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    This document discusses adjectives of quantity in English including a lot of, plenty of, many, much, few, a little, little, and some. It explains that these adjectives show the quantity of nouns and whether the noun is countable or uncountable. Specific adjectives like many and a few are used only with countable nouns while others like much and a little can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. Examples are provided to illustrate the different adjectives.

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    This document discusses adjectives of quantity in English including a lot of, plenty of, many, much, few, a little, little, and some. It explains that these adjectives show the quantity of nouns and whether the noun is countable or uncountable. Specific adjectives like many and a few are used only with countable nouns while others like much and a little can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. Examples are provided to illustrate the different adjectives.

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    This document discusses adjectives of quantity in English including a lot of, plenty of, many, much, few, a little, little, and some. It explains that these adjectives show the quantity of nouns and whether the noun is countable or uncountable. Specific adjectives like many and a few are used only with countable nouns while others like much and a little can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. Examples are provided to illustrate the different adjectives.

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    Adjectives of Quantity

    1. a lot of , plenty of , many , much

    2. few , a few

    3. little , a little

    4. some

    They show the quantity of a certain thing.


    1. a lot of , plenty of , many ,
    much
    —mean a large quantity

    2. a few , a little
    —mean a small quantity
    1. many , a few
    —go before countable nouns

    2. a little
    —goes before uncountable nouns
    3. much
    —goes before uncountable nouns
    —mainly in negative sentences and
    questions, or after ‘as , how , so ,
    too’
    4. a lot of , plenty of , some

    —go before both countable and


    uncountable nouns
    many:
    countable
    There are many sweets. noun
    a few:
    There are a few books. countable noun
    much:
    You’ve given me too uncountable
    much food. noun

    uncountable
    I haven’t got much money. noun
    a little:
    uncountable
    There is a little juice. noun
    a lot of:

    There are a lot of countable


    noun
    buildings.
    a lot of:

    uncountable
    There is a lot of cheese. noun
    some: uncountable
    There is some sugar. noun

    There are some sweets. countable noun


    Fill in the blanks with the correct
    words.

    ( a lot of , many , a few , a little ,


    much )
    a lot of
    1. We should drink ______________
    water.
    a little
    2. We should eat __________ fried food.
    ( a lot of , many , a few , a little ,
    much )
    3. Don’t put too __________sugar
    much in the
    coffee.
    a few
    4. There are only __________ people in
    the cinema because the film is not very
    interesting.
    ( a lot of , many , a few , a little ,
    much )

    many
    5. There are too __________ cars so the air
    is not very good for our health.

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