Some и any Some couples stay together forever. Some believe Elvis is still alive. Would you like some coffee? Have you got any sugar in the cupboard? The government didn’t take any steps to prevent the recession

Some и any
Some couples stay together forever.
Some believe Elvis is still alive.
Would you like some coffee?

Have you got any sugar in the cupboard?
The government didn’t take any steps to prevent the recession.
Does she feel any better today?
Much и many
There isn’t much water in the kettle.
Have you got many kids in your class?
Too many students are absent because of illness.
I couldn’t remember how much time I had spent at the pub the previous night.
There is a lot of wine in the cellar.
She adds lots of sugar to her tea.
We need a lot of boxes to pack all these clothes.
Lots of my relatives are quite conservative.
Few и little

She had little flour – not enough to cook a pie.
There were few toys so the children had to share and wait their turn.
My parents lent me a little money so I was able to put a deposit down on my first house.
I just have a few friends, but we’re really close.

Many/much

Many for countable, much for uncountable in (?) and (-)

We use many before plural (countable) nouns and much before uncountable nouns. We use them in negative sentences and questions. We don’t often use them in affirmative sentences.

• 
  There isn’t much coffee in the jar.
  
• 
  Were there many people in the party?
  

Too much/too many, so much/so many

Note that we don’t normally use much/many in affirmative sentences, but we can use too much and too many or so much and so many in affirmative sentences.

• 
  There’s too much salt in the soup.
  
• 
  You eat too many biscuits.
  
• 
  There were so many people that we had to leave.
  
• 
  He ate so much cake that it made him sick. 
  

How much/how many

We use how many and how much to ask about quantity.

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