Choose the bold words that best fits each of the following sentences.

1. Can you post this letter for me/myself, please?

2. All my friends were away, I was bored, and I just didn’t know what to do with myself/me.

3. We put the voice recorder on the table between ourselves/us.

4. They dragged the tree behind themselves/them all the way to the trailer.

5. Now that you’re a famous actor, you must hear a lot about yourself/you in the media.

6. He ought to be ashamed of himself/him, being rude to his parents like that.

7. She should take care of herself/her better.

8. I opened the window in front of myself/me and took a deep breath of fresh air.

Correct these sentences.

1. All of chocolate comes from cocoa beans.

2. Both of ordinary and white chocolate are made from cocoa butter.

3. There are very few people who like neither them.

4. I have no particular preference. I’ll eat the either.

5. Yesterday, in fact, I ate all a 400 gm bar.

6. My friends bet me I couldn’t eat it whole.

7. Chocolate is eaten all over the whole America.

8. All the people love chocolate.

9. For everything we know, chocolate may be the elixir of life.

10. Much of the Holland is below the sea level.

11. Not many of people know much about him.

12. Don’t worry: we have little lime left before we have to leave.

13. The most of people complain about the weather here.

14. A quite few people came to his party.

15. He’s had very much good luck in his life.

16. I’ve been to visit him many the time.

17. We’ve put in good many hours to get this work finished.

Choose the better underlined alternative. Sometimes both are possible.

1. Have you heard any/some news today at all?

2. The news should be on any/some minute now.

3. I’d like to be a newsreader some/any day.

4. I’m not sure this one is any/some improvement on the others.

5. She appears to be having some/any difficulty reading her auto cue.

6. In fact she’s getting anywhere/nowhere.

7. If she gets any/some worse, they’ll have to sack her.

8. Why doesn’t she do anything/something else?

9. Aren’t there any/some other jobs she could do better?

10. Any/Some old job would do, I’d have thought.

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11. Though I reckon few if any/some employers would look on her favorably after this.

ALL WHOLE NONE NO BOTH NEITHER EITHER

Life has slowly changed for the (1) ______ of our family. We were (2) ______ very close once, my wife
and

I and our two daughters. Aged 12 and 11, they were (3) ______ angels, keen, enthusiastic,
communicative,

(4) ______ of them, nearly (5) ______ the time. When we meet up nowadays, (6) ______ of us feels that

comfortable. Oh yes, there are a few moments when we (7) ______ hug and ask each other for an
update.

Then when we (8) ______ sit down to either lunch or dinner – (9) ______ of my daughters seems very
keen

to eat at the same time as us anyway – (10) ______ of us seems to have that much to say. (11) ______
my

daughters resent questions about their activities and I can’t ask (12) ______ of them about their current

boyfriends without (13) ______ of them ganging up on me and telling me to be quiet. On the (14)
______, I

find eating while watching a soap with them the best way out.
(15) ______ of the girls seems at all interested in what (16) ______ my wife or I is doing. (17) ______ I
can

say is that life was much easier and more comfortable when (18) ______ of them could utter anything
more

than ‘goo-goo’ and ‘da-da’ and (19) ______ my wife and I could settle down for a meal without feeling

strangers in our own home. I suppose that time and tide wait for (20) ______ man.

EACH EVERY ALL WHOLE NONE NO

I was telling you about my family, wasn't I? It seems that not (1) ______ family is having the same
problems.

Since last week, I have spoken to nearly (2) ______ my colleagues and (3) ______ other one says that (4)

______ is sweetness and light in their family. (5) ______ of them – the (6) ______ family – sit down and
(7)

______ of them takes turns to say something about what they’re doing or have been doing and nearly
(8)

______ other member of the family hangs on their (9) ______ word. There’s (10) ______ aggression;
(11)

______ of the others shows anything but total interest in the others’ (12) ______ story. (13) ______ of
them

takes his or her turn and (14) ______ of them listen - (15) ______ of them resents it. (16) ______ I can
say is,

they’re lucky. Almost (17) ______ meal we have together is spoilt because there’s (18) ______ contact
with

anyone else and (19) ______ of us remains a little island. (20) ______ wonder my daughters don't come
and

visit very often.

OTHER ANOTHER OTHERS OTHER’S.

Left-handedness is a fascinating phenomenon unless you are trying to undo a knot that a left-handed
person
has tied the (1) ______ way round. It is surprising that left-handers have not protested more about how
the

physical world has been constructed around the ‘(2) ______ lot’. Though the days have gone when
children

were forced to change to the (3) ______ way, we still don't make enough concessions. Surely lefties
should

be encouraged to greet one (4) ______ by shaking the (5) ______ left hand. Why don't they always stick
out

their left hand anyway and surprise all us (6) ______ once in a while? I’ve seen some lefties writing like
crabs

and producing handwriting from (7) ______ planet and I’ve seen (8) ______ who produce better writing
than

any (9) ______ person I know. And (10) ______ thing: why don't left-handed waiters tease us by laying
the

table ‘back to front’? They’ve as much right as the right-handers.