Study the information about quantifiers and countable/uncountable nouns.
Quantifiers are words like little, few, plenty of.
They can combine with countable nouns, some with uncountable and some with both types.
1. Quantifiers + plural countable
Both
A few, few
Fewer
The fewest
a/the majority of
many
a minority of
a number of
2. Quantifiers + uncountable
An amount of
A bit of
A great deal of
A good deal of
(a) Little
Less
The least
Not much
3. Quantifiers + plural countable, uncountable
Some
Any
Enough
No, none of the
A lot of
Lots of
Hardly any
More/most
Plenty of
Any
Enough
No, none of the
A lot of
Lots of
Hardly any
More/most
Plenty of
4. Quantifiers + singular countable
All of the
Any/some
Each
Either
Every
Most of the
Neither
No, none of the
Examples:
I bought some books to read.
I bought a few apples to eat.
She had little time to do this project.