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.

Much → Uncountable
*Negative: There isn’t much time left
*Questions: How much pocket money do you get every week?
Affirmative-formal (a lot/lots of ) A lot of money
Lots of patience
Many→ Countable
*Negative: There aren’t many students in class.
*Questions: How many people do you know?
Affirmative-formal (a lot /lots of) A lot of tourists
Lots of times
*A lot/lots of can also be used
Subject concordance: There are lots of people
There are a lot of people

A little + Uncountable: Do you want some ice-cream? Just a little

Little - Uncountable: Hurry up , we have very little time.

A few + Countable: I have a few close friends

Few - Countable: The town has few cinemas

Plenty : in affirmative sentences as much as we need or more e.g: Don’t run we have
plenty of time

Any : for zero quantity with a negative verb There aren’t any lions in the park
No: for zero quantity with a positive verb There are no lions in the park.
None: for zero quantity, without a noun Are there any oranges? No, none
+of +noun/pronoun with a positive verb None of the students came to class.

Too much: uncountable, there’s too much traffic.

Too many: countable, There are too many tourists.
Too + adj: I don’t like this city. It’s too big.

Enough: before a noun: There aren’t enough parks

after an adjective: The buses aren’t frequent enough.

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All/every (+ body, etc.)

All men like cars. Plural

All cheese is made from milk. Uncountable
All (of) the people in my office are married. Specific
Every student who finishes the course gets a certificate.
All is ok. Everything is ok.
All I want is money. (Todo lo que…)
I go to class every Tuesday. Every + sing noun to say all of a group.
Every day: Monday, Tuesday… All day: from the morning to the night.
Has everybody finished? Everybody/ everyone/everything/everywhere +sing verb to
say all people, things or places.
Everything was incredibly expensive.