B1 Point 43 in the category of DETERMINERS is defined as:
increasing range of quantifying determiners with both plural nouns and uncountable nouns (‘most’, ‘enough’, ‘plenty of’, ‘loads of’).
*This overlaps another B1 point.
PELIC WRITING CLASS EXAMPLES:
Most students eat lunch and dinner in a cafeteria.
Korean, Female, Level 3
In addition, the people who lived in Korea 100 years ago didn’t have enough transportation.
Korean, Male, Level 3
*Note that ‘loads of’ is C1 if it is used as hyperbole:
PELIC READING CLASS:
If the teachers always assign loads of homework for kids to practice,
the students may only focus on the skills which they learned from the subject.
Chinese, Female, Level 5.
TLC SPEAKING TEST EXAMPLE:
I love this city. It has plenty of job opportunities and a beautiful landscape.
Female, Italy, B1
EXPERT EXAMPLE:
It’s like music;
maybe it’s helpful to know some theory and to be able to name the notes as they sound,
but there are plenty of fine musicians who play by ear.
A search in iWeb for:
most|enough _NN
1 MOST PEOPLE 528348
2 MOST CASES 174256
3 ENOUGH TIME 91376
4 ENOUGH MONEY 52892
5 ENOUGH ROOM 29251
6 MOST THINGS 28055
7 MOST WOMEN 25810
8 MOST COMPANIES 25645
9 MOST STATES 24315
10 ENOUGH SPACE 24176
11 MOST DAYS 23449
12 ENOUGH WATER 22289
13 MOST AMERICANS 21742
14 MOST STUDENTS 21145
15 MOST USERS 20846
16 ENOUGH INFORMATION 20234
17 ENOUGH PEOPLE 19439
18 MOST MEN 17302
19 MOST PATIENTS 17218
20 ENOUGH POWER 16208
21 MOST PLACES 15937
22 MOST COUNTRIES 15170
23 MOST TIMES 14337
24 MOST PLAYERS 13349
25 MOST FOLKS 13227
26 ENOUGH FOOD 13025
27 MOST CHILDREN 12527
28 MOST AREAS 12024
29 MOST BUSINESSES 11912
30 ENOUGH SLEEP 11697
31 MOST SENSE 11426
32 MOST GAMES 11327
33 ENOUGH EVIDENCE 11296
34 MOST MONEY 10482
35 ENOUGH ENERGY 10362
36 MOST SITUATIONS 10242
37 MOST KIDS 9884
38 MOST PARTS 9542
39 MOST GUYS 9276
40 MOST INSTANCES 9070
41 MOST PARENTS 9057
42 MOST ORGANIZATIONS 8701
43 MOST OTHERS 8343
44 MOST APPLICATIONS 8274
45 MOST SCHOOLS 8109
46 MOST POINTS 8026
47 MOST VALUE 7844
48 MOST TYPES 7767
49 MOST CUSTOMERS 7496
50 MOST ATTENTION 6917
plenty|loads of _NN
1 PLENTY OF TIME 54037
2 PLENTY OF ROOM 40980
3 PLENTY OF SPACE 21784
4 PLENTY OF WATER 20319
5 PLENTY OF PEOPLE 18200
6 PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITIES 12920
7 PLENTY OF OPTIONS 12859
8 PLENTY OF WAYS 8638
9 PLENTY OF THINGS 7342
10 PLENTY OF STORAGE 6972
11 PLENTY OF PLACES 6525
12 PLENTY OF POWER 6065
13 PLENTY OF OPPORTUNITY 5668
14 PLENTY OF REASONS 5383
15 PLENTY OF TIMES 5175
16 PLENTY OF FOOD 4897
17 PLENTY OF MONEY 4216
18 LOADS OF FUN 4021
19 PLENTY OF WORK 3989
20 PLENTY OF FLUIDS 3603
21 PLENTY OF EXPERIENCE 3573
22 PLENTY OF PARKING 3494
23 PLENTY OF INFORMATION 3240
24 PLENTY OF ACTIVITIES 3181
25 PLENTY OF EVIDENCE 3050
26 LOADS OF PEOPLE 3005
27 PLENTY OF REST 2944
28 PLENTY OF LIGHT 2750
29 PLENTY OF FUN 2742
30 PLENTY OF EXAMPLES 2715
31 PLENTY OF OTHERS 2503
32 PLENTY OF FISH 2430
33 LOADS OF MONEY 2407
34 PLENTY OF CHOICE 2359
35 PLENTY OF ATTENTION 2260
36 PLENTY OF ACTION 2210
37 PLENTY OF SUPPORT 2191
38 PLENTY OF EXERCISE 2173
39 PLENTY OF CHANCES 2127
40 PLENTY OF QUESTIONS 2067
41 PLENTY OF SLEEP 2026
42 PLENTY OF RESOURCES 1963
43 LOADS OF TIME 1892
44 PLENTY OF CHOICES 1857
45 PLENTY OF RESEARCH 1818
46 PLENTY OF SCOPE 1811
47 PLENTY OF IDEAS 1790
48 PLENTY OF ENERGY 1762
49 PLENTY OF SUNSHINE 1712
50 PLENTY OF RESTAURANTS 1665
A2 Vocabulary:
activities, areas, cases, companies, customers, enough, exercise, guys, ideas,
information, most, parking, points, reasons, rest, space, types, ways
B1:
action, applications, attention, chances, choice, choices, energy, experience,
instances, kids, loads, opportunities, opportunity, options, organizations, patients,
plenty, power, research, sense, situations, sunshine, support, users, value