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    Lesson 15: Quantifiers

    There are words, such as every and several, that indicate amount, or quantity, and these
    are called quantifiers. Quantifiers can act as determiners; that is, they can come before
    and introduce a noun.The determiners are underlined in the following sentences:
    1. All businesses need to have a budget.
    2. Some people like eating eel.
    3. She enjoyed few things as much as food.
    Some common quantifiers are listed below:

    all enough much


    any every neither
    both few no
    each little several
    either most some

    Quick tip 15.1

    Words of quantity, quantifiers, can act as determiners and precede a noun. Some examples
    are: all, some, several, and much.

    Test yourself 15.1


    Underline the quantifier in each of the sentences below.The quantifiers will all be from the list above.
    Sample: I met several chefs at that school.

    Getting started (answers on p. 56) More practice (answers on the website)

    1. There is no writer who is as famous as 6. Most professors have earned a


    Shakespeare. doctorate.

    2. Enough money was raised to build a new 7. Every noun that is human is also
    wing on the hospital. animate.

    3. I don’t take much sugar in my coffee. 8. Neither option is particularly good.

    4. With little effort, I solved the crossword 9. Any man who drinks and drives puts his life
    puzzle. in danger.

    5. All experiments test hypotheses. 10. You leave me with few alternatives.

    Test yourself 15.2


    For each determiner below, indicate if it is an article (e.g. the, an), demonstrative (e.g. this, those),
    possessive pronoun (e.g. your, our), possessive proper noun (e.g. Mary’s, London’s), or quantifier
    (e.g. every, some).
    Sample: that demonstrative

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    UNIT 3: DETERMINERS

    Getting started (answers on p. 56) More practice (answers on the website)

    1. Main Street’s POSSESIVE PROPER NOUN 6. its POSSESIVE PRONOUN


    ...................................... ......................................

    2. your POSSESIVE PRONOUN 7. both QUANTIFIER


    ...................................... ......................................

    3. few QUANTIFIER 8. Madrid’s possesive proper noun


    ...................................... ......................................

    DEMOSTRATIVE QUANTIFIER
    4. those ...................................... 9. several ......................................

    DEFINITE ARTICLE
    5. the ...................................... 10. an INDEFINITE ARTICLE
    ......................................

    Test yourself 15.3


    Underline the determiner in each of the sentences below. It will either be an article (e.g. the, an),
    demonstrative (e.g. this, those), possessive pronoun (e.g. your, our), possessive proper noun
    (e.g. Mary’s, London’s), or quantifier (e.g. few, most). Some sentences may contain more than one
    determiner.
    Sample: Joan’s mother valued her efforts.

    Getting started (answers on p. 57) More practice (answers on the website)

    1. Chicago’s architecture is diverse. 6. Let’s not forget those messages.

    2. I know that man and his wife. 7. Every time we eat out, you order several
    appetizers.
    3. She packed several dresses into her
    suitcase. 8. Any man who is my friend’s enemy is no
    friend of mine.
    4. He had traveled to few places over
    the years. 9. I bought these strawberries at her uncle’s
    grocery store.
    5. Each child at the party brought
    a gift. 10. This event wasn’t much fun.

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