Determines

Literature:

Understanding and using English grammar second edition. Binarupa aksara.

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1.  a few and few

v She has been here only two weeks, but she has already made a few friends.

v I feel sorry for her. She has very few friends.

* a few and few are used with plural count noun

2.  a little and little

v I’m very pleased. I’ve been able to save a little money this month.

v I have very little money. I don’t even have enough money to buy food for dinner.

* a little and little are used with non-count noun

3.  each and every

v each student has a schedule

v every student has a schedule

Literature:

Essential grammar In Use Raymond Murphy Second Edition

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4.  this (singular)

v This hotel is expensive, but it’s very nice

v I can’t read this note clearly.

5.  these (plural)

v These flowers are for you

v These my books

6.  that (singular)

v Do you like that picture?

v I love that movie

7.  those (plural)

v Who are those people?

v Those apples look nice. Can I have one?

8.  some (positive)

v I’m going to buy some clothes

v There’s some ice in the fridge

9. any (negative)

v I’m not going to buy any clothes

v There isn’t any orange juice in the fridge

10. all

v all the students on the class passed the exam

v All countries have a national flag

11. both

v   Rosemary has two children. Both are married.

v   Last year I went to Paris and Rome. I liked both cities very much.

12. either

v   Would you like tea or coffee? You can have either

v   I haven’t read either of these books

13. neither

v   first I worked in an office, and letter in a shop. Neither job was very interesting.

v   There are two ways from here. Neither are traffic jam.

14. much

v   We haven’t got much luggage.

v   I’ve got some, but not much.

* using much for uncountable noun

15. many

v   How many photographs did you take?

v   I took some, but not many.

* using many for countable noun

16.             lots of

v   I didn’t have lots of money

v   Lots of people was very hungry

17.             a lot of

v   I have a lot of time for this meeting

v   We can talking a lot of topic together right now.