1. QUANTIFIERS, INFINITIVES AND
UNIT 5
QUANTIFIERS, INFINITIVES AND
GERUNDS
Miguel M. Llop Díaz-Cano
Pale 6 January-April 2011

2. QUANTIFIERS Interrogative and negative sentences And UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Example: Do you have much food?
No, I do not have much food
Much
Many
A lot of/Lots of
Interrogative and negative sentences
And COUNTABLE NOUNS
Examples: Do you have many friends?
No, I do not have many friends.
Both affirmative and negative sentences
And both COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Examples: I have a lot of food.
I have a lot of friends.
I have lots of friends.
I have lots of food
Used in affirmative sentences as a synonym of a lot of/lots.
It can be used with countable and uncountable nouns.
Examples: There's plenty of cake in the fridge.
There are plenty of balls in the basket.
Do you want some more cake? No, thanks I've had plenty.
There is plenty of room here to play football.
Plenty of/Plenty

3. QUANTIFIERS Too Enough It is the equivalent to the Spanish demasiado
and it can modify adjectives or adverbs.
Examples:
This book is too big.
My father works too hard.
WARNING: In order to modify substantives, it must be followed
By MUCH or MANY.
There is too much beer in this glass.
There are too many students in this room.
Too
Enough
It means bastante in Spanish.
This adverb modifies adjectives, adverbs and substantives.
If it modifies adjectives or adverbs, it is placed after them.
Examples:
This book is boring enough.
This car goes fast enough.
If it modifies substantives (countable or uncountable),
it is placed before them.
I've already drunk enough beer.
She has read enough books so far.

4. QUANTIFIERS So much/many How much/many
A variation of the quantifier that means tanto in Spanish.
SO MUCH is used with uncountable nouns and
SO MANY is used with countable nouns.
EXAMPLES:
Giving so much love is not healthy.
Going out with so many girls is extremely dangerous.
How much/many
Interrogative particles used to make questions
with countable (How many) or uncountable nouns (How much).
EXAMPLES:
How much does it cost?
How many shirts did you buy?

5. QUANTIFIERS A Little Little A few Few
It means a small quantity and it is used with uncountable nouns.
In Spanish, it means un poco de.
Examples:
Give me a little bread.
I only eat a little.
A Little
Little means not much. It has a slight different meaning from a little.
Examples:
We eat little bread a week.
I only have little time to finish the project.
Little
It means a small quantity and it is used with countable nouns.
In Spanish, it means unos cuantos.
Examples:
I just want a few bottles.
I'll do only a few exercises.
A few
Again, it means a small quantity but it is used with countable nouns.
In Spanish, it means unos cuantos.
Examples:
I have few visits.
Joe has few friends.
Few

6. QUANTIFIERS No
It is a negative particle that is used with the verb in the affirmative.
It is an option to any plus the verb in the negative. Examples:
I need no homework today.
She wants no food.
We have eaten no cakes so far.
None
It is a pronoun that means absence of something, not one or not any.
It is an alternative to the other quantifiers.
It can be used with countable or uncountable nouns. Examples:
Are there any bottles in the fridge? No, there are none.
Can I have some more cheese? I'm afraid there's none left.
DO not forget that in English double negatives are wrong. So you have to
Combine the different quantifiers to make grammatically acceptable sentences.
Examples:
*I do not want no bread.
I do not want any bread or
I want no bread.