Wednesday 15 October 2014

GRAMMAR - QUANTIFIERS CHART

 

     

 

C. NOUN


 U. NOUN

 EXAMPLES

 

TYPE OF SENTENCE

a/an

YES 

NO

I have a sister. She is an architect.

AFFIRMATIVE 

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

some

YES

YES

I eat some apples. You drink some milk.

AFFIRMATIVE 

any

YES

YES

I don’t eat any apples. Do you drink any milk?

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

much

NO

YES

I don't have much patience.

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE (How much?)

many, several

YES

NO

I don't have many oranges.

AFFIRMATIVE (several) NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE (How many?)

 (a) few

YES

NO

I know (a) few students in the new class.

AFFIRMATIVE 

NEGATIVE INTERROGATIVE

(a) little, bit

NO

YES

I know (a) little/bit Chinese.   

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE  INTERROGATIVE

enough

YES

YES

I have enough money. He has enough coins.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE  INTERROGATIVE

plenty

YES

YES

I have plenty of money. You have plenty of time.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE  INTERROGATIVE

a lot of 

YES

YES

There are a lot of houses. There is a lot of sugar.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE  INTERROGATIVE

lots of

YES

YES

There are lots of houses. There are lots of sugar.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE  INTERROGATIVE

too much

NO

YES

There is too much noise so I can’t concentrate on my homework.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE  INTERROGATIVE

too many

YES

NO

There are too many people so I can’t remember all their names.

AFFIRMATIVE NEGATIVE  INTERROGATIVE