Quantifiers determine the quantity of the subject. Quantifiers are used to determine the physical as well as psychological quantities for both countable as well as uncountable nouns- ‘too much pressure’, ‘several apples’, many people, much stress, much hard work, etc. Find here some examples:
Quantifier Determiners are like- many, much, a little, a bit of, a lot of, most, some, enough, any, few, several , not much, too much, so much, not so much, too many, not many, enough etc Cardinal numbers- one, two, three…. Etc, Ordinal numbers- first, second, third…etc, Consider the following sentences for example-
Quantifiers like little, a bit of, a lot of, a large amount of etc are used to quantify uncountable nouns. For example please go through the below sentences-
Quantifiers like few, several, a large number of etc are to be used with countable nouns-
Quantifiers like some, plenty, any, lots of, no etc can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns. For Ex-
Fill In the Blanks Exercise on Quantifiers
Complete the below sentences by filling in appropriate Quantifiers.
MCQs Exercise on Quantifiers
Fill in the blanks with proper choice provided.
1) ________ is being said about pollution than done.
2) All that the children need is _________ love.
3) Just ________ salt is enough to spoil the milk.
4) There were ________ people present for the speech.
5) I had _________ of your advices!
6) The principal was _________ concerned about the management as he was about the grades.
7) He got ________ busy that he forgot to call his mother.
8) The chief guest was invited on the stage to say _______ words on the occasion.
9) There were _________ fishes in the pond.
10) Sometimes the children are subjected to ________ of pressure to compete.
11) These days _________ of the people sleep with their phones beside their head.
12) Please add _______ butter on the bread.
13) The cake had ________ cream over it.
14) He was having _________ chocolates in a day.
15) We were given _________ time to read the question paper.
16) Many governments are ________ worried about the environment.
17) ________ boats were docked alongside the river bank.
18) We have ________ food to feed all our citizens provided we don’t waste ________.
19) I would like to have _______ coffee with a ________ cream on top.
20) People waste _________ of their time hoping for it to change.
True or False Activities on Quantifiers
Carefully read the sentences and tell whether they are true or false. Refer to the corrections provided in the end.
1) I woke up hearing some noise.
2) Children should be given many milk every day.
3) I have many books on adventure.
4) Don’t speak much when you are surrounded by fools.
5) He spends many of his time in sports.
6) You need a little to exist but a little more to live.
7) There were a bit of apples on the table.
8) The room was adored with some paintings on each wall.
9) We had many rice in the party.
10) The river gives plenty of water for days to the city.
Answers
Fill In The Blanks- 1)many, 2)much, 3)some, 4)many, 5)a little, 6)a little, 7)two, 8)first, 9)enough, 10)too many, 11)not many, 12)not so much, 13)a lot of, 14)any, 15) most, 16)few, 17)not much, 18)a little, 19)much, 20)many
MCQs- 1)c, 2)b, 3)a, 4)b, 5)c, 6)b, 7)c, 8)a, 9)c, 10)b, 11)c, 12)a, 13)b, 14)c, 15)a, 16)b, 17)c, 18)a, 19)b, 20)a
True And False- 1)true, 2) false, 3) true, 4) true, 5) false, 6) true, 7) false, 8) true, 9) false, 10) true
How you can make True the False ones: Here it is described with reason:
2) Children should be given much milk everyday. ( milk is un countable)
5) He spends much/most of his time in sports.
7) There were few apples on the table.
9) We had much rice in the party.
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