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Activity: “What are quantifiers in English?”

By: revel arroway

Activity 1: “How much” or “how many”?

Each sentence below is the answer to a question about a quantity. What was the question? The first one is done for you.

Q: How many eggs does Susan have?
A: Susan has three eggs.

  1. Q: How does Peter have?
    A: Peter has seven siblings.

  2. Q: How do you have?
    A: I have half-a-bottle of milk.

  3. Q: How were waiting in line?
    A: There were six customers waiting in line at the bank.

  4. Q: How did Jenny make?
    A: Jenny made four trays of toast for the breakfast.

  5. Q: How do you have?
    A: I have $20.00.

  6. Q: How did she buy for her garden?
    A: She didn’t buy any soil for her garden.

  7. Q: How came late for the concert?
    A: Two or three people came late for the concert.

  8. Q: How about local restaurants does the concierge have?
    A: The concierge has a lot of information about local restaurants.

  9. Q: How did Jim see walking down the street yesterday?
    A: Jim saw 12 cats walking down the street yesterday.

  10. Q: How should you add to the soup?
    A: You should add half-a-teaspoon of salt to the soup.

Activity 2: Answer the questions

Now, let’s answer your questions using quantifiers! Rephrase the “answer” to each of the questions in Activity 1 using a quantifier. For example:

Q: How many eggs does Susan have? → this comes from Activity 1!
A: Susan has a few eggs. → this answer is based on the “three eggs” in Activity 1.

Use the quantifiers from the list below. Try to use each one at least once!

enough
a lot of
no
several
a ton of
lots of
a bunch of
a little
some
a few

  1. Peter has .

  2. I have .

  3. There were waiting in line.

  4. Jenny made for the breakfast.

  5. I have for the textbook.

  6. She bought for her garden.

  7. came late for the concert.

  8. The concierge has information about local restaurants.

  9. came late for the concert.

  10. You should add a to the soup.

Activity 3: Match the quantifiers!

Choose the quantifier that best describes the quantity in each sentence. For a bonus challenge, write down the complete sentence!
Word BankChoose a word, then choose a blank. You can also drag.
  1. There are fifteen boys in the choir. Fifteen boys sang at the concert.
    Quantifier:
  2. There are twenty students in the class. Three of them passed the test. The teacher was disappointed.
    Quantifier:
  3. Sixty people applied for the job. We only expected seven!
    Quantifier:
  4. John and Susan insulted Bill. John did not apologize and Susan did not apologize.
    Quantifier:
  5. Peter turned in 0 assignments this semester.
    Quantifier:
  6. I don’t want a lot of crackers. Just give me six.
    Quantifier:
  7. I was worried that nobody would come to the meeting, but people did come.
    Quantifier:
  8. Please give me a small piece of pie.
    Quantifier:
  9. The majority of people think that puppies are cute.
    Quantifier:
  10. That coat costs $20. My mom gave me $30 to go shopping.
    Quantifier: