Practice and Improve Your Grammar part 1

Exercise 12. Complete each sentence with a meaning similar to the sentence above it.

1All he houses on the small island were painted different colours. Every ……….

2There won't be a lot of cars on the road to the airport tonight, will

there?

How much ……….

3No two snowflakes are the same. Each ……….

4Most of the runners completed the race. A few ……….

5They didn't clean any windows yesterday. None ……….

Exercise 13. Using a dictionary if necessary, complete these sentences with the adjectives and quantifiers.

vague	valuable	versatile	vigilant voracious
a lot	a lot of any	many	much

1People who are ………. are able to do ………. different things well.

2If things are ………., they're very important or worth ………. money.

3 Anyone or anything with a ………. appetite is capable of	eating
………. .

4A ………. statement is one that isn't clear or doesn't give ……….

information.

5Being ………. means paying attention to what is happening and watching fоr ………. signs of trouble or danger.

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Exercise 14. Editing. Correct the ten mistakes in this text.

An embarrassing moment for me was when I was visiting one my friends from school. I was trying to help my friend Carrie with some the housework she had to do on Saturday morning. She gave me a basket of towels and told me to put them in the washing machine and add little soap powder. When I shook the box, none the soap powder would come out. So I shook it few more times and suddenly quite a lot the powder poured into the machine. I didn't know what to do about that, so I just closed the lid and started the machine. After about ten minute, I went back to the kitchen to get something and most the floor was covered in soap suds bubbling out of the washing machine. There were even several of small bubbles floating in the air. It was a big mess and I knew it was all my fault so I was really embarrassed. Luckily Carrie thought it was funny. It took us a half of the morning to clean up all the mess.

Some and any, no and none

Exercise 15. Write the numbers of appropriate examples in the spaces.

Some and any

We use some and any with plural and uncountable nouns (..) or as pronouns (..) to talk about an indefinite number or amount. We can also use some and any with of-phrases when we are talking about something specific (..).

1Some students don't get any homework. • I wish I had some money. • Do you have any matches?

2I love seashells. I was hoping to find some on the beach but I didn't see

any.

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3Some of the new teachers have already arrived. Have you met any of them yet?

We use some in positive sentences (..) and in questions or offers expecting positive answers (..).

4Did you get some new furniture? • Can I borrow some paper? • Would you like some tea?

5Some trees stay green all year. • We have some friends in Rome. • Let's get some blueberries.

We use any in sentences with a negative element (..). We also use any in questions when no specific answer is expected (..), in if-clauses (..) and when we mean 'it doesn't matter which one' (..).

6Do Mr and Mrs Young have any children? • Is there any food left? • Are there any questions?

7Annie can't eat any milk products. • We never have any free time. • He denied any wrongdoing.

8Any piece of paper will do. • Any doctor knows that. • Call any time after eight.

9If there are any problems, give me a call. • I asked her if she had any

money.

We can use some when we want to talk in a vague way about a large amount or number (..), an approximate number or percentage (..) or a person, place, or thing whose identity is unknown (..).

10It will take some time to recover. • They have known about the problem for some years now.

11He now lives in some village in Wales. • There was some woman here asking about you.

12That was some twenty years ago. • Some fifty percent of working women don't want children.

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No and none

We can use no and none to emphasize 'not any' (..). We use no rather than not any before subject nouns (..).

13 There aren't any farms left in that area. -> There are no farms left. • There are none left.

14 No explanation was given. • No dogs are allowed. (NOT Not any dogs are allowed.)

We use no before singular and plural nouns (..). We use none as a pronoun and with of-phrases (..).

15 I had six phone messages, but none from Mr Blake. None of them seemed very urgent.

16 When my parents were young, they had no television and no video games so they read books.

Exercise 16. Choose an ending (a–f) for each beginning (1–6) and add any, some or no.

1	I don't know what Brian does with all his money. (...)	a	I'll bring ….. .
2	I hope you'll be careful when you're using the paint.	b	I'm afraid there's
	(...)		….. milk.
3	Do you mind having black coffee today? (...)	с	He never has ….. .
4	You have to pick a number between one and ten. (...)	d	So I missed ….. of
5	I think we'll probably need paper plates and napkins.		it.
	(...)	e	Choose ….. of
6	The concert was good, but I couldn't stay to the end.		them.
	(...)	f	Don't spill ….. .

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Exercise 17. Rewrite these sentences, adding some and any. Make any other necessary changes.

Example: Have you had news from your family in Prague? I heard that areas were badly flooded.

Have you had any news from your family in Prague? I heard that some areas were badly flooded.

1There was woman here yesterday asking if we had old clothes, but I told her we had not them. …..

2Information in that newspaper article was incorrect. There isn't wolf or bears in Scotland. …..

3I've managed to find dry paper to start a fire, but I can't light it. Don't you have match? …..

4I'm sure I made mistake when I was typing. If you find mistake, please correct them. …..

Exercise 18. Complete these sentences (from an article on student life) with any (×4), no (×3) or some (×3).

Did you know that (l) ….. thirty percent of students have to leave university, not because they can't cope with their studies, but because they simply can't afford it?

In one survey, researchers found that students cited '(2) ….. money' more often than (3) ….. other reason such as 'courses too difficult' for ending their studies.

During interviews with the researchers, (4) ….. of these former students said that they had tried to do part-time jobs after classes, but they had discovered that they didn't have (5) ….. time or they had (6) ….. energy left for study when they finished their jobs at night.

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When the researchers asked these students if they had received financial support from their parents, (7) ….. said they had, but the majority said they hadn't received (8) ….. .Most of those interviewed said they had (9) ….. plans to return to university (10) ….. time soon.

Exercise 19. Using a dictionary if necessary, complete these sentences with the quantifiers and adjectives.

any some (x2) no (x2) none (x2)

dead empty extinct scoreless uninhabited

1I went to get those ….. boxes from the back of the bookshop, but someone else had taken the whole stack. There were left.

2Morgan Island is ….. now. At one time there were ….. twenty fishing families who lived on the rocky island during the summer months, but nowadays there are ….. .

3There may still be ….. red squirrels in the forests of Scotland, but there aren't ….. left in England. They are certainly ….. in the southern parts of England.

4The last England-Sweden game had a lot of great football, but ….. goals, ending in a ….. draw.

5Latin is considered a ….. language in the sense that there is ….. population of speakers who learn it as their first language.

Exercise 20. Rewrite these sentences, adding some or any, and making any other necessary changes.

1I really like to take home chocolates and I was looking for in the airport, but I couldn't find. ……….

2We didn't have milk so Francis had to go to the shop to get. ……….

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3I tried to get cash from friends of mine, but they wouldn't lend me.

……….

4If you could have painting by artist in history, which one would you choose? ……….

5Was there part you didn't understand ? Is there question? ……….

Exercise 21. Complete these sentences with some or any plus of (the) where necessary.

1 We all tried to do it without ………. assistance, but ………. us found it hard. 2 I was hoping to get ………. stamps from Douglas, but he didn't have

………. .

3I don't think ………. them have finished yet, but ………. first group may be done soon.

4Ronnie Doyle grew up in ………. remote area of Ireland and so he never received ………. kind of training that other young athletes get at an early age.

Exercise 22. Complete these sentences with any, no or none (of).

1I said that ………. taxi would do, but they insisted there were ……….

available.

2Esther is shy, she has ………. friends and ………. the other girls play

with her.

3At first he offered ………. apology, but later he said he was sorry if lie had caused ………. problems.

4………. English teams have beaten ………. European teams this year and so ………. them win be in the finals.

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Exercise 23. Choose the best answer (a–f) for each question (1–6) and add some, any, по or none.

1	Can I have … juice? (...)
2	Weren't … of the leathers there? (...)

3Didn't they want … water? (...)

4Do you have … change? (...)

5 Didn't they have … beer at all? (...) 6 Would you like … tea? (...)

aSorry, I d on t have … .

bNo thanks, I've already had … .

сI'm sorry but there's … left.

dThey had absolutely … .

eNo, … of them were thirsty.

fWell, I phoned, but there was … answer.

All and both, half and whole

All and both

We use all before plural nouns and uncountable nouns to make very general statements (1) and all (of) before determiners plus nouns to make more specific statements (2).

1All cars have brakes. • All students must wear uniforms. • All information is confidential.

2All (of) these cars are for sale. • All (of) the information you asked for is on our web site.

We use all of (not all) before pronouns (3). We use everyone/everything rather than all by itself (4).

3Did you write down their phone numbers? ~ No, not all of them. (NOT

all them)

4Everyone laughed at his jokes. • Everything was a mess. (NOT All was

a mess)

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We use both instead of all or both of instead of all of when we talk about two things or people.

5Use both hands to hold it. • Both (of) my brothers are older than me. • Both of them live in London.

We can use all and both for emphasis after subjects and pronoun objects

(6)or after auxiliary verbs and be (7).

6The men all agreed to wait. • Tim explained it all. • We both need a holiday. • I like them both.

7We had all heard about the two Williams sisters. They were both very

talented.

Half and whole

We use half before determiners (8) or between determiners and nouns (9) to talk about measured amounts. We sometimes use half (of) when we are talking about approximately half (10).

8A pint is more than half a litre. • Well be there in half an hour. (NOT half of an hour)

9Get a half litre if you can. • A half hour should be long enough. (NOT a half of hour)

10I've only answered half (of) the questions. • I lost half (of) my money. • Take half (of) this pie.

We use half of before pronouns: I can't eat half of it. (NOT I can't eat half it) We use whole between a determiner and a singular noun (11) and the whole of before determiners, pronouns and proper nouns for places (12) to

emphasize a full or complete amount.

11The whole area had changed. • I can't eat a whole pie! • The woman told us her whole life story.

12I spent the whole of this past weekend in bed. • The strike is affecting

the whole of France.

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Exercise 24. Choose an answer (a–d) for each question (1–4) and add all, both, half or whole.

1	How much longer will the rain last? (...)	a	You can have ….. of them for
2	How much is sixteen ounces? (...)		£5.
3	How much are those two books? (...)	b	It might go on like this for the
4	How much money did he lose? (...)		….. week.
		с	…..of it, so he's penniless now.
		d	I think it's almost ….. a kilo.

Exercise 25. Write one of these quantifiers in each space. Add of where necessary.

all (×2)

both (×2)

half no none one (×2)

whole

Nowadays, (1) ….. young girls can play football if they want to. When I was young, I really wanted to play football, but (2) ….. girls were allowed to in my school. In fact, (3) ….. the girls was allowed to play any' boys' sports'. It was just (4) ….. the rules. I learned about the game from my father and my uncle.

(5) ….. them had been football players and they often watched games on TV. I knew that (6) ….. teams in a match started with eleven players and (7) ….. them had special positions. I learned that that there was a break after forty-five minutes, when (8) ….. the game was over and that 'full time' meant the (9) ….. game was finished. It was fun to watch, but I would rather have been (10) ….. the players.

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