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MOST COMMONLY USED NEGATIVE QUANTIFIER?
ANY
This positive quantifier means “more than one but not many,” and often refers to countable nouns, like "books" or "students".
A FEW
How___ watermelons can you carry under one arm?
many
In the haunted mansion, there were ______ bats hanging from the ceiling.
A. much
B. many
C. a little
D. few
B. many?
“There were ______ snakes spotted near the hiking trail.”
Choose the correct quantifier:
A. much
B. many
C. a little
D. none
B. many?
_____ OF THE MOVIES WAS INTERESTING.
NEITHER
Fill in the blank with a correct positive quantifier:
“There are _______ cookies left in the jar.”
(MORE THAN 1 ANSWER IS POSSIBLE)
some / a few / several / plenty of
How _____ time do you need?
What is how much?
Choose the sentence that uses a correct quantifier for an uncountable Halloween noun.
A. We saw a few blood near the grave.
B. There was little fog in the cemetery.
C. He heard several howls of wind.
D. We had many fun scaring the neighbors.
B. There was little fog in the cemetery?
Fill in the blank with a correct quantifier:
“The explorers had _____ food left after getting lost in the jungle.”
a little / some / not much?
USE A NEGATIVE QUANTIFIER IN A SENTENCE.
E.G. I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IS GOING ON; NEITHER OF THEM IS GOING TO WIN.
This positive quantifier is used mostly with uncountable nouns and suggests a large quantity, like in: “There is _____ water in the tank.”
(MORE THAN 1 ANSWER APPLICABLE)
a lot of / plenty of / much
How ______ questions are there and how _____ time do you need to finish them?
many, much
Which sentence correctly uses an interrogative quantifier to ask about a spooky uncountable noun?
A. How many fear did she feel?
B. How much screams came from the basement?
C. How much slime was on the mummy’s tomb?
D. How many mist covered the forest?
C. How much slime was on the mummy’s tomb?
Choose the correct interrogative quantifier to ask this question:
“________ lava flowed from the volcano during the eruption?”
How much?
CORRECT THIS SENTENCE:
"I AIN'T GOT NO MONEY."
"I DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY."
Which of the following quantifiers can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns?
A. A few
B. Much
C. A lot of
D. Several
C. A lot of
Choose the correct question using interrogative quantifiers:
A. How many rice do you eat?
B. How much chairs are there?
C. How much money do you have?
D. How many water is in the glass?
What is C. How much money do you have?
(much is used with uncountable nouns such as money)
A cursed town vanishes every hundred years. Fill in the blanks:
“________ people remember the legend, and even _______ are brave enough to speak its name.”
Answer:
What are:
Few (first blank – for a small number of people),
fewer or even fewer (second blank – comparative form for added emphasis).
“Few people remember the legend, and even fewer are brave enough to speak its name.”
Identify the quantifier error in this sentence:
“There were much scorpions hiding under the rocks.”
“Much scorpions” is incorrect — it should be many scorpions (scorpions = countable).
GIVE AN EXAMPLE OF A SENTENCE THAT HAS AN ADVERB FOR 'ANY'.
E.G. I HAVE HARDLY/BARELY ANY TIME FOR THIS.
Identify the sentence that uses a positive quantifier incorrectly:
A. She drank a lot of juice after her run.
B. We saw several sheeps in the forest.
C. There are a few problems with the new software.
D. I spent some time reading in the library.
B. We saw several sheeps in the forest
Correct the mistake in this sentence:
“How many sugar do you put in your tea?”
Change “How many” to “How much”, because “sugar” is uncountable.
or add "s" to sugar to imply cubes of, spoons of, packets of, etc.
This sentence has two incorrect quantifiers. Identify and correct them:
“Much witches appeared in the forest, and they casted many dark magic on the villagers.”
"Much witches" → should be "Many witches" (witches = countable)
"many dark magic" → should be "much dark magic" (magic = uncountable)
Corrected sentence:
“Many witches appeared in the forest, and they cast much dark magic on the villagers.”
How do you say in BAVE (Black American Vernacular English: No one in the world has patience for this?
Ain't nobody got time for that!