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Quantifiers

An overview of expressions of quantity used with countable nouns, uncountable nouns or both

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Quantifiers

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  1. quantıfıers NLL INT UNIT 10.2 Prepared by G. Sezi Çoşkuner

  2. ? https://www.ecenglish.com/learnenglish/lessons/non-count-and-count-quantifiers

  3. *“much” is usually used in questions and negatives. REMINDER: The number of people who are educated in Turkey is very few. A number of (Some) people in Turkey are unemployed.

  4. A large number of people died in the earthquake. • A: How many girls are there in your class? • B: Not many. • I have many friends in Istanbul. • Many students hope to pass the EPE. • She does not have many books in her school bag. • Toomanypeoplewentoutduringthelockdown. • Not many people like going out early in the morning. • She has a few bottles of milk in the fridge. • She has (very) few bottles of milk in the fridge. • When I was ill, only several people came for a visit. • A couple of people attended the meeting yesterday. Quantifiers used with Countable Nouns (= There aren’t many girls in my class.) (= not many, but enough) (= not many, and not enough) (= some; an amount that is not exact but is fewer than many) (= more than two, but not many; a small number of)

  5. Quantifiers used with unCountable Nouns • A great deal of money was stolen in the robbery. • A: How much sugar do you need for the cake? B: Not much. • He has somuch time that he can finish his homework on time. • Too much money is spent on unnecessary things. • They usually do not have much time to go to the cinema after work. • Not much work needs to be done for the decoration of the house. • There is a little cheese left in the fridge. • There is (very) little cheese left in the fridge. (= I don’t need much sugar for the cake.) (= not much, but enough) (= not much, and not enough)

  6. Quantifiers used with bothCountable & uncountable Nouns • She bought some nice books from Dost Bookstore. • (countable) • I need some information about the students. • (uncountable) • Would you like some nuts with your drink? • (countable) • Do you need some help? • (uncountable) • Some of her friends visited her after the accident. • Some of the bread is eaten. We may need to buy one for dinner. in positive sentences in questionswhenweoffersmt

  7. Have you got any sisters or brothers? • (countable) • Is there any new evidence for the murder? • (uncountable) • I haven’t got any friends in Istanbul. • (countable) • There wasn’t any noise outside last night. • (uncountable) in questions in negative sentences BEWARE ! Therefore, we can use “some” in negatives and “any” in positives with countable and uncountable nouns.

  8. There will be plenty of people at the party. • (countable) • There will be plenty of food at the party. • (uncountable) • We’ve got lots of / a lot of friends in Ankara. • (countable) • I lost lots of / a lot of money in poker. • (uncountable) • All people are born equal. • (countable) • All information about the new product is confidential. • (uncountable) • She has four children, all under the age of five. • The cast all lined up on stage to take their bow. • Have you drunk it all? • Now the money's all mine! • Have you drunk all (of) the milk? • All (of) my friends are coming tonight.(countable) • You eat all (of) the time.(uncountable) When all refers to a whole class of people or things, we don’t use the. Before a noun with a determiner (my, this, the,etc.), both all and all of are possible.

  9. She has got no money in her bank account = She hasn’t got any money in her bank account. • (uncountable) • There areno carsin the street = There aren’t any cars in the street. • (countable) • No pedestrians are allowed on the motorway. • (countable) • No charity work is organized for refugees this year. • (uncountable) • None of the informationwasreliable. • None of my friendssmoke. • None of my friendssmokes. NO + NOUN = NOT ANY + NOUN “Information” is an uncountable noun; therefore, the verb is singular. When we use “none” with a plural noun or pronoun, the verb can be singular or plural.

  10. Too & enough

  11. too + adverb: He is a recklessdriver. He reallydrivestoofast. / You’retalkingtooloudly. Calmdown. • adverb + enough: Thankyou. You are workinghard enough. / He doesn’t listen to me carefullyenough.

  12. NOW LET’S DO SOME PRACTICE: https://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g41-quantifiers-gap-fill.php

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