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Enough and Not Too Much - Quantity Words and Terms

Some nouns can be counted and some cannot. In this quiz, you will practise choosing the right quantity words, like many, much, some, or a few, in everyday sentences.

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Fascinating Fact:

Many is used with countable nouns, like many books.

In ESL Easy, learning how to talk about amounts helps you sound natural in shops, at home, and in class. This topic focuses on choosing the right words for countable and uncountable nouns.

Key Terms

  • Countable noun: A noun you can count with numbers, for example one apple, two apples.
  • Uncountable noun: A noun you do not usually count with numbers, for example water, rice, or information.
  • Quantity word: A word or phrase that tells how much or how many, for example many, much, a lot of, or a little.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What is the difference between countable and uncountable nouns?

Countable nouns can be counted and have singular and plural forms, like book and books. Uncountable nouns are treated as one mass, like water or sugar.

When do you use many and when do you use much?

You use “many” with countable nouns, like many cars. You use “much” with uncountable nouns, like much time or much water, especially in questions and negatives.

Is “a lot of” countable or uncountable?

“A lot of” can be used with both. You can say “a lot of people” (countable) and “a lot of homework” (uncountable), depending on the noun.

Try These Related Quizzes

1 .
Which of the answers is best to fill the blank?
Make sure you add ... ... water to the mixture.
... enough ...
... plenty ...
... enough of ...
... plenty much ...
'Water' is un-countable ... and you only need 'enough', not 'plenty' (which might turn out to be too much, for whatever purpose these instructions apply).
2 .
What are the first few words of this famous English song?
... kinds of sweet flowers grow in an English country garden?
How much ... ?
What much ... ?
How many ... ?
What many ... ?
Unlike many languages, English doesn't have just one single word to ask such an everyday question. Compare that other song, 'How much is that doggie in the window?'.
3 .
Which of the answers is best to fill the blank?
Would you like ... ... help with this topic?
... no ...
... some ...
... enough ...
... many ...
'Help' is an un-countable noun. We might ask if someone wants 'any help', but somehow that sounds as though they need very little. 'Some' sounds more generous!
4 .
Which of the answers is best to fill the blank?
Too ... ... cars, too ... ... pollution!
... much ... / ... much ...
... much ... / ... many ...
... many ... / ... much ...
... many ... / ... many ...
We can count the cars, but we can't count the pollution ( ... well, not without special scientific recording instruments!).
5 .
Which of the answers is best to fill the blank?
We seem to have had rather ... ... wasps again this summer.
... a lot ...
... lots of ...
... a lot of ...
... much ...
Of course, wasps are countable (if you are very patient), so 'much' is not a good answer here. The correct answer is a very standard English phrase, and again, perhaps an example of English understatement ('rather a lot of people' could mean that a city square was packed with party-goers or protesters; or that there wasn't enough space to get into a bus or train, let alone sit down.)
6 .
Which of the answers is best to fill the blank?
I'm afraid I completely forgot to buy ... ... rice.
... some ...
... no ...
... any ...
... of ...
'Any' is the right answer, once the sentence has shown that this is a negative situation. ('There's never any problem when I do the shopping!')
7 .
Which of the answers is best to fill the blank?
I've listened to that awful music for most of the weekend, and, frankly, I've had ...
... too much.
... enough.
... plenty.
... a bunch.
This is the standard expression - in fact, another example of English understatement, since we really mean 'more than enough' or 'too much'. Certainly there is a sense of having moved beyond an imaginary line that would mark out what is acceptable, from what isn't.
8 .
Which of the answers is best to fill the blank?
Sorry I'm late; I had ... ... problems on my journey here.
... few ...
... a few ...
... rather a few ...
... quite several ...
This may well be English understatement again: 'a few' meaning, in fact, 'rather a lot of problems, but I don't intend to bore you by explaining what they all were'.
If we say 'I had few problems', it means 'really not many, not at all serious' ... in which case, we probably wouldn't have arrived significantly late in the first place!
9 .
Which of the answers is best to fill the blank?
While she was away on holiday, she managed to read ... .... electronic books.
... several ...
... much ...
... many of ...
... too much ...
'Books' are clearly countable; in the context, 'too many' doesn't make very good sense.
10 .
Which of the answers is best to fill the blank?
It will be ... ... trouble to change the time of the meeting.
... to ...
... too ...
... too much ...
... much ...
Look again at the title of this Quiz! We say 'too much ...' in front of un-countable nouns ('too much unhappiness'), and 'too many ...' in front of things we can count ('Too many visitors').
Author:  Ian Miles (Linguist, ESL and RE Quiz Writer & Tutor)
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