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QUANTIFIERS
to state precisely or suggest approximately the amount or the number of a noun

SOME & ANY
used when it is not easy , necessary or important to say the exact number . Use for both countable and uncountable nouns

• SOME + COUNTABLE NOUNS 'some' means 'a few'

There are some cards in my bag
These are some apples my mom bought

• SOME + UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

There is some dust on the floor

I brought along some fruits in my bag

• ANY + COUNTABLE NOUNS 'any' often used in negative statement or question

There aren't any people in the room

There aren't any ice cream at his house

Are there any cake at your house?

No , there arent any cake at my house

•  ANY + UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

There isn't any water in the bottle

Is there any cookie on the table ?

No , there isn't any bread on the table

MUCH & MANY

to express a large quantity

Positive :

I have many papers

She has got much influence on you

There are many teacher in the office

Negative :

There isn't much milk in the bottle

There aren't many student in the class

I dont have much time left

HOW MUCH & HOW MANY

use 'how many' with plural nouns

use how much with uncountable nouns

How many books?

How many siblings?

How many doors?

How much money ?

How much air?

A FEW & A LITTLE
to express a small quantity . It usually expresses positive idea

I  have a few books at home. We can read together
We have a little cheese left . We can make a cake


A LOT OF
to express a large quantity . ' A lots of ' is an informal form of ' a lot of '

There is a lot of orange juice in the jug
There are a lot of cars in the city

She has lots of flower in her garden
I have lots of paper at home




Quantifiers used singular count nouns

• every
• each
• either
• neither

Quantifiers used with plural count nouns

• a few
• fewer
• many
• several
• a number of
• plenty of
• a lot of / lots of
• enough
• any
• some

Quantifiers used with non-count nouns

• plenty of
• a lot of / lots of
• enough
• any some
• a little
• less/ more
• much
• a bit of

INTERROGATIVE 

formulate direct or indirect questions and exclamations .

• what
• which
• whose

Direct Question

- What do want for dinner tonight?

- Which shoes do you want to buy?

- Whose book is that you are holding?

Indirect Question

- For dinner tonight what do you want to eat ?

- You want to buy which shoes?

- You are holding whose book ?

Exclamations

- For dinner tonight what do you want to eat !

- You want to buy which shoes!

- You are holding whose book !

Note : Indirect questionand exclamations are identical in grammatical structure.

Comment below 2 sentences that use each quantifiers and interrogative :