1. While you were on holiday, some thieves stole your wallet. You saw them, but they got away. Complete the description you gave to the police.
1) All __of them had fair hair. __
2) None __of them was older than forty. __
3) Both __(of) the men were wearing T-shirts. __
4) One __of the men had a shoulder bag. ___
5) All ________ .
6) None ________ .
7) Both ________ .
8) Both ________ .
9) Both ________ .
10) Neither ________ .
11) Neither ________ .
12) One ________ .
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5) All of them were wearing sandals.
6) None of them was wearing socks.
7) Both (of) the men had beards.
8) Both (of) the men had short hair.
9) Both (of) the men were wearing belts.
10) Neither of the men was wearing a hat.
11) Neither of the men was wearing a jacket.
12) One of the men had a newspaper.
2. Use the words in the first box to make true statements about the people in the second box.
(a) few (of) all (of) both (of) lots (of) most (of)
neither of none of one of some (of)
bands classmates cousins doctors friends grandfathers
neighbours parents politicians relatives students
1) Most of the students in class like rock music.
2) Both grandfathers were farmers.
3) One of the bands I like is touring this summer.
4) Few of friends wear high-heeled shoes.
5) _____
6) _____
7) _____
8) _____
9) _____
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5) None of friends lives in the country.
6) Lots of our neighbours have pets.
7) All politicians are ambitious.
8) Some of cousins are very silly.
9) Neither of parents enjoys noisy parties.
3. Complete the sentences using words from the box.
a few (of) all (of) any (of) each (of) few (of)
half (of) most (of) much (of) none (of)
1) It is widely believed that __all __ human beings are descended from one common ancestor.
2) When Ellie decided to sell her car, she phoned round her family and her friends. But ____________ them wanted to buy it, so she put an ad in the paper.
3) Do ____________ your colleagues give you birthday presents?
4) When rich uncle died, he left ____________ his fortune to his cat and the other half to a distant cousin! We had never expected to receive ____________ it, but we were disappointed that he hadn’t left ____________ it to us.
5) I think ____________ children enjoy going to funfairs, although I know ____________ who are frightened of the big rides.
6) We’ll have to work quickly because I haven’t got ____________ time.
7) Before mixing the cake, weigh ____________ ingredient precisely.
8) I’ll have to buy a new tie. ____________ the ones I’ve got matches this jacket.
9) _______ people enjoy housework, and I’m not one of them.
10) Brett lost his wallet, so he phoned ____________ the shops he’d visited. But he got the same answer from ____________ place. Unfortunately, ____________ their staff had found it.
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2) none of 3) any of
4) half (of) ___ all of ___ any of
5) most ___ a few 6) much 7) each
8) None of 9) Few
10) all (of) ___ each ___ none of
4. There are mistakes in all these sentences. Correct the sentences.
1) He shouted at all of students although most of us had done nothing wrong.
__all of the students __
2) You can’t borrow money from me because I have no.
3) What happens if anybody get left behind?
4) What a boring town! There are not good clubs, nothing!
5) He was lonely because he had a few friends.
6) I’ve wasted two hours because the whole information you gave me was wrong.
7) When I got on the plane, I was told I could have some seat in row because there were so few passengers on that flight.
8) Her problem is that she has much homework to do so she has very little time for socialising.
9) I feel so embarrassed that all know problem.
10) If I had lots of money I’d spend half it on a holiday and buy a house with the rest.
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2) I havenone / I haven’tgotany
3) if anybodygets left
4) There areno good clubs, nothing! or There aren’tany good clubs, nothing!
5) because he hadfew friends
6) because alltheinformation you gave me
7) I could have anyseat
8) she has somuch homework
9) embarrassed that everyone / everybodyknows problem
10) I’d spend halfofit
5. Choose the correct alternative.
The place where I grew up
Last week I visited the remote country village where I grew up, in a region now popular with tourists. I remembered the two old-fashioned shops and a number of old houses in the hills. I realised very quickly that although in (1) many / few ways it appears unchanged, in reality hardly (2) nothing / anything is the same.
(3) All / Every the traditional houses are there, of course, and (4) both / most the shops. But (5) none of the / none of houses are owned by residents. All of (6) they / them belong to city people, who arrive (7) every weekend / all the weekends in their noisy new cars.
(8) Neither of / Neither the shops sells local goods these days; they have expensive foreign food chosen by (9) somebody / anyone in an office (10) anywhere / somewhere who has (11) little / a little knowledge of the region.
There are (12) few / a few new houses too, and they have (13) no / none of local character. You can see the same style (14) anywhere / somewhere in Europe. In fact, (15) the whole / whole atmosphere of the village has changed so much that it is (16) any / no more interesting than any suburban street.
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2) anything 3) All 4) both
5) none of the 6) them
7) every weekend
8) Neither of
9) somebody
10) somewhere
11) little 12) a few 13) no
14) anywhere
15) the whole 16) no