LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

5 Quantity

5.1 Quantifiers + countable and uncountable nouns

5.1 A Quantifiers + countable and uncountable nouns [> LEG 5.1-2]

Study:
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Write:

Quantifiers are words like few, little, plenty of.

They show how many things or how much of something we are talking about.

Some quantifiers combine with countable nouns; some with uncountable and some with both

kinds:

А В

+ plural countable + uncountable

С D

+ plural countable + singular countable

+ uncountable

both books

both

(a) few

fewer

the fewest

a/the majority of

(not) many

a minority of

a bit of bread some books

some ink

a (small) amount of some (of the)

a bit of

a great deal of

a good deal of

(a) little

less [but see 5.4D]

the least

a number of/several (not) much

any (of the)

enough

a lot of/lots of

hardly any

more/most (of the)

plenty of

no, none of the

each book

all (of) the

any/some (of the)

each

either

every

most of the

neither

no, none of the

a Choose the right word in brackets,

b Mark the quantifier А, В, С or D.

1 We have imported f.^MPT.. videos this year than last year, (fewer/less) _A

2 There has been demand for videos this year than last year, (fewer/less)

3 vehicles have just been recalled because of a design fault, (a lot of/much)

4 effort has been put into this project, (a lot of/many)

5 There isn't hope of finding the wreck, (much/many)

6 There aren't dictionaries that can compare with this one. (much/many)

7 book was written by someone else, (most/most of the)

8 magazines carry advertisements, (most/most of)

9 metal is liable to rust, (most/most of)

10 I'd like milk in this coffee, please, (a few/a little)

11 This room needs pictures to brighten it up. (a few/a little)

12 businesses have gone bankrupt this year, (a good deal of/several)

13 There aren't chocolates left! (any/some)

14 There isn't time to waste, (any/some)

15 We've had trouble with this machine already, (enough/hardly any)

16 There have been accidents on this corner this year, (a good deal of/hardly any)

17 We can't accept the estimates estimate is low enough, (either/neither)

18 examples prove that I am right, (both/neither)

19 There have been changes in the new edition, (no/any)

20 There has been change in the new edition, (no/any)