UNIT 5 GRAMMAR

QUANTIFIERS – LƯỢNG TỪ
LƯỢNG TỪ CÁCH DÙNG VÍ DỤ
A Đứng trước danh từ số ít đếm được bắt A dog, a cat, a horse
đầu bằng phụ âm
An Đứng trước danh từ số ít đếm được bắt An apple, an hour, an
đầu bằng 1 nguyên âm umbrella,..
Some  Thường dùng trong câu khẳng  Some fans are waiting for
định their idol at the airpot
 Đi với cả danh từ số nhiều và danh  She gave me some good
từ không đếm được advice
Any  Dùng trong câu phủ định và câu  I haven’t listened to any
nghi vấn songs written by Teddy
 Đứng trước danh từ đếm được ( số  Do you know any English?
ít + nhiều) và cả danh từ không  He wanted success at any
đếm được price
 Dùng trong câu khẳng định thì
mang nghĩa là “ bất cứ”
Few Đi với danh từ đếm được số nhiều, She had few moments on her
mang nghĩa tiêu cực ( rất ít, hầu như own
không có)
A few Đi với danh từ đếm được số nhiều, All she wanted was a few
mang nghĩa tích cực ( 1 vài, 1 ít) moments on her own
Little Đi với danh từ không đếm được, mang They had little money to spend
nghĩa tiêu cực ( rất ít, hầu như không
có)
A little Đi với danh từ không đếm được, mang She saves a little money every
nghĩa tích cực ( 1 vài, 1 ít) month
A lot of/ lots of  Đều có nghĩa là “ nhiều”  I have a lot of friends
 Thường được dùng trong câu  There’s a lot of rain today
khẳng định
 Dùng được với danh từ đếm được
số nhiều và danh từ không đếm
được
Many  Nghĩa là “ nhiều” There are many boys waiting
 Dùng với dnah từ đếm được số for the tickets
nhiều
Much  Nghĩa là “ nhiều”  I don’t have much time
 Dùng với danh từ không đếm được today
 Thường dùng trong câu phủ định  How much do you know
và câu nghi vấn about the history of this
place?

HOW MANY/ HOW MUCH

 How many  Dùng để hỏi về số lượng How many + Ns + How many days are
của thứ gì đó are there? there in
 Dùng với danh từ đếm How many + Ns + November?
được số nhiều trợ động từ + S + How many books
V? have you got?
How much Dùng để hỏi về số lượng How much + N + is How much butter is
Dùng với danh từ không đếm there? there in the fridge?
được How much + N + trợ
động từ + S + V?

PRACTICE
I. Circle the correct answer.
1. There's some in ...........the bottle. (water / waters)
2. Let’s have a break. Would you like to have some...........? (coffee / coffees)
3. My sister likes beef. It’s her favourite.........(meat / meats)
4. I need to buy some new..............(furniture / furnitures)
5. My mother gave me a cute..............as a birthday present last week. (puppy/puppies)
6. Peter, could you lend me some.............? (money / moneys)
7. After dinner, I have some to do.............. (homework / homeworks)
8. How many are...............there on your table? (book / books)
9. Mom, we ran out of. Can you buy some..............? (sugar / sugars)
10. I have just bought a lot of. Would you like some..............? (cherry/ cherries)
II. Complete the sentences with "a, an, some, any, much, many" or "a lot of/ lots of’’.
1. I have to go to the market now. There isn’t _________ food for our dinner.
2. There are _________ trees in our village, so the air here is very fresh.
3. I’m very busy, I have _________ things to do today.
4. Here are _________ cereals, but there isn't _________ milk.
5. Would you like _________ beer or would you prefer bottle of Coke?
6. Is there _________ rice left? - I'm afraid there isn't _________ rice left, but you can have
__noodles instead.
7. There aren't _________ bananas, but there is _________ apple and _________ grapes.
8. I want _________ jam and _________ butter for my toast.
9. Can I have _________ sausages and _________ omelette with fries on the side, please?
10. My father always has _________ biscuit and _________ cup of tea at bedtime.
III. Fill in the blanks with “How much” or “How many”.
1. _________ cheese do you buy?
2. _________ books are there in your bag?
3. _________ people are there in this classroom?
4. _________ time is there to the end for the lesson?
5. _________ milk does your son drink every day?
6. _________ days are there in a year?
7. _________ kilos of rice do they want?
8. _________ apple juice is there in the fridge?
9. _________ dishes can she cook?
10. _________ days off do you have in a week?
IV. Make questions with “How much” or “How many”.
1. cakes / she / make / for the party last night
____________________________
2. pork / your mother / want / for the barbecue.
________________________________________________________________.
3. cat food / you / buy / at the supermarket / yesterday.
________________________________________________________________.
4. exams / they / have / so far
________________________________________________________________.
5. tea / there / in the teapot
________________________________________________________________.
6. cups of butter / we / need / for this recipe
________________________________________________________________.
7. milk / you / like / in your tea
________________________________________________________________.
8. grapes / there / in the fridge
________________________________________________________________.
V. Complete the sentences with a few - few, a little - little.
1. There are only __________ eggs in the basquet.
2. Mom, please, can you give me _________ money? I want to go to the cinema.
3. When Ben was in the hospital, only friends came to visit him _____________ .
4. He bought only _________ bananas.
5. Sheila is very modest. She lives with __________ money.
6. Peter invited all his friends but only ___________ showed at the party.
7. There is ________ orange juice left.
8. Mary is a nurse but she has __________ experience with tropical illnesses.
9. _________ hundred people demosntrated yesterday.
10. Put on a sweater. It’s ___________ cold outside.
11. He is dying, there is _________ time left.
12. This man has __________ education. He can’t read or write.
13. There are _________ people I can really trust.
14. I have read ________ very good books latly.
15. My brother watches _________ series on TV.
VI. Complete the sentences with much, many, a lot of, (a) few, (a) little.
1. There aren’t ________ tomatoes left. I don’t think it’s enough to make ____________ tomato
sauce.
2. My mom puts only ________ salt in the soup. She thinks that too _____________ salt isn’t
healthy.
3. I haven’t got _______ time to say goodbye. My train leaves in 5 minutes.
4. How _______ trousers did you leave at the dry cleaner?
5. We met ______ friends at the bar.
6. As the film is bad, there are only _________ people in the cinema.
7. I prefer books. I buy _______ magazines.
8. My French teacher has ________ patience.
9. I’d like _______ more coffee, please.
10. There is _______ traffic today.
11. Do you need ______ help?
12. I don’t have _______ English homework today.
13. How ________ children has your brother got?
14. I don’t need _______ I can live with ___________ income.
15. Peter talks too _________ .
VII. Dựa vào những câu trả lời cho sẵn, viết câu hỏi với “how much/ how many”.
1. __________________________________________________________
This book has one hundred pages.
2. __________________________________________________________
I will spend an hour on my project.
3. __________________________________________________________
There is one egg in the refrigerator.
4. __________________________________________________________
Tim read two books yesterday.
5. __________________________________________________________
There are only two waiters in the restaurant.
6. __________________________________________________________
I need two litres of milk, please.
7. __________________________________________________________
Kate has received two birthday presents.
8.__________________________________________________________
Our family has one dog.