Unit 9: Quantifiers

The quantifiers state the number or amount of something. Quantifiers can be single words or phrases and are used with both nouns and pronouns.

Examples:

-Most of us will repeat the course if we don`t pay attention.
-There's some money in my account.
-They have little money to organize the party.

Quantifiers are used with different type of nouns:
singular: one, each, every, etc
plural: two, both, a couple of, a dozen, several, few, a few, many, a great many, etc
non-cont nouns: a little, little, much, a great deal of, a great amount of, etc
plural count nouns and non-count nouns: no, any, some, enough, a lot of/lots of, plenty of, most, all, etc.

Examples:

-My brother has no plans for weekend.
-Wu took no cash for the trip.
-Scientists were able to solve the biology problems.


Use many with count nouns and much with non-count nouns.

Examples:

-He doesn't have many friends.
-I had too much trouble getting my DNI.
-The government has made many constructions in the city.
-There's too much noise pollution .



Gladys Sanchez A05F