QUANTIFIERS.

PRACTISE

I- Fill in the blanks in the following sentences with the most appropriate quantifiers. ( some, any, much, many,….)

1.  How…………………..stars are there on the American flag?

2.  There is …………..work to be done.

3.  Have you got…………….pets?

4.  He spends ……………money on clothes.

5.  Jake Bidwell turned up at Pearl's house with………………other men.

6.  She knew that the black man would have virtually …………….chance of survival in their hands.

7.  When she put an ear to the wood, she could not hear ……………sound.

8.  If he attacked her, there was very …………… she could do.

9.  ……………woman in her position would have been afraid of the men.

10.  She took no money although she knew she'd certainly need……………………

II- Complete with little, a little, few, a few.

1.  I'm very busy at the moment, I have……………….time to read.

2.  There's ………………jelly left. Do you want it?

3.  Owing to the rain, ……………people attended the open-air ceremony.

4.  You can see the play if you like, there are still …………….seats left.

5.  I'm afraid he's making ……………….progress.

III- Complete with both, any, no, none, either, neither.

1.  They have two sons, I don't know…………………of them.

2.  They are both Welsh but…………….of them can speak Welsh.

3.  He's been unemployed for a year, he's ready to do …………….job.

4.  Several of Bach's sons were composers but ……………..of them was as great a musician as their father.

5.  You can take……………bus, they both go to Piccadilly Circus.

6.  There's ……………….sugar left. Could you buy some, please?

7.  My brothers and I are all fond of chess. ………………..of us likes cards.

8.  They were…………..born on the same day but they are not twins.

IV- Rewrite the following, translating the passages in brackets.

1; All the guests had fun but only ( peu d'entre eux)……………………………had champagne.

2. (Tous)………………came and brought presents.

3. The passengers rescued were rushed to hospital and ( chacun d'entre eux)……………………was given a check-up.

4. I haven't met all our customers but I've dealt with ( quelques uns)……………………….

5.  I doubt whether ( quelqu'un)……………………could have broken the record.

6. ( Aucun) ……………….film has ever moved me so much.

V-Translate into English.

1.  Il nous reste peu d'argent.

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

2.  Combien de bagages emportez-vous?

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

3.  Certains étudiants apprennent l'allemand, d'autres l'espagnol. très peu apprennent le russe.

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

4.  La plupart de mes voisins ont un ordinateur.

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

5.  Lequel de ces deux gâteaux veux-tu? N'importe lequel.

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

6.  Combien de gens y avait-il? Il y avait peu de gens. Il n'y avait presque personne.

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

7.  Bois autant de lait que tu veux mais ne mange pas trop de fruits.

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

8.  La plupart des gens pensaient que ce serait un bon président.

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

9.  Ils sont fous tous les deux. Ni l'un ni l'autre ne se conduit raisonnablement.

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

10.  Aucun de leurs amis ne les a aidés.

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….

11.  Tu as lu ce livre en entier?

Ø  ……………………………………………………………………………………………….