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Quantity Terms with Count and Noncount Nouns: ExercisesBrought to you by
the Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
In the following sentences, substitute one of these expressions for the underlined words:
To clarify, little means "not much," but quite a little (or quite a bit of) means "a rather large amount." Few means "not many," but quite a few means "a rather large number." 1. A rather large number of students have trouble with economics 2. It requires a rather large amount of reading. 3. Not many advisors spend as much time with their students. 4. He hasn't much hope of passing his exams. 5. George's advisor spends a rather large amount of time with him. 6. He doesn't know many people in the class. 7. Bill doesn't spend much money on clothes. 8. She spends a rather large amount of money on CDs. 9. He doesn't have many suits. 10. He doesn't understand much of the reading.
Check your answers at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslcount2A1.html, return to the corresponding handout at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslcount2.html, or review our first handout on count and noncount nouns at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/print/esl/eslcount2A1.html. For more information about nouns and other parts of speech, see our parts of speech workshop at http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html#parts. |
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