QUANTIFIERS
Os quantificadores são
pronomes que precedem e
modificam os substantivos.
Countable x Uncountable
Many ≠ Much
Many → substantivos
contáveis (muitos)
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Much → substantivos
incontáveis (muito)
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You have many cothes!
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I like you very much.
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I don’t have many
friends.
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Does she have much
money?
Few ≠ Little

Few → substantivos
contáveis (poucos)

Little → substantivos
incontáveis (pouco)
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I saw few people at the
cinema.
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Put little sugar in my
coffe.
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She read few pages
today.
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She spoke little in the
party.
A few ≠ A little

A few → substantivos
contáveis (algum)

A little → substantivos
incontáveis (poucos)
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There are a few pens in
my pencil case.
I’m sorry, there are only
a few bedrooms
available.
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She has a little money
in the bank.
I found only a little milk
in the refrigerator.
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Plenty of: mais do que
suficiente.
I bought plenty of food
today.
She understood plenty of
words.

A lot of: muito (s), muita (s).
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There is a lot of students at
school.
Tob drank a lot of water.
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A lot of people speak English
(informal)
Many people speak English.
(formal)