English Winners. Do you struggle with quantifiers? Do countable nouns and
uncountable nouns sometimes confuse you? Well I'm going to make them very easy
for you. When you can speak quantifiers easily - both countable nouns and
uncountable nouns - you will have less time delay in your sentences, and you can
respond to people and say the things you want faster. Also, at the end, I'll teach
you how to turn an uncountable noun into a countable noun so you can speak
English even more quickly. Quick! Count all the grains of rice in this picture.
You can't, can you? At least, not if you have a life and you (don't) have a lot of time
on your hands. You see, English speakers use some words for things they can count
easily and other words for things they can't. You can also call them 'quantity
adjectives' as well as 'quantifiers.' I've paired two of them together based on how
they are used, ready? They are 'much' and 'many.' So, much is
used for uncountable things like 'we have so much money,' and many are for things
that are countable things... you can count fairly easy. Like, 'there are many chairs
in this restaurant.' You see, many and much are used to both
describe high quantities, but one thing it's easy to count, and another it's less
easy to count. Our next pairing is for low quantities: little and few. Now, little
is with things you can't count it; is an uncountable noun, okay? An example is: 'We
ate a little food.' Few is countable, as in: 'There were only a few apples in the bag.'
Little also works with another uncountable one called 'a little bit,'
which is used to describe things that are even harder to count -
sometimes abstract concepts - like luck, opportunity, shame, courage. Like:
'If I had a little bit more courage, I could have made that sale.' Or: 'If I had a
little bit more opportunity, my life would be completely different.'
Now, we have 'a lot of' and 'lots of.' These are great for you, okay? Because when you
have 'a lot of' and 'lots of'... they are high quantity nouns, and you can use them for
a countable and uncountable. That's right, you can use them for BOTH. Like: 'I have a
lot of chairs in the classroom.' Or: 'There are lots of water bottles here.' Or: 'There
is a lot of rice.' Or: 'There are lots of parking spaces.' You see, you can use them
for both countable and uncountable. Isn't that great? So definitely remember a lot
of and lots of because you can use them in any situation. That should speed up
your English already. And then we have two more: we have 'plenty of' and 'enough.' Of
now these are also used for both, okay? 'Plenty of' is used for both countable and
uncountable. It means abundance or high quantity, like:
'There are plenty of fish in the sea. There are plenty of fish in the sea.' And
then 'enough of' is also countable and uncountable, but it basically means there
is an amount equal to the need. Let's say you need this much, and if you have this
much, you have enough. Just enough. It's equal. Like: 'There's enough food for
everybody.' There's enough food for everybody.' Or: 'There was enough money for
the house. There was enough money for the house.' Now, here is how you change
uncountable nouns into countable nouns, so that way, most of the time, you can
just use countable nouns for everything. Ready? So we have an uncountable thing at
cash: I don't have much cash. Like that. So all you need to do is group
them together. So cash, what is that? A bunch of bills. Paper money. Or maybe, just
numbers on a bank account. If you group them, then you can change them into
countable nouns. So instead (of) 'I don't have much cash.' 'I don't have many $100 bills.'
Okay? Or: 'I don't have many stacks of $100
bills.' Or: 'I don't have many thousands in my bank accounts.' Or: 'I have many millions
in my bank accounts.' By grouping uncountable things together, you can
change them into countable nouns ,making things much easier. Like, if you have
spaghetti: 'I don't have much spaghetti.' But you could also say: 'I have only a few
bags of spaghetti.' See? By grouping them together into bags, now you can use
countable, okay? So now you can use countable nouns for almost everything
and just leave the uncountable stuff for small remainders or things that it just
doesn't make sense to use countable nouns on. Does this help you? I really
hope it does. Tell me down in the comments if it helped you, and if there's
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