‘Determiners and quantifiers
(>See Appendix 5 for information about subject-verb agreement when these and other
determiners and quantifiers are used.)
6 much, many, both, all, each, none, few, little + (of)
We usually need to put of after these words when they are followed by a pronoun, a
determiner or possessive form:
We know that not all of us will finish the course. Few of the runners were under 65.
Many of Alice's friends are runners,
Informally after both and all we can leave out of before the, these, those; this, that (with all);
possessive pronouns (e.g. my, mine) but not before them, you, us; it (with all):
Tve been running regularly all of my life. or I've been running regularly all my life
Both of us decided to do more exercise. (not Both-us-decided ...)
C Grammar exercises
EB bill in the gaps using the correct form of the verb in brackets to form either the present
simple or the present perfect. Sometimes both are possible.
1 Next week, my work colleagues are doing a bike ride across France for charity.
They won't cycle the whole way ~ they each.............40 (do) 30 kilometres a
day and follow by car the rest of the time. That’s just as well, because none of
them... (be) terribly fit. A number of people....
already agreed to sponsor them, and they hope to raise a lot of money.
2 I think that everything (be) now ready for the party. One of my
SIStEFS oo cssssesnnseees (Rave) organised the drinks, and each of the people coming
(have) agreed to bring some food.
I'm having trouble selling my house. Although a lot of interest ..
(have) been shown in it ~ P've had lots of phone calls and visitors ~ the majority
of potential buyers (seem) surprised at how small it is. And not
everybody ....... : ... (like) the fact that there’s no garden.
. (have)
we
B choose the correct option. Sometimes both are possible.
1 The nuclear power station is in an earthquake zone, and it’s worrying that there have
been a few / few minor tremors here in the last couple of months.
2 There were four candidates in the election and every / each got about 5000 votes.
3 We didn’t have snow once all / the whole winter.
4 The hurricane will go north of the city, so little / a little major damage is expected.
5 We were all / We all were astonished by her exam results.
6 She got a lot of feedback on the course, but all of it wasn’t / not all of it was positive.
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