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Some, any, much, many : les quantifieurs
Exprimer la quantité en anglais : noms dénombrables et indénombrables, some, any et no (avec les rappels de 6e sur there is / there are), much, many et a lot of, How much…? et How many…?, a little, a few, too much, too many, enough, puis les composés something, anybody, nowhere (A2)
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Niveau facile ★ — 12 questions
There are ___ apples in the bowl.
- A. a little
- B. some
- C. much
- D. any
Réponse
B. some — affirmative + pluriel → some.
I haven't got ___ money.
- A. any
- B. a few
- C. many
- D. some
Réponse
A. any — négative → any.
Have you got ___ brothers or sisters?
- A. much
- B. a little
- C. any
- D. some
Réponse
C. any — vraie question → any.
Quel nom est indénombrable ?
- A. suitcase
- B. coin
- C. furniture
- D. chair
Réponse
C. furniture — furniture (des meubles) ne se compte pas : a piece of furniture.
Quel nom est dénombrable ?
- A. sandwich
- B. flour
- C. rice
- D. bread
Réponse
A. sandwich — a sandwich, two sandwiches.
How ___ milk do you want?
- A. few
- B. many
- C. some
- D. much
Réponse
D. much — milk est indénombrable → How much.
How ___ candles do we need?
- A. many
- B. any
- C. little
- D. much
Réponse
A. many — candles est un pluriel → How many.
Would you like ___ cake? (offre)
- A. much
- B. any
- C. some
- D. many
Réponse
C. some — on propose → some.
Le pluriel de « a piece of advice » :
- A. two advices
- B. two pieces of advice
- C. two pieces of advices
- D. two piece of advices
Réponse
B. two pieces of advice — l’unité prend le -s, advice jamais.
There is a lot ___ noise.
- A. off
- B. from
- C. for
- D. of
Réponse
D. of — a lot of + nom.
I don't eat ___ meat.
- A. many
- B. few
- C. some
- D. much
Réponse
D. much — négative + indénombrable → much.
« Il n’y a personne dans la cour. »
- A. There's anybody in the playground.
- B. There's nobody in the playground.
- C. There isn't nobody in the playground.
- D. There's somebody in the playground.
Réponse
B. There's nobody in the playground. — « personne » sans not → nobody ; jamais deux négations.
Niveau moyen ★★ — 12 questions
« Il n’y a pas de pain. »
- A. There isn't any bread.
- B. There isn't some bread.
- C. There isn't no bread.
- D. There aren't any bread.
Réponse
A. There isn't any bread. — négative + indénombrable → isn’t any.
Add ___ vinegar to the salad. (un peu)
- A. few
- B. a little
- C. too many
- D. a few
Réponse
B. a little — vinegar (le vinaigre) est indénombrable → a little.
She bought ___ comics in Leeds. (quelques)
- A. a few
- B. little
- C. a little
- D. much
Réponse
A. a few — comics est un pluriel → a few.
There is ___ traffic today. (trop)
- A. too many
- B. too
- C. too much
- D. many
Réponse
C. too much — traffic est indénombrable → too much.
« Combien coûte ce livre ? »
- A. How many costs this book?
- B. How much is this book?
- C. How many is this book?
- D. How much costs this book?
Réponse
B. How much is this book? — le prix → How much is…?
Quelle phrase est correcte ?
- A. My luggages are in the car.
- B. A luggage is in the car.
- C. My luggage is in the car.
- D. My luggage are in the car.
Réponse
C. My luggage is in the car. — luggage : pas de -s, pas de a, verbe au singulier.
There's ___ dust under the bed. (beaucoup de)
- A. a few
- B. much of
- C. many
- D. a lot of
Réponse
D. a lot of — affirmative + indénombrable → a lot of.
How ___ guests were at the party?
- A. any
- B. much
- C. many
- D. little
Réponse
C. many — guests est un pluriel → How many.
I'm bored: there's ___ to do here.
- A. nobody
- B. anything
- C. something
- D. nothing
Réponse
D. nothing — « rien » sans not, une chose → nothing.
There are ___ buses on Sundays = There aren't any buses on Sundays.
- A. none
- B. not
- C. any
- D. no
Réponse
D. no — no = not any.
« une tranche de fromage »
- A. a slice of cheese
- B. a slices of cheese
- C. a slice of cheeses
- D. a slice cheese
Réponse
A. a slice of cheese — cheese ne se compte pas : on compte les tranches, a slice of cheese.
Dad hasn't got ___ patience today. (pas beaucoup)
- A. many
- B. much
- C. a few
- D. a lot
Réponse
B. much — négative + indénombrable (patience) → much (a lot sans of est faux devant un nom).
Niveau difficile ★★★ — 12 questions
Repère l’erreur : « Can you give me some advices? »
- A. some
- B. advices
- C. Can you
- D. give me
Réponse
B. advices — advice est indénombrable : some advice.
Repère l’erreur : « How much students are there? »
- A. are
- B. How much
- C. students
- D. there
Réponse
B. How much — students est un pluriel → How many students.
Repère l’erreur : « I don't have no time. »
- A. don't have
- B. I
- C. no
- D. time
Réponse
C. no — pas de double négation → I don’t have any time.
Quelle phrase est correcte ?
- A. There are many too wasps.
- B. There are too much wasps.
- C. There are too many wasps.
- D. There is too many wasps.
Réponse
C. There are too many wasps. — wasps est un pluriel → There are too many wasps.
We looked for the cat, but it wasn't ___.
- A. anywhere
- B. anything
- C. somewhere
- D. nowhere
Réponse
A. anywhere — négative (wasn’t), un lieu → anywhere.
« Would you like some coffee? » : pourquoi some dans une question ?
- A. some est obligatoire dans les questions
- B. coffee est dénombrable
- C. c'est une erreur
- D. c'est une offre polie
Réponse
D. c'est une offre polie — on propose, on attend un oui → some.
Repère l’erreur : « The news about the storm are worrying. »
- A. worrying
- B. about the storm
- C. The news
- D. are
Réponse
D. are — news est indénombrable → The news is good.
« Personne n’est venu au barbecue. »
- A. Anybody didn't come to the barbecue.
- B. Nobody didn't come to the barbecue.
- C. Nobody came to the barbecue.
- D. Anybody came to the barbecue.
Réponse
C. Nobody came to the barbecue. — en sujet, « personne » se dit nobody, sans autre négation : Nobody came to the barbecue.
Quelle phrase est correcte ?
- A. We eat a lot of rices.
- B. We eat many rice.
- C. We eat many rices.
- D. We eat a lot of rice.
Réponse
D. We eat a lot of rice. — rice est indénombrable : a lot of rice.
Repère l’erreur : « They sold all their furnitures before moving. »
- A. furnitures
- B. They sold
- C. before moving
- D. all their
Réponse
A. furnitures — furniture ne prend pas de -s.
« Il reste très peu de lait. » (pas assez)
- A. There is very little milk left.
- B. There is very few milk left.
- C. There is a little milk left.
- D. There are very few milk left.
Réponse
A. There is very little milk left. — très peu, pas assez + indénombrable → very little.
Not many convient devant :
- A. information
- B. biscuits
- C. luggage
- D. water
Réponse
B. biscuits — many va avec un pluriel : not many biscuits.
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