Making Breakfast – Quantifiers

Quantifiers are words or phrases that show the quantity of a noun or pronoun in a sentence.

Uncountable nouns use any and some before the noun. Any and some can replace the noun.

(Q) Do you have any paper?
Yes, I have some paper.
Yes, I have some.
No, I don’t have any paper.
No, I don’t have any.

Countable plural nouns use any and some before the noun. Any and some can replace the noun.

(Q) Do you have any books?
Yes, I have some books.
Yes, I have some.
No, I don’t have any books.
No, I don’t have any.

Read the dialog and look for the quantifiers.

Katie: So, I want to make breakfast for everybody tomorrow. Do we have anything to make breakfast with?

Todd: We do, but not much. I think we need to go to the store. Let’s make a list, and I’ll buy some stuff today and bring it back for breakfast.

Katie: Okay. Well, how about eggs? Do we have any eggs?

Todd: We have some eggs. We have maybe two dozen eggs.

Katie: Okay. How about pancake mix? Do we have any pancake mix?

Todd: I don’t think so. I think we have some, but it’s not enough, so I will buy more.

Katie: Do we have any sugar?

Todd: I don’t think so. We have some, but again, I don’t think it’s enough, so I’ll buy some.

Katie: That sounds good. Do we have any milk?

Todd: We do have a little, but it’s not enough, so I’ll buy some more.

Katie: Sounds good. Do we have any coffee?

Todd: We do, but probably not enough, so I’ll buy a pound of coffee.

Katie: How about juice? Do we have any juice?

Todd: We do. We actually have lots of juice. I bought juice two days ago, and it was on sale, so I bought three cartons.

Katie: Okay.

Todd: All right. I think the list is complete. We should be okay.

Katie: Great!.

Todd: I’ll buy everything, and then we should have enough for breakfast tomorrow.

Katie: You buy it, and I’ll make it.

Todd: Oh, sounds good!

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