All / all of – most / most of – no / none of

Exercise 1 

Put in of where necessary. Leave the space empty if the sentence is already complete.

1) All ________ cars have wheels.

2) None ________ this money is mine.

3) Some ________ films are very violent.

4) Some ________ the films I've seen recently have been very violent.

5) Joe never goes to museums. He says that all ________ museums are boring.

6) I think some ________ people watch too much TV.

7) 'Do you want any ________ these magazines?' 'No, I've finished with them.'

8) Kate has lived in London most ________ her life.

9) Joe has lived in Chicago all ________ his life.

10) Most ________ days I get up before 7 o'clock.

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1)

1  –

2  of

3  –

4  of

5  –

6  –

7  of

8  of

9  – (of is also correct)

10  –

Exercise 2 

Choose from the list and complete the sentences. Use of (some of / most of etc.) where necessary.

accidents

birds

cars

European countries

her friends

her opinions

dinner

spare time

the buildings

the players

the population

these books


1) I haven't read many ________

2) All ________ have wheels.

3) I spend much ________ gardening.

4) Many ________ are caused by bad driving.

5) It's a historic town. Many ________ are over 400 years old.

6) When she got married, she kept it a secret. She didn't tell any ________

7) Not many people live in the north of the country. Most ________ live in the south.

8) Not all ________ can fly. For example, the penguin can't fly.

9) Our team played badly and lost the game. None ________ played well.

10) Emma and I have very different ideas. I don't agree with many ________

11) Sarah travels a lot in Europe. She has been to most ________

12) I had no appetite. I could only eat half ________.

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2)

1  of these books

2  cars

3  of spare time

4  accidents

5  of the buildings

6  of her friends

7  of the population

8  birds

9  of the players

10  of her opinions

11  European countries

12  (of) dinner

Exercise 3 

Use your own ideas to complete these sentences.

1) The building was damaged in the explosion. All ________ were broken.

2) We argue sometimes, but get on well most of ________ .

3) I went to the cinema by self. None of ________ wanted to come.

4) The test was difficult. I could only answer half ________

5) Some of ________ you took at the wedding were very good.

6) 'Did you spend all ________ I gave you?' 'No, there's still some left.'

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3)

1  the windows

2  the time

3   friends

4  (of) the questions

5  the pictures / the photos / the photographs

6  (of) the money

Exercise 4

Complete the sentences. Use:

all of / some of / none of + it/them/us (all of it / some of them etc.)

1) These books are all Jane's. ________ belong t o me.

2) How many of these books have you read?' ‘________ . Every one.'

3) We all got wet in the rain because ________ had an umbrella.

4) Some of this money is yours and ________ is mine.

5) I asked some people for directions, but ________ was able to help me.

6) She invented the whole story from beginning to end. ________ was true.

7) Not all the tourists in the group were Spanish. ________ were French.

8) I watched most of the film, but not ________ .

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4)

1  None of them

2  All of them

3  none of us

4  some of it

5  none of them

6  None of it

7  Some of them

8  all of it

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