Les sont des termes qui renseignent sur la quantité, le nombre.

1. SOME, ANY, NO

• On utilise some devant les noms au pluriel et incomptables dans les phrases affirmatives:

   Ex: There is some oil in the cupboard.

• On utilise any, dans les phrases négatives et interrogatives:

   Ex:  There isn’t any food left for you.

           Is there any milk left?

• On utilise no dans les phrases à valeur de négation sans marque de négation car en lui-même, il désigne la négation.

 Ex: I have got no headache.

• On peut utiliser no à la place de not any:

Ex: There aren’t any students in school today = there are no students in school today.

1. TOO MUCH AND TOO MANY, HOW MUCH, HOW MANY

• On utilise too many pour les mots comptables et les mots too much pour les incomptables.

Ex: There are too many people

    There is too much traffic.

• On utilise how much devant les noms incomptables.

Ex: How much milk does he suck?

• On utilise how many devant les noms comptables.

Ex: How many children are there in the class?

NB:     Too much, too many sont souvent utilisés comme des réponses aux questions posées avec how much et how many.

Ex: - How many bread is there?

• Too much.

1. A LOT, LOTS OF, PLENTY OF

• On utilise a lot, lots of et plenty of pour les mots comptables et incomptables.

Ex: There is a lot of food.

       There are lots of cars

       He has got plenty of money

1. A LITTLE, LITTLE, A FEW, FEW

• On utilise a little, little pour les noms incomptables.

Ex: There is only a little milk left?

• On utilise a few, few avec les noms comptables

Ex: There are a few people.

1. ENOUGH AND TOO

• On utilise enough avec les noms comptables et incomptables:

Ex:  She hasn’t got enough time/ eggs.

• Après un adjective:

Ex: This car isn’t big enough for the family.

• On utilise too avec many et much:

Ex: There are too many cars.

       He has got too much work.

• Avant un adjectif:

Ex: The mountain is too high to climb.

EXERCISE

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences

1. There isn’t ……………………………….oil left in the bottle. (much/many/plenty of)
2. I only want…………………………..mangoes? (a little/many/a few)
3. There are very ………………………………..traders at the market today. (a lot of/a few/few)
4. There are …………………………………..electronic stalls to choose from. (much/plenty of/many)
5. These shoes aren’t big ………………………..for me. (enough/ too)
6. Don’t stand……………………..close to the road? It’s dangerous. (too/ enough/many)
7. Very …………………………………… (Few/ a few/little) people in the village can buy sugar because it is so expensive.
8. There are ……………………………….. (Lots of/much) people at the market today. It’s very crowded.
9. There are not…………………………. (much/many) gorillas in the forest.
10. Geography is not………………………..( less/very) difficult