QUANTIFIERS

What are quantifiers?

A quantifier is a word or phrase which is used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity:
'Some', 'many', 'a lot of' and 'a few' are examples of quantifiers.

Quantifiers can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns.

Examples:

There are some books on the desk
He's got only a few dollars.
How much money have you got?
There is a large quantity of fish in this river.
He's got more friends than his sister.

Examples of quantifiers

With Uncountable Nouns

•   much

•   a little/little/very little *

•   a bit (of)

•   a great deal of

•   a large amount of

•   a large quantity of

With Both

•   all

•   enough

•   more/most

•   less/least

•   no/none

•   not any

•   some

•   any

•   a lot of

•   lots of

•   plenty of

With Countable Nouns

•   many

a few/few/very few **


•   a number (of)

•   several

•   a large number of

•   a great number of

•   a majority of

* NOTE

few, very few mean that there is not enough of something.
a few means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.

** NOTE

little, very little mean that there is not enough of something.
a little means that there is not a lot of something, but there is enough.

PRACTICE!

http://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_files/grammar-exercise-quantifiers.php#.U6OL6hbIQWY
http://www.ihbristol.com/free-english-exercises/test/esol-smc-quantifiers
http://www.learn4good.com/languages/evrd_grammar/quantifier.htm
http://www.grammarbank.com/quantifiers-exercises.html
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/quantifiers2.htm
http://www.esl-lounge.com/student/grammar/2g41-quantifiers-gap-fill.php
http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=4307