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    The document discusses the usage of quantifiers in English including: 1) A lot/lots of is used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in positive statements. 2) Much is used with uncountable nouns, in questions, and negations. 3) Many is used with plural countable nouns, in questions, and negations. 4) A little/little and a few/few are used with uncountable and plural countable nouns respectively. A little/a few mean "not much but enough" while little/few mean "hardly any, almost none".

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    The document discusses the usage of quantifiers in English including: 1) A lot/lots of is used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in positive statements. 2) Much is used with uncountable nouns, in questions, and negations. 3) Many is used with plural countable nouns, in questions, and negations. 4) A little/little and a few/few are used with uncountable and plural countable nouns respectively. A little/a few mean "not much but enough" while little/few mean "hardly any, almost none".

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    The document discusses the usage of quantifiers in English including: 1) A lot/lots of is used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in positive statements. 2) Much is used with uncountable nouns, in questions, and negations. 3) Many is used with plural countable nouns, in questions, and negations. 4) A little/little and a few/few are used with uncountable and plural countable nouns respectively. A little/a few mean "not much but enough" while little/few mean "hardly any, almost none".

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    A Lot, Many, Much, Few, Little Student

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    The document discusses the usage of quantifiers in English including: 1) A lot/lots of is used with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in positive statements. 2) Much is used with uncountable nouns, in questions, and negations. 3) Many is used with plural countable nouns, in questions, and negations. 4) A little/little and a few/few are used with uncountable and plural countable nouns respectively. A little/a few mean "not much but enough" while little/few mean "hardly any, almost none".

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    A lot of, Much,

    Many / (a) little, (a)


    few
    Elaborated by Valentina
    García Coronado
    Let’s see
    A lot of / lots of

    Posiitive Plural countable Uncountable


    statements nouns nouns
    Note
    We omit of when a lot is
    Books, cars, not followed by a noun,
    Weather, wood,
    bananas, potatoes,
    furniture, mlk, etc.
    etc. Are there many people
    • She’s got a lot /lots of books in the room?

    • There’s a lot of milk in the Yes, there are a lot.


    fridge
    Much
    • Uncountable nouns
    • Questions
    • Negations

    • How much money have you got?


    • There isn’t much sugar in the
    bowl.
    Many
    • Plural countable nouns
    • Questions
    • Negations

    • Are there many books on the


    shelf?
    - There aren’t many books on the
    shelf
    How much vs How many

    How much (uncountable) How many (countable)


    Amount Number

    -How much sugar do we -How many boys are there


    need? in your class?
    -A kilo -Twenty
    Affirmative Interrogative Negative

    Countable A lot (of) (how) many Many


    nouns Lots of
    Uncountable A lot (of) (how) much Much
    nouns
    A little / little – a few / few
    Uncountable nouns
    A little / little 01 (water, noy, rice, etc.)

    A little means “not much but enough”.

    I’ve got a little money. Can you buy some


    bread?

    Little means “Hardly any, almost nothing”


    and can go with very for emphasis..

    They’ve got (very) little money. They can’t


    buy any bread,
    Plural countable
    nouns
    (tomatoes, books,
    Few / a Few 01 cups, etc.)

    A few means “not many but enough”.

    There are a few tomatoes. We can make


    salat.

    Few means “Hardly any, almost none” and


    can go with very for emphasis..

    There are (very) few people in the cinema.

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