22 oct 2009

QUANTITY

QUANTITY: A LOT OF, MANY, AND MUCH

  • We use A LOT OF with countable and uncountable nouns in affirmative sentences.

AFFIRMATIVE

COUNTABLE: There are a lot of vitamins in fruits




UNCOUNTABLE: There is a lot of fat in sausages

  • We use MANY with countable nouns in negative sentences and questions.

NEGATIVE

COUNTABLE: I don´t have many plans

UNCOUNTABLE: vegetables doesn´t contain much fat

  • We use MUCH with uncountable nouns in negative sentences and questions

QUESTIONS


COUNTABLE: How many vitamins are there in this apple?

UNCOUNTABLE: How much fat is there in this fish?

ENOUGH, TOO MUCH AND TOO MANY

We use (not) enough before uncountable and plural countable nouns: Do we have ENOUGH milk?, We don´t have ENOUGH eggs to make a tortilla

We use too much before uncountable nouns: There´s TOO MUCH sugar in my tea

We use TOO MANY before plural countable nouns: Jennifer has bought too many hamburguer



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