Quantifiers

Countable nouns - you can count them: one pumpkin, two kites

Uncountable nouns - you can't count them: jewellery, food

Quantifiers

They indicate amounts or quantities of things.

Quantifiers - a, an, the, some, any, many, much, a lot of

SINGULAR - indefinite article: a, an

We use a before consonant sounds.

a hat, a cake

We use an before vowel sounds.

an elf, an ice cream

There is an elf eating a cake.

SINGULAR - definite article the

the handbag, the ice cream

I like the Hawaiian shirt.

PLURAL - no article

I like shirts.

PLURAL - definite article the

I like the Hawaiian shirts.

uncountable - some any

We use some in affirmative sentences.

There is some juice.

We use any in negative and interrogative sentences.

There isn't any food.

countable - some any

We use some in affirmative sentences.

There are some glasses.

We use any in negative and interrogative sentences.

There aren't any glasses.

countable - many

We use many in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

There are many attractions.

uncountable - much

We use much in negative and interrogative sentences.

There isn't much juice.

countable and uncountable - a lot of

We use a lot of in affirmative, negative and interrogative sentences.

There are a lot of fireworks.