Countable & Uncountable Nouns + Quantifiers

In English, nouns can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns are things we can count one by one, so they have a singular and a plural form (one apple, two apples; a book, three books), while uncountable nouns are things we cannot count separately and have no plural form, such as water, money, rice, milk, music and bread. We use 'many' with countable plural nouns (How many books?) and 'much' with uncountable nouns (How much water?), and 'much' is most common in questions and negatives. We use 'some' in affirmative (positive) sentences (I have some friends; There is some milk) and 'any' in negatives and questions (I don't have any money; Is there any sugar?). The phrase 'a lot of' works with both countable and uncountable nouns and is very common in positive sentences (There are a lot of cars; I drink a lot of water). To talk about a small amount we use 'few' with countable nouns (few apples) and 'little' with uncountable nouns (little time). For example: 'We don't have much sugar and we only have a few eggs, so please buy some sugar and a lot of bread.'