4D Quantity

1 Read the text and cross out the one incorrect option in each sentence or phrase.

I don’t have 1a lot of / many / much friends, but the ones that I do have are very kind to me. Last year,
when my family was having 2a few / any / some problems, my friends secretly arranged a short holiday for
me and my sister. We went to a luxury hotel, where we ate 3loads of / some / enough delicious food, and
went for 4some / much / several long walks in the country. The hotel was amazing – 5all / most / any of
the furniture was antique, and there were stunning views of the countryside from 6each / neither / every
window. It was out of season, so there were 7very few / less / hardly any other people there. We spent
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half of / the whole / half a week there and felt completely relaxed when we finally came home.

2 Complete the sentences with the words below.

any both every fewer good deal of hardly little more most neither none some

1 I’ve got two brothers, but of them lives in the UK. One lives in Egypt and the other lives
in Japan.
2 We haven’t got fruit – can you buy at the supermarket, please?
3 I want person in this room to raise their hand.
4 There is any money in my purse – I can’t pay for this food.
5 my mother and my father love cooking. They prepare amazing meals.
6 I’ve got very time to revise before my exams. I’m really worried.
7 A houses in this area are worth more than €500,000.
8 of the students in my class understand this homework. It’s impossible!
9 I wish there were cars on the roads. The traffic is awful!
10 of my time is spent dealing with my sister’s problems. I wish had
time for myself.

3 SPEAKING   Work in small groups. Complete the sentences with your own ideas. Then compare your sentences.
1 Every one of my friends …
2 None of the people I know …
3 A good deal of the TV programmes that I watch …
4 Hardly any of the students at my school / college …
5 There is very little … in my …

Every one of my friends knows that I can’t stand chocolate.

None of the people I know watched that film last night.

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   4D  Quantity
Aims:  To review and practise the use of articles and
quantifiers.
Time:  10–15 minutes
Materials:  One handout for each student

Exercise 1
• Give each student a handout and ask them to read
through the whole text first for gist. Ask some general
comprehension questions if necessary: Why did the
writer’s friends arrange a holiday? (because the writer’s
family was having problems) Were there many people at
the hotel? (no) Did the writer enjoy the holiday? (yes)
• Students work individually to cross out the incorrect
options. Check that they realise that two out of the
three options are correct.
• Students can check their answers in pairs first before
checking the answers as a class.
KEY
1  much  2  any  3  enough  4  much  5  any  
6  neither  7  less  8  half of

Exercise 2
• Students work individually or in pairs to complete the
sentences with the correct words. Remind them to think
about whether the nouns are countable or countable.
• Check answers with the class.
KEY
1  neither  2  any, some   3  every  4  hardly  5  Both  
6  little  7  good deal of   8  None  9  fewer  
10  most, more

Exercise 3
• Students complete the sentences with their own ideas
and then compare their sentences in groups. Ask two
students to read out the example sentences and elicit a
couple of alternatives before students then go on to use
their own ideas.
• Monitor and check that students are using the articles
and quantities correctly.

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