Quantifiers, possessives and demonstratives
Quantifiers
much/manya2
Quantifiers: much/many/a lot ofI have a lot of books in my bag.They drink lots of water.There aren't many tomatoes.I don't eat much sugar.‘How much rice do you eat?’ ‘Quite a lot.’‘How many potatoes are there?’ ‘Not many.’‘How much money do you have?’ ‘None.’I don't have any money. CountableUncountable+I havea lot of/lots of books.a lot of/lots of time.She eatsquite a lot of sweets.quite a lot of rice.-I don't havemany pens.much coffee.She doesn't eatmany apples.much meat.CountableHow many potatoes are there?A lot./Lots.There are a lot of/lots of potatoes.Quite a lot.There are quite a lot of potatoes.Not many.There aren't many potatoes.None.There aren't any potatoes.UncountableHow much cheese do you eat?A lot./Lots.I eat a lot of/lots of cheese.Quite a lot.I eat quite a lot of cheese.Not much.I don't eat much cheese.None.I don't eat any cheese.In positive sentences, we use a lot of/lots of with countable or uncountable nouns to talk about a big quantity of something.He eats a lot of apples.I drink lots of milk.We use quite a lot of to talk about a medium quantity.I eat quite a lot of apples.I eat quite lots of apples.I drink quite a lot of milk.In negative sentences, we use many with countable nouns, and much with uncountable nouns.We don't have many books. (= We have a small number.)I don't have much money. (= I have a small amount.)We can also use a lot of/lots of in negative sentences with countable or uncountable nouns.We don't eat lots of potatoes.I don't have a lot of time.We use How much/How many to ask about quantities of things or people.We use How many with countable nouns.How many books has she got?How many cars are there?We use How much with uncountable nouns.How much money do you need?How much cheese do you eat?We can answer with a short answer.‘How many shops are there?’ ‘A few./Quite a lot./ A lot.’‘How much homework do you have?’ ‘A little./None.’Or we can answer with a full sentence, using a quantifier + noun.‘How many shops are there?’ ‘There are quite a lot of shops.’‘How much money have you got?’ ‘I haven't got any money.’Lots of and a lot of mean the same, but lots of is more informal.We use None in a short answer, but we use not any in a full sentence.‘How much meat do you eat?’ ‘None./I don't eat any meat.’We often use no in sentences with there is/there are.‘How much money is there?’ ‘None./There's no money.’
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