Read the sentences from the text and focus on the highlighted words. • You will see lots of bright colours. • There are many lovely things like cushions and bedcovers. • They taught her to create many beautiful patterns using her feet! • She learned many styles. • She received many awards. (a) The highlighted words tell us about the quantity. Choose what the words show. (i) Unmentioned quantity (ii) Large quantity (b) Let us now understand what words of quantity tell us. Fill in the blanks to complete an example for each word of quantity. Hints are given in the brackets.
(ii) Large quantity
We saw ____ buses on the road. (countable noun)
many
How ____ milk do you want? (uncountable noun)
much
There is ____ milk needed. (uncountable noun)
some
I need ____ examples. (countable noun)
a few
I have ____ energy left. (countable and uncountable nouns)
a lot of
I ate ____ rice. (uncountable noun)
some
Explanation
(a) The words 'lots of' and 'many' both indicate a large quantity or number. They are used to express that there is a significant amount of something. (b(i)) 'Many' is used with countable nouns (like buses) to indicate a large number in positive statements. (b(ii)) 'Much' is used with uncountable nouns (like milk) in questions to ask about quantity. (b(iii)) 'Some' is used with uncountable nouns in positive statements to indicate an unspecified quantity. (b(iv)) 'A few' is used with countable nouns to indicate a small number. (b(v)) 'A lot of' can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns to indicate a large quantity. (b(vi)) 'Some' is commonly used with uncountable nouns in positive statements to indicate an unspecified amount.