English Grammar

Quantifiers

1. O uso do some e any (quantidades não específicas)

a) Some: 

. Afirmativas: 

* There are some visitors in the school.

. Interrogativas (quando você acha que a resposta é positiva)

* Cane I have some orange juice, please?

b) Any:

. Perguntas:

* Are there any glasses?

c) Negativas:

* I haven't got any money

2. A few/ a little/ many/ much/ a lot (of)

a) A few/ a little: para pequenas quantidades

. A few: substantivos no plural

* A few students aren't here today

. A little: para uncountable nouns (singular)

* There's a little cheese in the fridge

b) Many/ much: para grandes quantidades (perguntas e negação)

. Many: para substantivo no plural

* How many children have you got?

* There aren't many books in this shop

c) Much: para uncountable nouns (singular)

* How much meat did you buy?

* I haven't got much money

d) A lot of: para grandes quantidades (em afirmativas com plural ou uncountable nouns)

* A lot of people are coming to our party