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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
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A quantifier is a word that usually goes before a noun to express some quantity…
COUNTABLE NOUNS
a) They are the names of separate objects, people … which we can count. They
have both singular and plural forms:
● a/one pencil two pencils
● a/one man two men
b) They take singular or plural verb forms:
This pencil is black.
These pencils are black.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
a) They are the names of things we do not see as separate and which we cannot
count. They have no plurals:
●milk ●weather ●money
b) They take only singular verbs:
The weather was very hot.
Milk is good for you.
c) Not used with a/an/one...
SOME – ANY – MUCH – A LOT OF
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SOME
● for AFFIRMATIVES:
There are some eggs.
● for OFFERS and REQUESTS:
Would you like some tea?
● for QUESTIONS where the answer ‘yes’ is
expected:
Did you buy some eggs?
ANY
● for NEGATIVES:
I haven’t got any money
to go to the restaurant.
● or in OPEN
QUESTIONS:
Have you got any milk?
(the answer can be ‘yes’
or ‘no’)
MUCH / MANY / A LOT OF
● MUCH/MANY are used in NEGATIVES:
We didn’t buy many potatoes / I don’t have much
oil.
● or in INTERROGATIVES
How much milk/how many eggs do you have?
● A LOT OF (LOTS OF) is used in
AFFIRMATIVES:
We have got a lot of eggs.
(NOT: We have got many eggs)
SOME EXAMPLES
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QUANTIFIERS ENGLISH

  • 1. By
  • 2. COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS By A quantifier is a word that usually goes before a noun to express some quantity… COUNTABLE NOUNS a) They are the names of separate objects, people … which we can count. They have both singular and plural forms: ● a/one pencil two pencils ● a/one man two men b) They take singular or plural verb forms: This pencil is black. These pencils are black. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS a) They are the names of things we do not see as separate and which we cannot count. They have no plurals: ●milk ●weather ●money b) They take only singular verbs: The weather was very hot. Milk is good for you. c) Not used with a/an/one...
  • 3. SOME – ANY – MUCH – A LOT OF By SOME ● for AFFIRMATIVES: There are some eggs. ● for OFFERS and REQUESTS: Would you like some tea? ● for QUESTIONS where the answer ‘yes’ is expected: Did you buy some eggs? ANY ● for NEGATIVES: I haven’t got any money to go to the restaurant. ● or in OPEN QUESTIONS: Have you got any milk? (the answer can be ‘yes’ or ‘no’) MUCH / MANY / A LOT OF ● MUCH/MANY are used in NEGATIVES: We didn’t buy many potatoes / I don’t have much oil. ● or in INTERROGATIVES How much milk/how many eggs do you have? ● A LOT OF (LOTS OF) is used in AFFIRMATIVES: We have got a lot of eggs. (NOT: We have got many eggs)