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quantity: much, many, few, little, enough
Usehowmany- to ask questions about quantity with countable nouns.
How many tigers are there in the world today?
Usehow much - to ask questions about masswith uncountable nouns.
How much water is there on Earth?
Usenot many - to make a negative statement about quantity of countables.
There aren'tmany tigers left in the world today
Usenot much - to make a negative statement about massof uncountables.
If we want to save the tiger, there isn't much time left.
Usemanyandmuch - in positive statements in formai or written language.
Many people hunt wild animals for sport. Much damage has been caused by this kind of hunting.
Use afew - to talk about a smali number of countable nouns in a positive way.
Wemanaged to seeafew tigers in the distance.
Usealittle - to talk about a smali amount of an uncountable noun in a positive way.
There is alittle water left in this bottle.
Usea lot (of), lots (of) - to talk about a large number of countables or a large amount of an uncountable.
We sawa lotof /lots of animals c10seup and tookalot of/lots of photos
There wasalot of/lots of rain last month.
Usefew, very few, onlya few - to talk about countables in a negative way.
Unfortunately few conservationists believe that tigers in the wild have a future.
Experts believe that within fitty years there will be very few remaining.
Unfortunately, there are only afew biscuits left.
Usetittle, very!itt/e, on/y a little - to talk about uncountables in a negative way.
There is tittle hope that tigers will survive, as they have very little space for their natural habitat.
I'm afraid there is only atitt/e water left.
Usetoo many - with countables to talk about more things than are necessaryor possible.
There aretoomany stars for scientists to count.
Usetoo much - with uncountables to talk about a greater quantity than is necessaryor possible.
Same plants are damaged bytoomuch suntight.
Useenough (of) - for countables and uncountables when we say that the quantity or number is sufficient.
Have we got enough food? Have we got enough'?
There are enough p/ates for everyone. We've got enough (of them).
Usenot enough - for countables and uncountables when we say that the quantity or number is not sufficient.
There is not enough information about this problem, and there are not enough scientists working to try
and find a solution.
Usep/en ty of - for countables and uncountables when we say that the quantity or number is more than enough.
Don't worry, we have plenty of time. I've got plenty of pens it you need one.