Some Words of Quantity/Numbers (Determiners)
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Some Words of Quantity/Numbers (Determiners)


LITTLE (for uncountable things)
  1. There is little tea in the kettle.
  2. He has little patience.

A LITTLE
  1. Have you a little money?
  2. There is a little food in the kitchen.

FEW (for countable things)
  1. She has few good dresses.
  2. He gave me few grapes.

A FEW
  1. I have a few books on grammar.
  2. He gave the children a few toffees.

SOME (for countable & uncountable things)
  1. Have you some money ?
  2. I have some good dresses.

ANY
  1. He didn't buy any pen?
  2. Have you any solution to this problem?
MANY
  1. Many students are absent.
  2. Many persons came to meet me.

BOTH
  1. Both of them are hard-working.
  2. I have eaten both the mangoes.

ENOUGH
  1. I have enough money to buy the books.
  2. There is enough money in my account.

PLENTY
  1. There is plenty of food in the kitchen.
  2. We have plenty of time.

A LOT OF/ LOTS OF
  1. There are a lot of mangoes in the basket.
  2. Lots of people come to see him everyday.

MUCH (generally neg. & int. sentences)
  1. They don't have much sugar.
  2. Did he give you much trouble?

ANOTHER (for one thing)
  1. Please show me another book.
  2. You can take another topic for conversation.

OTHER (for more than one)
  1. Have you talked to other children?
  2. Please show me other mobiles.

ALL (Mostly for uncountable things)
  1. He has eaten all the grapes.
  2. We all went there.

WHOLE (For uncountable things)
  1. The child can not eat the whole apple.
  2. The whole class was punished.

EACH OTHER (only for two persons)
  1. Ram and Meena help each other.
  2. They love each other.

ONE ANOTHER (For more than two)
  1. The clerks were gossipping with one another.
  2. Do not quarrel with one another.

EACH (One of the two or more)
  1. Each girl was doing her home work.
  2. I gave one chocolate to each child.
  3. Each of them can try for this award.

EVERY
  1. Every student is expected to reach on time.

EITHER (One of the two persons or things)
  1. You may buy either of these suits.
  2. Either of you will stand first in the class.

NEITHER (No one of the two persons or things)
  1. Neither of us went on picnic.
  2. I purchased neither of those mobiles.

NONE, NO ONE (for more than two)
1. None of them attended the meeting.
2. I shall visit none of those places.

NO
  1. No one wants to go.
  2. He had no money at that time.

MOST (Largely, majority)
  1. Most of the students were present.
  2. I saw most audience going out of the hall.

LESS (not much, smaller number or quantity)
  1. He has got less marks in this test.
  2. They were given less money.

Determiners: Words of quantity or numbers are a part of determiners. This, that, these, those, my, our, your, their, his, her, its and articles (a, an, the) are also called determiners.




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