nullnullmuch
a great deal of
a large amount of +不可数名词
a little
littlemany,
a good many
a few,
few,
a number of,
numbers ofcf. the number of (…的数目 )复数名词++ 复数名词nulla lot of
lots of
plenty of
a large quantity of
large quantities of
a variety of
varieties of
a mass of
masses ofmany a 不可数名词
复数名词++单数名词nullA large quantity of cotton was sent here.
Large quantities of cotton were sent here.
A large amount of money was spent on the bridge.
Large amounts of money were spent on the bridge.nullmuch, many 既可用于肯定句又可用于否定句和疑问句;
a little , a few 常用于肯定句和疑问句,
little, few 常用于否定句;
plenty of 常用于肯定句,否定句应改为enough ;
a lot of , lots of , a great deal of , a number of , numbers of , a variety of , varieties of , a mass of , masses of 既可用于肯定句,又可用于否定句和疑问句。 nullmuch, a lot / lots / a great deal / plenty 还可以用作副词作程度状语,修饰行为动词或比较级形容词、副词。
This article is much / a lot / a great deal / lots / plenty better than that one.
这篇文章比那篇文章好得多。
To tell you the truth, I can see him much / a lot / a great deal / lots / plenty.
说实话,我见到他的次数比较多。 null1. There's _________ cooking oil left in the house. Would you go to the corner store and get ____________ ?(北京 2004 )
A. little; some B. little; any
C. a little; some D. a little; any
2. The young dancers looked so charming in their beautiful clothes that we took ___________ pictures of them. (上海 2003 )
A. many of B. masses of
C. the number of D. a large amount of null3. As it was a stormy night, ________ people went to see the film. ( MET1987 )
A. a few B. few C. several D. many
4. It is impossible for so _____ workers to do so ______ work in a single day. ( MET1988 )
A. few; much B. few; many
C. little; much D. little; many null5. — Would you like some wine?
— Yes. Just ______________. ( NMET1993 )
A. little B. very little
C. a little D. little bit
6. What disappointed me most was that I found ___________ people could help me with my English.
A. few B. a few C. little D. a little null7. The patient is so serious that _________ can be done to make him improve a bit.
A. little B. a little C. few D. a few
8. — Why are you so happy?
— My examination result proved to be ____________ better than anyone else's.
A. a lot of B. a great deal of
C. a number of D. much null9. I'm afraid that I can't help you at all, because I don't have _________ knowledge on this subject.
A. plenty of B. a few
C. enough D. little
10. I don't miss my parents very much, because I can go home _________.
A. a number of B. a good many
C. a lot of D. a great deal