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Lot Nouns Choose Talk Plural Countable Uncountable Quantifier

Question There is ________ good furniture in this mall.
A a lot of
B many
C a few
D any
Answer a
Remark We use the quantifiers ‘a lot of’, ‘many’, ‘a few’, ‘any’ to talk about quantities, amounts and degree.We can use them with a noun (as a determiner) or without a noun (as a pronoun).We use ‘a lot of’ to talk about a large amount in informal styles with plural countable nouns and with singular uncountable nouns for all types of sentences (affirmatives, negatives, and questions): There are a lot of actors in the cast.; I’ve got a lot of work to do.; I haven’t seen a lot of films this year.; Have you seen a lot of attractions in London today? But usually we use ‘much’ and ‘many’ in negatives and questions.We use ‘many’ that means ‘a large number of’ with plural nouns (I don’t have many dresses.).We use ‘a few’ instead of ‘some’ with plural countable nouns when we talk about a small number: a few days, a few questions, a few friends.We use the quantifier ‘any’ in questions and negatives to mean ‘some’ with countable and uncountable nouns: Did you buy any butter?; We haven’t got any eggs. We also use ‘any’ to mean ‘it does not matter which or what’ to describe something which is not limited: You can choose any colours you want.; She refused to answer any questions. We use this meaning of ‘any’ with all types of nouns and usually in affirmative sentences.In the test sentence ‘There is ________ good furniture in this mall.’ we need to choose a quantifier for the uncountable noun ‘furniture’. Taking into consideration that the test sentence is affirmative, we can choose ‘a lot of’ and ‘any’ from the test variants. But the meaning of the quantifier ‘any’ - ‘it does not matter which or what’ does not correspond with the context of the sentence. Therefore, we are to choose ANSWER 1 (a lot of).

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