Not all / None of the seats in the carriage were taken, and I sat down by the window
next to a man using a laptop.
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Is there less / fewer caffeine in green tea than in coffee?
9 We are trying to preserve few / the few remaining areas of rainforest in the country.
10 These old bookshelves will all be / all will be replaced by cupboards.
11 It takes me fewer / less than 30 minutes to walk to work.
12. When I was in hospital, Martha visited me each / every single day.
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13 Although the management said they were going to restructure the company, in fact,
they made a few / few changes.
14 Nowadays, nearly every / nearly each new car is fitted with airbags
15 When I got on, all of the / the whole bus seemed to be full of screaming schoolchildren.
16 Did your children all / all your children go to university?
17 Usually he records other people’s songs, but few / a few of the tracks on his latest
album he wrote himself.
18 The company has fewer / less than 20 employees.
EB complete the sentences using the pairs of words or phrases in the box.
many /alotof no/notany _ neither of /none-of
much /alot of not any of / none of — many / the many
1 a AXKLM flight from Amsterdam overshot the runway at Heathrow Airport
yesterday, but... . the crew or passengers was hurt.
b My parents came all the way to Sydney to see me, even though .......-@10.of..
them likes flying very much.
2 a When you’ in Prague, order a coffee in one of cafés around the
Old Town Square, and watch the world go by.
D_ Storms have been sweeping across... parts of the country overnight.
3 a Thope you like the present. I put...
effort into finding just the right
thing for you.
b Among linguists, there is .ssutsts debate about the origin of the word ‘quiz’.
4 a The new anti-malaria drug took.... w= Years to develop.
BP¥e got ..sssseststsnsie friends who live in London.
3 a’ The government has allocated two million euros to the project, but
the money has been spent yet.
b A: Have you been able to fix your car?
B: No. It’s... ...the usual problems, so I'll have to take it to the garage.
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