Grade 5- Determiners as Quantifiers

A determiner is used before a noun to show how the noun is being used.

Quantifiers show the number or amount of what we are talking about.

Examples of quantifiers are: any, all, many, much, most, some, a few, and a lot of, a little, a large amount of, none, each, enough, least.

Examples of Quantifiers in Sentences

Some are used with countable nouns e.g

1. Few students came to school. (A very small number/almost none)

2. A few children came to the party. (A very small number/but not many)

3. Each girl came to the church. (Every one of the girls)

Others are used with uncountable nouns only. e.g

a.  Little water remained. (A very small amount/almost none)

b.  A little food remained. (A small amount but not much)

The rest are used with both countable and uncountable nouns e.g

1. A lot of children came to school. (A large number)

2. Enough children came. (A sufficient number)

3. Most of the food remained. (Almost all the food)