Talk about quantities accuratelyتحدّث عن الكميات بدقة

The idea, simply

With countable nouns such as friends and days, use many and a few. With uncountable nouns such as time and money, use much and a little. A lot of works with both. Much and many are most common in negatives and questions: How much money? Not many people. A few and a little mean a small amount, but enough.

Examples

• We still have a little time before the meeting.

• I have a few friends in Alexandria.

• How much sugar do you want?

Lesson words

• a fewبعض، قليل (للمعدود)
  I stayed for a few days.
• a littleقليل من (لغير المعدود)
  Add a little salt.
• muchكثير (لغير المعدود)
  I do not have much money.
• manyكثير (للمعدود)
  Many people work from home now.
• amountكمية، مبلغ
  That is a large amount of money.

Lesson exercises

1. Put the words in the correct order.

   Words: a / before / have / little / meeting. / still / the / time / We

   Answer

   We still have a little time before the meeting.

2. Complete the gap: How ___ people came to the party?

   Answer

   many

3. Choose the correct English sentence.

   • There is not much milk in the fridge.
   • There is not many milk in the fridge.
   • There are not much milk in the fridge.
   Answer

   There is not much milk in the fridge.

4. Which word fits: I need ___ advice.

   • a little
   • a few
   • many
   Answer

   a little

5. Say that you have a small or large amount of something.

   Model answer

   We still have a little time before the meeting.

   Compare your answer with the model and check word order, capitals, and punctuation.