UNIT 3:

QUANTIFIERS
A. SITUATION
 Are these sentences TRUE or FALSE? Correct the wrong ones.

 There are a few question regarding the project we are working on.

 We have many tasks at the moment so I am afraid that this job need 10 more

days to complete.

 If you have any problem revising the drawing, please let me know.
B. PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
I. Definition:

Quantifiers are used to indicate the amount or quantity of something referred to

by a noun. They modify nouns or pronouns.
They differ from numbers or numerals which indicate precise quantity.
• There are many books by J.K.Rowling in our library.
• I went to some meetings in Rome last week.
• We have a lot of time left, don’t worry.
B. PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
II. Groups of quantifiers: 1. Big quantity: Much/ Many/ A lot (of)
B. PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
II. Groups of quantifiers: 2. Small quantity: A few/ A little/ A bit (of)
B. PRACTICAL GRAMMAR
II. Groups of quantifiers: 3. Some/ Any/ A number of/ An amount of/ Plenty of
C. PRACTICE
3.1 Choose the most correct option.
1. (a few / a little) questions
2. (much / a number of) changes
3. (many / an amount of) mistakes
4. (much / many) beams
5. (a little / many) trusses
6. (a number of / an amount of) beams
7. (a lot of / many) concrete
8. (plenty of / a lot of) time
9. (many / much) jobs
10.(a lot of / many) documents
C. PRACTICE
3.2 There are mistakes in these sentences. Find and correct them.

1. We are working on twotwo projects

project some
and still have enough time for some other other
task.

tasksspacing between the 2 hip truss

2. The in your attached file is 900mm.

3. It should be divided into four 2type.

hip trusses

4. Please contact me if you needfour types

more informations on the new project.

more
5. The job should include architectural planinformations
, specification and completed 20-20 files

plans specifications
C. PRACTICE
3.2 There is one mistake in each sentence. Find and correct them.

some
6. We can use Skype or some other
other applications
application such as Teams or Zoom.

some
7. Could you provide us with some samples
sample of the estimating jobs?

8. Some
Some projects
project assigned by Tim does not have the job number.

9. There are a afew

fewmistake
mistakesfound in the report.

somenote
10. I have left some noteson the layout.
3.3 Correct the email below using the correct QUANTIFIERS.

Dear Ms. Smith,

We are working on the last project and there are few

question that need to be clarified. Our designer has
uploaded the questions to Team- work.
Please also assign us a few more project to keep us
busy. Besides, some project assigned by Tim do not
have the job number.

I am looking forward to your response.

Best regards,
Tin
3.3 Correct the email below using the correct QUANTIFIERS.

Dear Ms. Smith,​

​
We are working on the last project and there are some
questions that need to be clarified. Our designer
has uploaded the questions to Teamwork.​
Please also assign us a few more projects to keep us
busy. Besides, some projects assigned by Tim do not
have the job number.​
​
I am looking forward to your response.​
​
Best regards,​
​
Tin
3.3 Correct the email below using the correct QUANTIFIERS.

Dear Mr. Smith,

I hope you and your family are all well. Because of

some change in our communication tool, I was
wondering whether you had any issue when using the
new platform? If you do, I can organize a video call to
show you how we use it. From now on, all the
completed job will be uploaded to Teamwork only. We
have just uploaded some file there. Could you please
have a look?

Please let me know if you need further assistance.

Best regards,

Katy
3.3 Correct the email below using the correct QUANTIFIERS.

Dear Mr. Smith,​

​
I hope you and your family are all well. Because of
some changes in our communication tool, I was
wondering whether you had any issues when using the
new platform? If you do, I can organize a video call to
show you how we use it. From now on, all the
completed jobs will be uploaded to Teamwork only.
We have just uploaded some files there. Could you
please have a look? ​
​
Please let me know if you need further assistance.​
​
Best regards,​
Katy
 C. PRACTICE
3.5 Choose a word from the table below to fill each space. Some words may be
used more than once.
A a few any a little much a lot of
Some many an a lot
many
1. How ____________ children do you and Tony have?
much
2. I don't have ____________ patience and I find jigsaw puzzles boring.
a few
3. We only have ____________ carrots. We should go and buy some more.
a lot
4. "Do we need any mushrooms?" "No, we have ____________ . Look, three bags!”
much
5. There was an explosion at the factory and ____________ people were injured.
We don't know how many yet.
a little
6. When you make the pie, put ____________ wine in too. But not too much! It
makes it really tasty.
 C. PRACTICE
3.5 Choose a word from the table below to fill each space. Some words may be
used more than once.
A a few any a little much a lot of
Some many an a lot
an
8. When you go out, buy me ____________ apple and a bottle of Coke.
any
9. I don't need ____________ advice from you. You don't understand the problem!
much
10. "Do you like this program?" "Not ____________ . You can change the channel if you
want."
a
11. Lots of people in Spain like to take ____________ siesta during the hottest part of the
day.
some
12. I have been to America ____________ times. Twice in 1996 and again last year.
some
13. Can you give me ____________ information about the buses in the city centre please?
Many/ a lot of
14. _________________ people think he is stupid, but he's actually quite intelligent.
C. PRACTICE
3.6 Choose one of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks.
1-3.
much (much / many) traffic.
A: We are going to be late. There is too __________
number (amount / number) of people driving is incredible.
B: Yeah, the __________
many (much / many) cars.
A: I've never seen this __________
any
4-5. Can you bring soda to the picnic? I don't have __________ (some / any).
some
Yeah, I think I've got __________ (some / any) left over from the party.
6-9.
many (much / many)
A: How do you feel about your new job? Do you have as __________
responsibilities as you used to?
amount (amount / number) of work to do
B: The job is great. I have about the same __________
less
as before, but I have__________ fewer
(less / fewer) stress and __________ (less / fewer)
problems.
C. PRACTICE
3.6 Choose one of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks.
10-12.
a little
A: How do you think you did on the test? I think I did __________ (little / a little) better
than last time, maybe even __________ (aalot
lot/ many) better. What about you?
B: Well, I think I probably made __________ (few / a few) mistakes, but I have the
feeling I did well overall. a few
C. PRACTICE
3.6 Choose one of the words in brackets to fill in the blanks.
13-18.
much (much / many) of your proposed legislation
A: Mr. President, do you think __________
will be passed by Congress during this session?
a great many (a great deal / a great many) of our proposals will be
B: Yes, I think _______________
anything/ anything) for granted, though. We still
approved. We're not taking __________ (nothing
have _______________ (aa great dealof
great deal of/ a great many) work to do.
A: The polls say that there's __________ (little / a little) support nationwide for your
military program. Isn't that going tolittle
hurt you?
B: Not in the long run, no. __________ (Few / A few) of the voters actually support the
a great
military system the way it is now. many
I think we will be
D. TIPS AND NOTES
 Circle the best word or expression in each sentence.

1.Any/ No doctor can tell you if you’ve got flu.

2.Any/ No doctor can tell you exactly how long you’re going to live.
3.Just say anything/ nothing, so we can see if the microphone works.
4.If the police arrest you, say anything/ nothing until your lawyer gets there.
5.What do you mean, music? I can’t hear/ can hear any music.
6.You can hear any/ no kind of music you do like at the Reading Festival.
7.Anna’s very secretive: she talks to anybody/ nobody about her problems.
8.Jim tells his problems to anybody/ nobody who will listen.
E. EXPANSION
FEW or A FEW, LITTLE or A LITTLE
 C. PRACTICE
3.4 Complete the email below with SOME & ANY.

any
1.Does she have ___________ children?
some
2.I've just brought these apples. Would you like ___________ ?
any
3.I didn't receive ___________ instructions about what we should
do next.
any
4.There isn't ___________ unemployment in the north of the
country.
some
5.They need ___________ time to discuss your offer again.
some
6.Could you give me ___________ help, please?
 C. PRACTICE
3.4 Complete the email below with SOME & ANY.

any
7. Have you got ___________ books on international trade law?
any
8. Did the change in the law make ___________ difference to
your company?
some
9. We saw ___________ few differences in the quality of the
products.
some
10. He's hoping to buy ___________ property in the area.
some
11. Listen, I have ___________ advice for you.
any
12. Look! There's ___________ parking place over there.