EXPRESSING QUANTITY IN ENGLISH

Thie will help you to understand how countable and uncountable nouns work:

COUNTABLE NOUNS	SINGULAR C.N.	A/AN (un,-a,-o) (affirmative, negative & interrogative)	-       There is a cat on the roof. -       There isn’t a cat on the roof. -       Is there a cat on the roof?
	PLURAL C.N.	SOME (algunos-as) (affirmative) ANY (algunos-as        ningunos-as) (negative & interrogative)	-       There are some cats on the roof. -       There aren’t any cats on the roof. -       Are there any cats on the roof?
		A LOT OF/LOTS OF (muchos-as)(affirmative) MANY (negative & interrogative) HOW MANY (cuántos) (interrogative)	-       There are a lot of cats on the roof. -       There aren’t many cats on the roof. -       Are there many cats on the roof? -       How many cats are there?
		TOO MANY (demasiados)	-       There are too many cats on that roof.
		(NOT) ENOUGH (suficientes)	-       There aren’t enough cats.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS		SOME (algo)(affirmative) ANY (algo o  nada) (negative & interrogative)	-       There is some water in the jar. -       There isn’t any water in the jar. -       Is there any water in the jar?
		A LOT OF/LOTS OF (mucho-a)(affirmative) MUCH (negative & interrogative) HOW MUCH (cuánto) (interrogative)	-       There is a lot of water in the jar. -       There isn’t much water in the jar. -       Is there much water in the jar? -       How much water is there in the jar?
		TOO MUCH (demasiado)	-       There is too much water in the jar.
		(NOT) ENOUGH (suficiente)	-       There isn’t enough water in the jar.