• Much x many

• Little x few
 John has many friends.

 There are many books on the shelf.

 There are many people in the mall.

 Many indica grande quantidade (muitos,

muitas) e é utilizado antes de palavras
PLURAL (countable nouns).
no
 I don’t have much money.

 There are much milk in the refrigerator.

 There isn’t much rice in the pot.

 Much também indica grande quantidade

(muito, muita), mas é utilizado antes de
substantivos incontáveis, ou seja, que NÃO
possuem PLURAL (uncountable nouns).
PLURAL (countable nouns).
 John has few friends.

 There are few books on the shelf.

 There are few people in the mall.

 Few indica pouca quantidade (poucos,

poucas) e é utilizado antes de palavras
no

PLURAL (countable nouns).

 I can’t buy a house. I have little money.

 There is little milk in the refrigerator.

 There is little rice in the pot. I have to buy more.

 Much também indica pouca quantidade (pouco,

pouca), mas é utilizado antes de substantivos
incontáveis, ou seja, que NÃO possuem
PLURAL (uncountable nouns).
FRIEND MILK
CAR WATER
BOOK JUICE
ORANGE
COOKIE RICE
DOG SUGAR
FLOUR
...
MONEY
BREAD
CHOCOLATE
CHEESE

...

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ex. 2 e 3
 I have a few
friends.
(Entende-se que o sujeito tem poucos amigos, mas que a
quantidade é suficiente para ele.)

 I have few friends.

(Possui um sentido mais negativo. O sujeito

provavelmente lamenta-se do fato de ter poucos amigos.)
 There is a little milk in the fridge.

(Entende-se que a quantidade de leite é pequena, mas

pode ser suficiente para o que o sujeito precisa.)

 There is little milk in the fridge.

(Sentido mais negativo. A quantidade não deve ser

suficiente para o que se necessita fazer.)
 Esses quantifiers são utilizados tanto
para substantivos contáveis quanto para
incontáveis. Observe os exemplos:

 I have a lot of things to do.

plenty of
lots of

 Juliet eats a lot of chocolate every day.

EXERCÍCIOS
1. Empregue corretamente os quantitativos many ou much e em seguida marque a alternativa com a sequência correta.
_____________ things.
_____________ people.
_____________ advice.
_____________ time.

a) many – much – many – much.

b) many – many – much – much.
c) much – many – much – many.
d) much – much – many – many.

2. Complete as frases abaixo com little ou few e, em seguida, marque a alternativa com a sequência correta.

There are ____________ chairs in the classroom.

There was _____________ milk in the glass.
I don’t like _____________ sugar in my coffee.
There were _____________ trees in this Forest.

a) few – few – little – little.

b) little – few – few – little.
c) few – little – little – few.
d) little – little – few – few.

3. Marque a alternativa cuja frase esteja correta de acordo com o uso dos quantifiers.

a) They need much water.

b) She has many money.
c) I have few time.
d) We have little cookies.

4. Marque a alternativa que completa corretamente as frases abaixo, usando os quantifiers.

I – How __________ girls are there in the classroom?

II – Fernando had ___________ food to eat.
III – We need __________ information.
IV – _____________ children were swimming in the pool.

a) many – little – much – few.

b) many – few – much – little.
c) much – few – many – little.
d) much – little – many – few.

5.Marque a afirmação incorreta, de acordo com o uso dos quantitativos.

a) Many é o oposto de few

b) Much é o oposto de little.
c) Os quantitatives são sempre usados antes dos substantivos nas frases .
d) A expressão a lot of pode substituir few e little.