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Twinklcannotbeheldresponsibleforanychangesmadeoncearesourcehasbeendownloaded.Pleasebeawarethatthiscontentmayhavebeeneditedandthereforemaynolongerreflectourvalues.Adults|B1–B2WhatareQuantifiers?Quantifiersarewordsusedtoexpressquantityoramount.Theyhelpustalkabouthowmuchorhowmanyofsomethingthereis,andtheyusuallygobeforeanoun.InEnglish,quantifiersareimportantfordescribingbothcountable

anduncountablenouns.Countablenounsarethingsthatwecancountindividually,like"people"or"emails,"whileuncountablenounsarethingsthatcannotbecountedindividually,suchas"milk"or"cheese."Let’slookatsomeexamples:Manypeopleenjoygoingtothebeachduringthesummer.Howmuchmilkdoyouneedfortherecipe?There'ssomecheeseinthefridgeifyou'rehungry.Haveyoureceivedanyemailsfromthemrecently?Many"Many"istypicallyusedwithpluralandcountablenouns.Forexample:"Manybooks","Manystudents","Manyapples".Itindicatesalargequantityofthecountablenoun

withoutspecifyinganexactnumber.Inquestionsandnegativesentences,"many"iscommonlyused

toaskaboutorindicatetheabsenceofalargequantity.Forexample:“Howmanybooksdoyouhave?”,“Idon'thave

manyfriends.”Much"Much"isprimarilyusedwithuncountablenouns,

whicharenounsthatcannotbecountedindividually,

suchaswater,sugar,orhappiness.Themostcommonuseof“much”iswithnegativesentencestoindicatetheabsenceorinsufficiencyofalargequantity.Forexample:"Idon'thavemuchtime","Thereisn'tmuchmilkleft."Inquestions,"much"isoftenusedtoinquireaboutthequantity

oravailabilityofsomethinginageneralsense.Forinstance:"Howmuchmoneydoyouhave?","Doyouhavemuchexperienceinthisfield?"ManyvsMuch"Many"istypicallyusedwithpluralanduncountablenouns.1FalseClicktorevealanswersThemostcommonuseof“much”iswithnegativesentencestoindicatetheabsenceorinsufficiencyofalargequantity.2TrueInaffirmativesentences,"much"isoftenusedtoinquireaboutthequantityoravailabilityofsomethinginageneralsense.3FalseSugar,water,peopleandpatiencearealluncountablenouns.4FalseThisquestioniscorrect:Howmuchcupsofcoffee

haveyouhadtoday?5FalseTrueorFalse?ManyvsMuchWedon’thave______timelefttofinishtheproject.1ClicktorevealanswersFillintheblanks.How______languagescanyouspeakfluently?2______peopleprefertoshoponlineratherthanin-store.3Idon'thave______patienceforwaitinginlonglines.4Thereisn't______roominthesuitcaseforextraclothes.5Therearen't______optionsavailableforlunchtoday.6Wedon’thavemuchtimelefttofinishtheproject.Howmanylanguagescanyouspeakfluently?Manypeopleprefertoshoponlineratherthanin-store.Idon'thavemuchpatienceforwaitinginlonglines.Thereisn’tmuchroominthesuitcaseforextraclothes.Therearen'tmanyoptionsavailableforlunchtoday.AnyInEnglish,thequantifier“any”isaversatilewordusedtorefer

toanunspecifiedorundefinedquantityoramount.“Any”iscommonlyusedinquestions,negatives,

ortoexpressuncertainty.Forexample:"Doyouhaveanyplansfortheweekend?","Idon’t

haveanymoneyinmybankaccount.",“Doyouhaveanyidea

whereIputmykeys?”Itcanbeusedwithbothcountableanduncountablenouns.SomeThequantifier“some”isusedtorefertoanunspecified

butpositivequantityoramount.“Some”iscommonlyusedinaffirmativesentencestoindicate

thepresenceofanunspecifiedamountofsomething.Forexample:"Sheboughtsomebooksatthebookstore.",

"There'ssomemilkinthefridgeifyouneedit."Itcanbeusedwithbothcountableanduncountablenouns.AnyvsSomeSheneedstomakesome/anychangestothedocument.1ClicktorevealanswersChoosethecorrectoption.Hereceivedsome/anyinterestingpresentsforhisbirthday.2Haveyouseensome/anygoodmovieslately?3Shedidn'tfindsome/anyinterestingbooksatthelibrary.4Shedoesn'thavesome/anyexperienceincoding.5Thereweresome/anyinterestingarticlesinthenewspapertoday.6Canyougivemesome/anyadviceonchoosingagift?7Shedidn'tbuysome/anyclothesatthemall.8Sheneedstomakesome/anychangestothedocument.Hereceivedsome/anyinterestingpresentsforhisbirthday.Haveyouseensome/any

goodmovieslately?Shedidn'tfindsome/anyinterestingbooksatthelibrary.Shedoesn'thavesome/any

experienceincoding.Thereweresome/anyinterestingarticlesinthenewspapertoday.Canyougivemesome/anyadviceonchoosingagift?Shedidn'tbuysome/any

clothesatthemall.AnyvsSomeClicktorevealanswersFillintheblankswith“any”or“some”tocompletethedialogue.Person1:Hey,didyoubring______snacksforthepicnic?Person2:Yeah,I'vegot______sandwichesandspicypotatochips.Person1:Great!Isthere______cheeseforthesandwiches?Person2:No,Iforgottobring______cheese.Person1:It’sokay!Letmecheckifthere’s______juiceinthecooler.Person2:I’dratherhave______water.Person1:Hey,didyoubringsomesnacksforthepicnic?Person2:Yeah,I'vegotsomesandwichesandspicypotatochips.Person1:Great!Isthereanycheeseforthesandwiches?Person2:No,Iforgottobringsomecheese.Person1:It’sokay!Letmecheckifthere’sanyjuiceinthecooler.Person2:I’dratherhavesomewater.Let’sTalkDiscussthefollowingquestionswithyourteacherorpartner.1