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quantifiers more or less than you need or want

large quantities 1 I d on ’t like th is city. It’s too big and it’s too noisy. 5 12)))
2 T h e re ’s too much traffic and too much noise.
1 Mv u ncle and au nt have a lot of m oney. 5 10))) T h e re are too many tourists and too many cars.
N ina h as lots of cloth es. 3 T h ere aren ’t enough parks and there aren ’t enough trees.
2 Jam es eats a lot. T h e b u ses aren ’t frequent enough.
3 T h e re aren ’t many ca fe s n ear here. T h e b u ses d o n ’t ru n frequently enough.
D o you have many clo se friend s?
D o you w atch much T V ?
I d on ’t eat much ch o co late.
4 D o n ’t ru n . W e have plenty of tim e.

1 U se a lot o f o r lots o f in 0 sen ten ces.
2 U se a lot w hen th ere is no n ou n , e.g., He talks a lot. N O T
He talks a lot of.
There’s too much traffic and too much noise.
3 much I many are u sually used in 0 se n ten ces and 0 , but a lot
o f can a lso b e used. 1 U se too + ad jective.
4 U se plenty o f in 0 sen ten ces. (= m ore th an enough) 2 U se too much + u n co u n tab le n o u n s and too many + plural
cou n tab le n ou ns.
small quantities 3 U se enough b efo re a n ou n, e.g., enough eggs, and a fte r an
ad jectiv e, e.g., It isn’t big enough, o r an adverb, e.g., You aren’t
1 A D o you w an t so m e m ore ice cream ? 5 ID)) walkingfast enough.
B Ju st a little.
T h e tow n on ly h as a few movie theaters. zero quantity
2 I’m so busy th a t I have very little time fo r m yself.
S a ra h isn ’t p op u lar and she h as very few friends. 1 T h e re is n ’t a n y ro o m in th e car. 5 13)))
W e don’t have any eggs.
1 U se little + u n cou n tab le n o u n s,few + plural co u n tab le n ou ns. 2 T h e re ’s no ro o m in the car. W e h a v e no eggs.
3 A H ow m any eggs do we have?
• a little and a few = som e, bu t n o t a lot.
2 very little and very few = not much / many. B None. I’ve used th em all.

1 U se any (+ nou n) fo r zero qu an tity w ith a 0 verb.
2 U se no + nou n w ith a 0 verb.
3 U se none (w ith ou t a nou n) in sh o rt answ ers.

a (C ir c le ) th e c o r r e c t a n sw e r. C h e c k / i f b o th a re p o s sib le . b C h e c k / th e c o r r e c t s e n te n c e s . C o r r e c t th e m is ta k e s in
th e h ig h lig h te d p h ra s e s .
M y hu sban d h a s too much /(fo o T ia m ^ le c tro n ic gad gets.
1 I ju st have to rep ly to a few / a little e m a ils an d th en I’ll M y n ep h ew g o t lo ts o f v id eo g a m es fo r h is b irth d a y . /
b e fin ish e d . 1 d o n ’t p o st m u ch v id eo s o n F a ce b o o k . many videos
2 D o you sp en d much / many tim e o n s o c ia l n e tw o rk in g 1 H o w m an y p re se n ts did you g et? A lo t o f!
sites? 2 I buy very few pap er b o o k s now becau se I have an e-reader.
3 M y b e d ro o m is a n ic e siz e . T h e r e ’s enough room / 3 I d o n ’t u se n o s o c ia l n e tw o rk s b e c a u s e I d o n ’t lik e th e m .
plenty o f room fo r a desk.
4 P le a se tu rn th a t m u sic d o w n . I t’s to o m u ch loud!
4 I k n o w very few / very little p e o p le w h o sp e a k tw o 5 T h e r e a re n ’t m an y g o o d sh o w s o n T V to n ig h t.
fo re ig n lan g u ag es.
6 M y In te rn e t c o n n e c tio n is n ’t en o u g h fa st fo r m e to
5 M y b ro th e r h a s d o w n lo ad ed a lot o f / lots o f ap p s o n to
d o w n lo ad m o v ies.
h is n ew p h o n e.
7 I m ak e to o m u ch p h on e ca lls. M y p h on e b ill is en o rm o u s!
6 I have so m e c a s h o n m e, b u t n o t a lot j a lot of.
8 A H ow m u ch fru it d o w e h av e?
7 T h e ir n ew T V is too / too much b ig . It h ard ly fits in th e B A ny. C a n you buy so m e ?
liv in g ro o m .
9 T h e r e a re o n ly a little w e b site s th a t I u se reg u larly .
8 There aren’t any / There are no p o ta to e s . I fo rg o t
10 K a re n h a s p len ty o f m o n ey , so sh e alw ays h a s th e la test
to b u y so m e .
g ad g ets.
9 M y n ie c e is n ’t old enough / enough old to play w ith a
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g a m e c o n so le .
10 1 d o n ’t have a lot o f / many frie n d s o n F a c e b o o k .
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