Determiners We use the following determiners with countable

Determiners We use the following determiners with countable and uncountable nouns:

We use the following determiners with countable and uncountable nouns: • (hardly) any – in negative sentences There were hardly any people left at the party. • some – in affirmative sentences Some books are very expensive. • a lot of = a large number/amount of There were a lot of problems to tackle. • none of = not any; almost none of = not quite; no: when there is no other determiner (Almost) none of the children came to school. We have got no friends. • (almost) all (of): modifies nouns and pronouns All fish is disgusting!

We use the following determiners with countable nouns: • (far) (too) few = not enough, a small number of Few people are really intelligent. • a few = a small number of A few people are really intelligent. • many: in negative sentences and questions; (far) (too) many = a great amount of There were (far) (too) many glasses to wash after the party. How many of us are going to the beach? • several = more than two but not many There were several birds in the sky.

We use the following determiners with uncountable nouns: • (far) (too) much: with negatives and questions He spent (far) (too) much time playing computer games. • little = not enough , a small amount Fish need little feeding. • a little = a small amount There’s a little juice left in the box.