WEBVTT 00:00.580 --> 00:02.860 Welcome to this tutorial. 00:02.860 --> 00:08.980 Today we're going to talk about the quanta fires a lot and most. 00:09.190 --> 00:11.920 Let's get started. 00:12.220 --> 00:20.710 Remember the quanta fires are adjectives and adverbial phrases that give approximate or specific answers 00:20.710 --> 00:21.700 to the questions. 00:21.790 --> 00:22.450 How much. 00:22.660 --> 00:24.610 And how many. 00:24.610 --> 00:27.160 Have a look at the example below. 00:27.160 --> 00:31.780 Sorry but there isn't much left for you to do here. 00:31.780 --> 00:36.420 Note that the word much in the sentence is a quanta fire. 00:36.550 --> 00:39.940 And it tells us how much work is left to do. 00:43.650 --> 00:51.060 Now to answer the questions how much and how many certain quanta fires can be used with countable nouns 00:51.270 --> 01:01.690 such as cherries and apples while others can be used with uncountable nouns such as T or money now have 01:01.690 --> 01:09.980 a look at the examples we know how many cousins do you have notes the declined to fire many in the sentence 01:10.220 --> 01:19.040 is used with accountable noun cousins but in this sentence how much money do you spend to quantify how 01:19.040 --> 01:22.820 much is used with an uncountable noun. 01:22.820 --> 01:23.270 Money 01:26.580 --> 01:30.330 now in spoken English and informal writing. 01:30.450 --> 01:34.550 When we want to indicate a large quantity of something. 01:34.590 --> 01:44.610 We tend to use a lot a lot of or lots of now a lot means very often or very much. 01:44.610 --> 01:54.030 It is used as an adverb now it often comes at the end of a sentence and never before a known. 01:54.030 --> 01:54.740 Have a look. 01:54.750 --> 01:56.870 The examples below. 01:57.000 --> 02:07.470 My brother plays football a lot meaning very often and knows that it comes at the end of the sentence. 02:07.880 --> 02:13.910 And in this sentence she's a lot happier after quitting her job. 02:13.920 --> 02:22.140 Note that a lot in this sentence comes after a noun and it tells us how happy she felt after quitting 02:22.140 --> 02:22.680 her job. 02:25.090 --> 02:29.430 Now a lot of it's more formal than lots of. 02:29.650 --> 02:37.780 They both mean a large amount or number of people or things and they can be used with plural countable 02:37.780 --> 02:46.440 nouns and with singular uncountable nouns for affirmative negatives and questions now have a look. 02:46.450 --> 02:48.470 The examples below. 02:48.730 --> 02:50.460 That's a lot of money. 02:52.180 --> 02:56.580 Singular uncountable noun. 02:56.810 --> 03:09.700 There are a lot of great students here plural countable noun with God lots of things to do today plural 03:09.970 --> 03:13.340 countable noun. 03:13.370 --> 03:22.350 Now we use to quantify or moles to talk about quantities and nouns and degrees we can use it with a 03:22.350 --> 03:27.620 noun as a determiner or without a noun as a pronoun. 03:27.900 --> 03:34.610 We can also use it with adjectives and adverbs to form the superlative. 03:34.680 --> 03:43.290 Now we use most with nouns in the meaning the majority of if there is no article demonstrate of or possessive 03:43.290 --> 03:50.280 pronoun we use most right before the noun is in the example below. 03:50.280 --> 03:57.330 Most tap water is drinkable right before the noun. 03:57.350 --> 04:04.310 Now when we are talking about the majority of a specific set of something we use most of the plus noun 04:05.110 --> 04:06.980 as in the example below. 04:07.820 --> 04:22.510 Most cakes are sweet cakes in general the party was amazing Kate made most of the cakes herself cakes 04:22.570 --> 04:27.630 in the sentence meaning a specific set of cakes at the party. 04:27.920 --> 04:36.530 Now we can leave out the noun with knows when the noun is obvious from the context is in the example 04:36.620 --> 04:38.030 below. 04:38.030 --> 04:47.570 Students can eat in the cafeteria the most bring food from home most in the sentence meaning students.