Exercise 9
Complete the sentences with 'some', 'any', 'none', 'most', 'much' with or without “of”
1. We all got wet last night because___had an umbrella.
2. They got married but kept it a secret. They didn't tell___their friends about it.
3. Have__tea.
4. Would you like to buy___cake?
5. Would you like___this cake?
6. This is a very old town.____buildings are over 800 years old.
7. Jim had a lot of money last year. He spent____it on a new car.
8. When the post arrived, she looked through it hopefully but___letters was for
her.
9.___enjoy talking about themselves.
10.___the people who wanted to see the match were disappointed.
11.I know____the people in our street.
12. A lot of people were interested in the job, but the manager interviewed only____them.
13. ___the people at the party were very friendly.
14.__people like music.
15.__students have complained about the canteen, in
16.___my students complained about the canteen.
17. I spend__my spare time gardening.
18. Did you take all these photographs?-__them/
19.I think fishing for sport is wrong, but___people would disagree.
20. I'll be happy to answer____your questions.
21. He gets on with___people.
22.___this money is mine.
23.___the people on the train had no tickets.
24. How__milk is there in the pan? - ___.
25. How__ the milk have you used? - __it.
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Exercise 10
Put in 'they' 'this', 'that', 'nothing', 'something'' “anyone” or 'no one'.
MY BEST PERFORMANCE
Everyone has studied subjects at school which ___ weren't very good at. __ can
claim that some subjects aren't harder for them than others, however clever__
are. I've never met___who's__clever. My weakest subject at school was
certainly chemistry. I learnt formulas and experiments by heart, but there was___I could do to improve my performance. 'Is __the best you can do?1 my chemistry teacher would say after every test he set us. 'It's time you did ___about _subject!"! really do try, sir!' I would answer. Before my last chemistry exam, I made a big effort. 'I can't do better than __' I said to my teacher as I handed him my paper. 'It was my best performance.' Two weeks later I got my report and eagerly looked up my chemistry marks. I had got 8%! I couldn't believe it! 'Is'__all I got, sir?' I asked. 'I'm afraid so, 'my teacher said. 'Of course, 4% was for neatness!'
Put in 'some', 'any', 'no' or '-'
' CAUSE FOR ALARM!
''.......... Children and2.............. grown-ups must do their best to keep the world clean,' Mr. Fox said to his class. 'Sometimes we see 3..............rubbish in the streets and we must pick it up. Sometimes we eat4..............sweets and we must put the wrappings in the bin. We must all work together so there's5..............rubbish in the world. Never throw6..............plastic into the sea! There's 7.............. tar on the beaches. There's 8.............. oil in the sea. If we pour9.............. poison into our rivers, I0..............fish die. This is called "..............pollution. This weekend, see if you can find 12..............examples of pollution and write l3..............sentences about it.' Jimmy looked very worried when he went home. On Monday, he handed in his composition. 'Yesterday we had 14..............sardines for lunch. Mummy opened the tin, but all the fish were dead and the tin was full of oil!"