UNIT 4 Quantifying Determiners TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

 

TOPICAL GRAMMAR PRACTICE

UNIT 4

Quantifying Determiners

EXERCISE A Choose the correct quantifying determiner and write its number in the brackets. Example   1 Would you like ___________ ketchup with your chips? (1) some (2) plenty (3) much (4) many 2 I haven't got ___________ pocket money left. (1) some (2) any (3) a little (4) many 3 How people ___________ are there in your family? (1) much (2) many (3) plenty (4) more 4 How ___________ does a new mountain bike cost? (1) much (2) many (3) plenty (4) more 5 Henry's very popular. He's got ___________ friends. (1) much (2) a few (3) plenty (4) a lot of 6 Jane: Are we going to be late? Betty: No, we've got ___________ of time. (1) much (2) many (3) plenty (4) more 7 Mum, you gave her ___________ meat than me! It’s not fair! (1) much (2) more (3) a lot of (4) plenty 8 I try and do ___________ piano practice every day. (1) more (2) less (3) a few (4) a little 9 I can speak ___________ Malay. (1) much (2) a little (3) a few (4) any 10 Don't try to do all your revision at once. It's better to do ___________ bit each evening. (1) a lot of (2) a few (3) a little (4) some 11 I don't want ___________ noodles, thank you. (1) a little (2) any (3) plenty (4) a few 12 We need extra chairs because there are ___________ people here than I thought. (1) more (2) less (3) many (4) much EXERCISE B Choose the correct quantifying determiner in brackets to fill in the gaps. Multi-racial life These days (1) ____________ (more / much) people are travelling than ever before, and (2) ____________ (more / much) people are going to different countries to live and work. (3) ____________ (Much / Many) cities have people from countries from all around the world. In some countries, the local people are from (4) ____________ (much / a lot of) different origins too. This makes life very interesting. If we live in a city or country with different people, we can learn (5) ____________ (a little / a few) of their language or about their culture. Even speaking only (6) ____________ (a little / a few) words helps people to get along together. There are (7) ____________ (many / plenty) of ways we can do this. We can learn from our friends or at school. Or we can find out about different languages and cultures from books or on the Internet. (8) ____________ (Some / Any) people who live in a multi-racial society are brought up to speak two or even (9) ____________ (more / less) languages. This is very helpful for their education. Life is more interesting when we have (10) ____________ (any / some) idea about how people live. Do you have (11) ____________ (much / some) friends from different countries or cultures? Can you speak (12) ____________  (some / much) words of their language? If you can, well done! EXERCISE C Choose the correct quantifying determiner in brackets to fill in the gaps. Helping others to help themselves There are (1) __________ (many / much) ways of helping other people. Some people don't have as (2) __________ (many / much) money as we do. Some people live in countries where there isn't (3) __________ (many / much) rain or there is (4) __________ (plenty / a lot of) disease. There are (5) __________ (plenty / a lot of) of organizations that try to help people who have(6) __________ (more / less) than us. And we can help those organizations. If we have (7) __________ (a few / a little) foreign coins left after a holiday in another country, we can put them in a special collection box in almost (8) __________ (some / any) international airport. We can go on sponsored walks or swims with (9) __________ (a few / a little) friends or our family and raise (10) __________ (any / some) money that way. Even (11) __________ (a little / a few) bit of money helps. The (12) __________ (more / less) people who help, the less other people will be hungry or die from disease.

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