group 4 quantifiers

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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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