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Quantifiers
Determiners
Stephanie AnnVerinder Kaur
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QuantifiersA quantifier expresses quantityas its name
implies.
Words that modify nouns.They can be used with both countable or
uncountable noun to express amount orquantity.They tell us how many or how much.
Selecting the correct quantifiers depends onyour understanding the distinction betweencount and non-count nouns.
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Some adjectives and adjectivalphrases can only go withuncountablenouns (salt, rice,money, advice), and some canonly go with countablenouns
(friends, bags, people).
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Example:How much money have you got?
How manycigarettes have you smoked?
There's not much sugar in the cupboard.
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Example of quantifiers with count
nouns.A few
-"I've got a fewfriends" (= maybe not many, but enough)
-Fewpeople visited him in hospital (= he had almost novisitors)
Many
- There are manypeople in Poland
- He spoke manydifferent languages.
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Example of quantifiers with non
count nouns.Little
-"I've got a little money" (= I've got enough to live on)
- We have verylittle information on this topic.
Much
-Much time and money is spent on education
-I havent given much attention to this problem.
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-They are like comparatives and hold a relative position on ascale of increase or decrease
INCREASE (0% to 100%)
Plural countabl enouns
Examples
Many There are manystudents in tesl 1
More There are more students in tesl 3 compared totesl 1
most Tesl 2 has the most number of sudents
Plural
uncountablenouns
Examples
Much Theres much water in Jar A
More Jar B contains more water than Jar A
Most Jar C contains the most amount of water
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DECREASE (100% to 0%)
Plural countable
nouns
Examples
Few There are few students in 2 Sigma
Fewer There are fewer students in 2 Omegacompared to 2 Sigma
Fewest 2 Theta has the fewest number of students
Pluraluncountablenouns
Examples
Little Bala has little money with him today
Less Chong has less money compared to Bala
Least Azman has the least money compared toboth of them
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In the following sentences, fill in the gaps with one of the following quantifiers:
much, many, a lot of, most, a little, little, a few, Some
1. It seems to me that we haven't had________ assignmentsin English this term.
2. How_______ material can we be expected to read in one
week?3. I've unfortunately had________ headaches alreadybecause of stress.
4. Our yard looks awful this summer. There aretoo________ weeds.
5. I didn't use________ fertilizer last spring, and that hasmade a difference.6. Also, I've paid very______ attention to how_________
rain we've had.
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7. How_______ good would it do if we watered theplants ourselves?
8. They said that just______ help could make a bigdifference.
9.__________ information proved to be outdated
10. We're close to the project deadline, but there is still_______ time left.
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