QUANTIFIERS A QUICK GUIDE TO HOW TO USE THEM

QUANTIFIERS EXPLANATION

1. Quantifiers

2. With plural count Nouns
Many
Several
A few
few

3. With non count nouns
Much
A great deal
A little
little

4. With both, count and non count
All
Most
A lot (of), lots (of)
Enough
Plenty (of)
Some
None (of the),
no

5. With singular count nouns
Each
every

6. How much?
Used with non count nouns in
questions and negative sentences.
I don’t have much time.
I have a lot of free time.

7. Too much(non count)
Too many(count)
They describe a quantity
that is more than it should
be. Only use them if there
is a problem.

8. He has a good job. He earns too
muchmoney.
He earns a lot ofmoney.

9. I amtoosick to go to work today.
I amverytired. I am going to stay
home today.
Don’t use very before a verb.

10. Don’t use muchwith an affirmative
statement.
There was muchrain yesterday.
There was a lot ofrain yesterday.

11. A few/a little
count/non count
A small quantity
Not a lot, but enough
Some

12. Few/little
count/non count
Almost none
Not enough

13. When we omit a, the emphasis is
on the negative. We are saying
the quantity is not enough.
Fewpeople wanted to have a
party. The party was canceled.

14. I havea littlemoney left. I can buy
that sweater.
I would like to go to Disney World
with the kids, but I have verylittle
money left for my bills.

15. I was hungry, so I atea fewnuts.
There arefewcars in the parking
lot today. I wonder if there is
school.

16. Enough-A good quantity, what
you need
Plenty (of)–enough or a little
more than enough

17. Would you like some coffee?
No, I have hadenoughcoffee for
one day.
This diet requires you to drink
plenty ofwater.

18. Use toobefore adjectives and
adverbs. Use too muchand too
manybefore a noun.
I amtoo tired to sleep.
She speakstoo fast.
I atetoo much chocolate.
You spendtoo many hours in front
of the TV.

19. Use enoughafter adjectives and
adverbs but before nouns.
It’s good enoughfor me.
You can’t drive fast enoughfor me.
I drink enoughwater.

20. She can’t be on the basketball
team.
1. short
2. tall
She’s too short to be on the team.
She isn’t tall enough to be on the basketball team.

21. He can’t play professional baseball.
1. young
2. old
3. small
4. big

22. How many?
Used with count nouns in
affirmative and negative
sentences and in questions.
How many books do you have?

23. Some/Any/No
are used for questions with plural
count nouns and non count nouns.
Anyis used after a negative verb,
and noafter an affirmative verb.
Do you needsomenapkins?
Do you wantanyfries?
There aren’t anypotatoes in the
soup.

24. He doesn’t have notime.
He doesn’t have anytime.
He has no time.

25. Non count nouns can be measured
by container, portion, shape etc.
a can of, a bowl of, a cup of, a glass of,
a slice of, a piece of, a strip of,
a spoon of
a pound of, a scoop of, a quart of,
a bottle of, carton of, a jar of, a bag of,
a gallon of, a loaf of, an ear of, a head of,
a roll of, a tube of, a bar of, a bunch of

26. Use ofwith a unit of measure.
I ate three pieces ofbread.
Don’t’ use ofafter many, much,
a few, a littleif a noun follows
directly.
She has many(of)friends.
He put a little(of)milk in his coffee.

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