BEST TIP : QUANTIFIERS IN IELTS
Language and grammar plays an indispensable role in your each IELTS module, especially speaking and writing. Most of the time the importance is only given to tenses, modals and sentence formation basic rules. However, there is one more thing which holds grave importance and that are known as ‘ QUANTIFIERS ‘
What is it ?
You probably know many of the quantifiers , even if the term is unfamiliar to you. Quantifiers are the words which are written before the nouns and they show its quantity. Basically these are adjectives or adjectival phrases that describe “how much” (uncountable) or “how many” (countable) of a given noun there is. Just remember that quantifiers are not numbers , instead they are used in the place of numbers.
Types of Quantifiers
Some quantifiers can only go with countable (precise quantity) nouns, while others can only modify uncountable (imprecise quantity) nouns. A few quantifiers can modify both.
QUANTIFIERS IN IELTS
Some examples are listed below,
For use with uncountable nouns :
A little, little
A bit of
A great deal of
A large amount of
Much
For Use with both types of nouns:
No, none
QUANTIFIERS IN IELTS
Some (of)
Any
A lot Lots of
Plenty of
Enough
For use with countable types of nouns:
A few, few
A number of
QUANTIFIERS IN IELTS
Numerous
Several
Many (numbers)*
Examples ;
•The city had a large amount of traffic due to road construction.
•Not much rain in the spring meant that the crops suffered in the summer.
USING QUANTIFIERS :
Quantifiers followed by “of” Many quantifiers that end in “of” must be followed by an article or determiner (these, his, my, etc.), although some do not. Unfortunately, no exact rule determines which quantifiers require an article after “of.” A few examples are listed below.
Must be followed by article or determiner –
QUANTIFIERS IN IELTS
All of
Some of
Many of
Much of
(A) few of
(A) little of
None of
Several of
Enough of
May or may not be followed by article or determiner –
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Plenty of
A lot of
A number of
A couple of
Examples:
1) Many of the doctors believed much of his research was flawed.
2)None of the tourists knew that a lot of piranha species prefer to eat crackers over meat .
Importance of quantifiers:
QUANTIFIERS IN IELTS
👉 In IELTS quantifiers are important in reading and listening as this synonyms can be found in the audio or the reading passage.
👉 In IELTS reading and speaking using quantifiers can help you to earn extra points which were definitely and enhance your band score.
👉 Quantifiers are important in both as writing Task 1 and Task 2 as in these both writings you have to mention information about majority or minority of people therefore making use of quantifiers becomes unavoidable.
So the next time when you are practicing for your IELTS don’t forget to make use of these quantifiers and enhance your score.
QUANTIFIERS IN IELTS
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QUANTIFIERS IN IELTS
QUANTIFIERS IN IELTS