Grammar 5-2- Quantifiers PDF

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1. Complete the sentences with lots of or a lot of and your own ideas: a. My sister loves reading. She has a lot of / lots of books. b. I like this mall. There are a lot of stores . c. They are very healthy. They eat a lot of salads . d. I can only stay a few minutes. I don’t have a lot of time . e. He is popular. He has a lot of friends . f. It’s very hot today. Please drink a lot of water . g. We went to many shops today. That’s why we are carrying a lot of clothes . h. Is this restaurant expensive? I don’t want to spend a lot of money . i. Their vacation starts tomorrow. I hope they have j. Are you hungry? There is a lot of food in the kitchen.

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2. Check the following sentences. Decide if they are correct or incorrect, and change the incorrect ones using much, many or a lot of/lots of. a. There were much many/a lot of people at the baseball game.

correct

incorrect

b. I am going shopping because I don’t have many winter clothes.

correct

incorrect

c. Are there much supermarkets in your neighbourhood? correct Are there a lot of supermarkets in your neighbourhood?

incorrect

d. Sam and Fiona love animals. They have many pets.

correct

incorrect

e. We have much time to finish our homework. We have a lot of time to finish our homework.

correct

incorrect

f. I spent many money on my last vacation. I spent a lot of money on my last vacation.

correct

incorrect

g. How much pizza do we need for the party?

correct

incorrect

h. This is a big house. There are much rooms. This is a big house. There are many rooms.

correct

incorrect

i. We don’t have much milk left. Please buy some.

correct

incorrect

j. Many people in my city ride their bikes to work.

correct

incorrect

k. How much t-shirts do you own? How many t-shirts do you own?

correct

incorrect

l. Greg didn’t have many work today. He went home early. Greg didn´t have much work today. He went home early.

correct

incorrect

3. Fill in the following sentences with a few/few or a little/little:

a.

I stayed in Tokyo for a few weeks.

b.

We had little problems finishing the test. It was easy.

c.

James has a little room in his apartment, so we didn’t have the party there.

d.

There’s a little water left in the bottle. Can I have some more?

e.

Few people send letters these days. Most people send email.

f.

There is little chicken on the plate. I need some more.

g.

A few of the students are going out for lunch together. Why don’t you go with them?

h.

Saudi Arabia has a little rain. It is very dry there.

i.

I have few close friends, and they are really special to me.

j.

My mom puts a little salt on her watermelon. I think it tastes terrible!

k.

There were few buses yesterday, so we waited at the bus stop for a long time.

l.

She drinks a little soda because it is unhealthy. She prefers water.

4. Complete the following sentences using the quantifiers given. They can be used more than once. a lot

lots

much

many

a few

few

a little

little

a. I have a few comic books, but he has many / a lot / lots. b. There are many students in the morning class, but there are only few in the afternoon class. c. She drinks a lot of coffee, but her sister drinks very little . d. John lent her some money because I don’t have much . e. Most of my friends played soccer when they were young, but only a few play these days. f. The little girl wanted lots of candy, but her mom gave her only a few . g. Terry just has one pen, but Mike has many. h. There were a lot of difficult questions on this test. On the last test, there were only a little . i. She had a lot of time to do her homework, but she didn’t need j. The soup needed some salt and pepper, so I added a little . k. I made a lot of mistakes on my exam, but my classmate only made little .

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