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