Expressions of quantiy

Uncountable Short answers Full answers

(singular)
A lot I eat a lot of sugar
Quinte a lot. I eat quite a lot of sugar
How much sugar do you eat? A little. I eat a little sugar.
Not much I don’t eat much sugar.
None I don’t eat any sugar.
Uncountable (plural)
A lot I eat a lot of sweets
Quite a lot I eat quite a lot of sweets
How many sweets you eat? A few I eat a few sweets
Not many I don’t eat many sweets.
None I don’t eat any sweets.
Expressions of quantity
• We use How much …? With uncountable (U) nouns and How many…? With
countable (C) nouns.
• We use :

A lot (of) with C an U nouns for a big quantity.

Quite a lot (of)for a medium quantity.

A little/not…much with U nouns for a small quantity.

A few/ not…many with C plural nouns for a small quantity.

Not…any (none in short answers) for zero quantity.

A lot of and much/many

 In + sentences we usually use a lot of.

 In – sentences an ?, we usually use much and many:

I don’t drink much water. Do you drink much coffee?

 It is also possible to use a lot of in – and ?: do you drink a lot of coffee? I don’t
eat a lot of vegetables
Enough
Use enough with countable and uncountable nouns to state that you are satisfied with
the amount of something.
Eg:
She has enough time to visit her parents in Maputo.
I think we have enough hamburgers for tomorrow's grill.
Not Enough
Use not enough when you are not satisfied with the amount of something.
Eg:
I'm afraid there's not enough time to continue this conversation.
There are not enough people working at the moment.
Each / Every
Use each or every when referring to the individuals in a group.
Eg:
I think every person in this room would agree with me.
I'm sure each step of this process is important.
Much, many, little, few, some, any – quantifiers

Choose much, many, little, few, some, any to complete each sentence.

1.1We haven't got _____ petrol. We need to stop and get some.

a.much

b.many

c.little

2.We had ________ rain last autumn..

a.a lot of

b.much

c.many
33There was ________ food in the fridge. It was nearly empty.

a.Little b.a little c.few

44You travel a lot. Have you been to _____ countries?

a.Much b.many c.few

5It costs _____ money to give your children a good education.

a.Much b.many c.a lot of

6There was ________ space for all the people who came.
a.very little b.very few c.many