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Agita Ozoliņa

2. Countable/ Uncountable Nouns

3. Some
A little, a few or small number or amount.
We usually use some in positive sentences for countable
and uncountable nouns. If it is countable, it goes with
the noun in plural. (some friends)
I have some friends in London.
I usually drink some milk with my meal.
Sometimes we use some in a question, when we expect
a positive YES answer.
Would you like some tea?
Could I have some more sugar please?

5. Countable/ Uncountable Nouns
• Snow • Magazines
• People • Pizza
• Relatives • Meat
• Water • Homework
• Time • Furniture
• Times • Paper
• Mushrooms • Papers
• Animals • Cake
• Gold • Cakes
• Soap • Rain
• Traffic • Ice
• Money • Chairs
• Books • Bottles
• Friends • students
• Butter

6. Countable/ Uncountable Nouns
Some (countable) Some (uncountable)
birds water
Make the table in your notes and fill in with
the words from the next slide!

7. Countable/ Uncountable Nouns
Some (countable) (daži) Some (uncountable) (mazliet)
People Snow
Relatives Water
Times Time
Mushrooms Gold
Animals Soap
Books Traffic
Friends Money
Magazines Butter
Papers Pizza
cakes Meat
Chairs Homework
Bottles Furniture
students Paper
Cake
Rain
Ice

8. Any
One, small or all.
When asking questions and in negative sentences, and
when a sentence is grammatically positive, but the
meaning of the sentence is negative.
Do you have any ice cream left for me?
I don’t have any books.
My brother never does any chores.
We use any for both countable and uncountable nouns.
Do you have any cheese?
He doesn't have any friends in Paris.

9. A lot of (lots of)
It is used to talk about quantity in affirmative (can be in
negative sentences and questions) sentences with
countable and uncountable nouns.
Bill Gates has got a lot of (lots of) money.
There are a lot of(lots of) pictures on the wall.

10. Many
It is used to talk about quantity with countable
nouns and usually in the questions and
negative sentences.
I don't have many English stamps in my
collection.
Do you have many English stamps in your
collection?
Do you have any English stamp in your
collection?

11. Much
It is used to talk about quantity with
uncountable nouns and usually in the
questions and negative sentences.
They don't have much money to buy a present.
Have you got much homework to do today?
Charlotte’s got a lot of money. 
Charlotte’s got much money. 

12. A few(few)/ A little(little)
The expressions a little and a few mean some (daži, mazliet).
If a noun is uncountable, we use a little.
Example: a little money (mazliet naudas)
If a noun is countable, we use a few.
Example: a few friends (daži draugi)
• It's a difference if you use a little / a few or little / few.
Without the article, the words have a limiting or negative
meaning (maz).
• a little = some
little = hardly any
• Example: I have a little money. - I have some money.
• I have little money. - I have hardly any money.
• a few = some
few = hardly any
• Example: A few friends visited me. - Some friends visited me.
Few friends visited me. - Hardly any friends visited me.

13. Help the cook to check the food in his fridge.
"Hello, my friends. Please help me to fill in the
blanks.
Okay, first I need ___ (a/an) knife to start dinner. Now let me
see if I have got everything. Well, there is _______ (a lot of/
many) milk, isn’t there? Oh, I’ve only got _____ (little/some,
few) after all. Hum, just half a bottle. And lemons?
How _______ (many/ much) lemons are there? There are
plenty. Good! There aren’t _______ (many/ much) tomatoes,
are there? Well, there’re only two left. No problem. Have I
got enough meat for dinner? Yes, there is ________ (much/
many/ lots of) meat. But is there _______ (some/ any/ an
)oil? Let me see. Oh, there is ______ (no/ any/ some) oil left.
Well, I will have to buy ________ (any/ some). What about
butter? Oh no, there isn’t ______ (little/ many/ much/ few)
left, is there? And there are only ________ (few/ little/ a)
sausages, right? No, actually there are lots of sausages.
Good! But I still need _______ (a/ an/ some) oranges. Not
many, just two or three. Oh, I almost forgot. I will also
need ______ (a/an/ some) apple. Yes, that’s it. Thanks!"

14. Thank you for attention and
patience!
Agita Ozoliņa
Jelgava State Grammar School
Agita Ozoliņa, Jelgava State Grammar
School