B2.2 Quantifiers

The charity needs a huge ... of money to fund its work.

• number

• amount

Answer explanation

Why...?

AMOUNT is for uncountable nouns (commonly money and time)

NUMBER is for anything countable.

There are only ... music venues in the city (small quantity).

• few

• a few

Answer explanation

Why...?

FEW = a small number of music venues

A FEW = some music venues

I have ... time, so let's go for a coffee.

• little

• a little

Answer explanation

Why...?

This is the same logic as with few/a few

LITTLE = small quantity of time

A LITTLE = some time

The city government has no ... money for public projects.

• lack of

• any

Answer explanation

Why...?

We can use both NO LACK OF and ANY in negative sentences, but in different ways and with different meanings.

1) There IS no lack of money. = there is money

2) There isn't any money. = no money

We cannot say: There isn't lack of money.

Choose the INCORRECT option:

It took a long time to get from the airport to our hotel because there were... taxis.

• a small amount of

• hardly any

• almost no

• few

Answer explanation

Why...?

While all the expressions refer to small quantities, AMOUNT is for uncountable nouns.

Also, remember we can also use HARDLY with people = HARDLY ANYONE

Choose the sentence that means: I need more money.

• I have enough money.

• I don't have enough money.

• I have no enough money.

Answer explanation

Why...?

We use NOT ENOUGH by adding the negative to the verb. Examples:

1) My lunch WASN'T ENOUGH and I'm still hungry.

2) I DON'T have ENOUGH energy to go out right now.

Select the INCORRECT option:

I offered her a big ... of options and she still declined.

• amount

• number

• range

Answer explanation

Why...?

The noun "options" is countable. We can use RANGE/NUMBER for countable nouns.

AMOUNT is only for uncountable.

Choose the same continuation of the sentence:

There are A FEW good concerts tonight...

• we can choose which one we'd like to go to.

• so we should think of something else to do.

Answer explanation

Remember...

FEW = a small quantity of concerts

A FEW = some concerts

Choose the same continuation of the sentence:

There was LITTLE traffic today...

• so she got home a bit later than expected.

• so she got home a bit earlier than expected.

Answer explanation

Remember...

LITTLE = a small quantity of traffic

A LITTLE = some traffic