Unit 4

Unit 4 Revision
1 Complete the sentences with these expressions of quantity.
a few a little a lot any few little no

1 No two music styles are ever completely the same.

2 Sadly, these young artists have little real hope of ever becoming successful.
3 Several visitors came to the exhibition twice, and a few even bought some artwork.
4 I’m afraid all the tickets for tonight’s performance have already been sold. There aren’t any left.
5 I believe there are few dancers as talented as Abbie. She deserves to have a successful career.
6 a lot of the anger expressed in rap music is the result of living in poverty in city streets.
7 You’re almost there. All you need is a little more practice and you’ll be ready to join the orchestra.

2 Circle the correct option.

1 Some / Several of the music on this album was written by my brother.
2 Only a small amount / number of music lovers go to concerts every week.
3 I have few / a few ideas I’d like to discuss with you. When can we meet?
4 We found much / loads of information about the summer festival in Melbourne.
5 There were hardly any / lack of visitors at the gallery today.
6 There is little / some time before the bus leaves, so you can visit the museum gift shop as well, if you’d like to.
7 I like several / only a bit of the paintings here. Who is the artist?

3 Choose the correct option (a, b or c) to complete the sentences.

1 the boys were selected by the choreographer.
a  Each of b  Either of c  Both of
2 Not all graffiti is art.
a each b every c all
3 Can both you play the guitar and sing?
a either b both c either of
4 Of course I’m excited! It’s not every day that I get to interview a world-famous pop star!
a each b every c all
5 Didn’t you take any photos of the sculptures?
a no b either c any
6 I was so annoyed during the film. A couple sitting right behind us kept talking the whole time!
a the whole b all c every
7 In certain cities, contemporary artworks have been installed in the squares and parks.
a few b certain c each
8 We go to a lot of exhibitions, but neither of us is very fond of abstract art.
a neither b either c both

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Unit 4
Unit 4 Revision
4 Complete the sentences with all, any, both, each, either, neither and whole. Some words may be used more than once.
1 Unfortunately neither song sold many copies.
2 Do you really know all the band members personally? That’s amazing!
3 My whole family came to see me perform. Yes, all four of my sisters were there!
4 A: Did you get the leaflets?
B: No, there weren’t any .
5 A: So,
both Johnnie and his brother have won music awards?
B: Yes, isn’t that cool? Of course, all performs their own music style.
6 We can either go to that art gallery or take a tour of the city today.

5 Underline the mistake in each sentence and then correct it.

1 Each the artists will exhibit their work in our gallery next month. Each of the
2 There weren’t not enough visitors to continue with the performance. There were not
3 Did you spend the whole of your money on those sketches? your whole money
4 Every music is worth listening to at least once, don’t you think? - - - - - - - - - - - -
5 A large amount of people bought tickets for the concert. a lot of people
6 We can neither go tomorrow or the day after – you choose. we can either

6 Complete the text with these words.

amount bit enough lack majority much of no plenty

There is no 1  lack of talent in this new exhibition of artwork by students at Greenwing Art C
­ ollege;
2
  much of the work is interesting and beautifully presented. And there is no question that a huge
3  amount of time and effort has gone into putting it together, so why is it a bit disappointing? For me, it’s
because we don’t see 4  enough really original or contemporary work. There are 5  plenty of paintings
but there are almost 6  no installations or video works or even sculptures. I would like to have seen a
7  bit of passion and some more experimental works. I felt that the 8  majority of the artworks here
could have been created twenty years ago by their parents’ generation.

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