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Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Remember to use “of” where necessary.

all any each few many most no some

We enjoyed the Kandinsky exhibition. the pictures were painted by the Russian artist.
There are boys in the school choir, only girls.
We had dinner before we went out as we would be getting home late.
They aren’t a successful band. people have heard of them.
I saw the film, but I missed the end because my friend phoned me.
The teacher read poem carefully before deciding which one should win the poetry competition.
They didn’t go to the festival because they didn’t know the bands.
They didn’t sing songs from their new album, only the title track.

Complete the text with “a / an”, “the”, or no article (-).

This man is inside (1) cave. He’s (2) professional caver, but he’s still feeling nervous. Why? Because (3) cave is much bigger than it looks. In fact, it’s (4) deepest cave in the world. It’s called (5) Krubera Cave, and it’s near (6) Black Sea. It is (7) only cave on Earth that is more than 2 km deep. Caves like this are fascinating places for (8) explorers because there are always new parts to discover. In 2005, (9) Ukrainian caver called Alexander Klimchouk organised (10) expedition into the cave. (11) expedition involved 56 people and went deeper than 2 km. In 2012, a Ukrainian diver called Gennady Samokhin went even deeper by diving down through the muddy water at (12) bottom.

Complete the dialogue with indefinite pronouns.

Liz: I’ve been thinking about the holidays. Let’s go (1) different this year.

Phil: Were you thinking of (2) in particular?

Liz: Well, (3) at work went to Monte Carlo last year. She said it was great!

Phi: But (4) in Monte Carlo is so expensive! We can’t afford a holiday.

Liz: You said the same last year and we did (5) all summer. I don’t know (6) except us who spend their holidays in their garden!

Phil: Well, if you can think of (7) cheap to do, I’ll agree to it.

Liz: (8) says that camping is cheap.

Phil: OK. Let’s go and buy a tent.

Complete the article with indefinite pronouns.

Low-cost flights may mean you can go away (1) exciting for the same price as it costs to stay at home, but there is another side to the story. Every time (2) takes a return flight from London to New York, about 1.2 tonnes of carbon dioxide is produced. You can’t travel (3) by plane without contributing to global warming.

So, can (4) be done to solve the problem? Currently, governments seem to be doing almost (5) to control the carbon emissions from aircraft. (6) has managed to discover an alternative fuel to kerosene yet. Governments need to do (7) to stop the damage airlines are causing. Relying on individuals to limit the flights they take is not the answer. There isn’t (8) who would choose a train over a plane when they have to travel over 1,000 km to a business meeting or a family wedding.

One thing is clear. If the issue of aircraft carbon emissions is not addressed, there will soon be (9) attractive to fly to.

Complete the sentences with a/an, the or – (no article).

film we just watched must be worst I’ve seen!
She works as volunteer, helping elderly.
Although I don’t generally like cats, I like one next door.
Just put shopping on table over there, will you?
We met family from Caribbean at the carnival.
first camping trip I went on wasn’t in Europe.
My dad’s got new job, but job is in another city.
I’ve got idea: why don’t we get takeaway later?

Complete the sentences with the words below. There are two extra words.

both

few

many

none

one

It was a pretty boring party as there were so people there.
Dan got every of the answers right in yesterday’s homework.
I only have little cash – could you lend me some?
She tried on five pairs of shoes, but of them fitted.
‘Would you prefer orange or apple juice?’ ‘I don’t mind – I like of them.’
The forecast says there’ll be sunshine today.

Complete the text with one word in each gap.

In (1) recent survey, two thousand British men and women were asked about their friendships. (2) women turned out to be twice as good at making friends for life, with one in three saying that their best friend was someone they had met at school. In contrast, only one in six men were best friends with (3) school friend. Although the men had between fifty and a hundred Facebook friends and fifty friends’ numbers in their phones, they only had a (4) close friends – on average, about five. (5) sexes admitted that there was at least one person in their friendship group that they couldn’t stand; although not quite as (6) men as women confessed to this, it was still a surprising 13%! (7) survey concluded that all (8) us can expect to have fewer close friends as we get older, with only about three by the time we retire.

Complete the text with a, an, the or nothing (-), if no article is required.

Although (1) British are more health-conscious than they used to be, many of them still like to eat (2) bacon for breakfast once or twice (3) week. But most are unaware that there is (4) unusual custom surrounding bacon. (5) custom is known to date back hundreds of years to (6) 13th century or even earlier.

According to tradition, (7) married couple could win a large piece of bacon if they could prove to a judge that they had not regretted their marriage or had (8) argument for at least (9) year and (10) day. In one town, Dunmow, (11) couple had to kneel on sharp stones and say (12) special poem which ended with the lines: ‘For this is our custom at Dunmow well known, Though the pleasure be ours, the bacon’s your own.’ After (13) poem, there was a noisy parade around town. Dunmow claims to be the only town in (14) Britain which still continues (15) tradition to this day.

Complete the sentences with few, a few, little or a little.

Your homework would be better if you spent more time on it.
These days, there are so opportunities to escape from technology.
I’ve invited Claudia to the party, but frankly there’s chance she’ll come.
Anna is spending the weekend with of her friends from school.
As the detective was leaving the room, he noticed blood on the wall.
Soya beans contain a lot of protein and very fat.
Many people start writing a novel, but people actually finish.
My grandmother spent years in India when she was a child.

Add of to these sentences only when it is necessary in order to make the sentence correct.

I gave Christmas presents to all my friends.
Lions spend much their time sleeping.
Both his sisters went to this school.
Each us understood how serious the situation was.
It was so hot that I spent the whole night awake.
Are many your friends going to university?

Complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first sentence. Use the words in brackets.

We didn’t see any polar bears in Alaska. (no)

We in Alaska.

There were very few people in the square. (any)

There in the square.

He gave each of the children a copy of his new book. (every)

He gave of his new book.

We couldn’t eat all of the cake – it was huge! (whole)

We couldn’t it was huge!

He spent most of his holiday in bed with sunstroke. (nearly)

He spent in bed with sunstroke.

Complete the sentences below using the words in brackets. Decide whether or not to use the, or whether to use the plural?

The main advantage of is that it offers us educational and recreational programs adapted to all ages and conditions. (internet)
Changing the course of would cause serious environmental damage to the whole valley. (river)
Life in Is very different from life in my country. (America)
According to the charts, of people killed in traffic accidents fell in the previous year. (number)
Production is down by 80% from period last year. (same)
The prime minister is comparing the UK economy with those of the rest of the G7 advanced economies – Cana, France, Germany, Italy, Japan and (USA)
The graph shows that decrease occurred in 1999. (greatest)
travels around at a speed of 3700 kilometers per hour. (moon, earth)

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Complete the sentences with the words in the box. Remember to use “of” where necessary.

all any each few many most no some

We enjoyed the Kandinsky exhibition. All of the pictures were painted by the Russian artist.
There are no boys in the school choir, only girls.
We had some dinner before we went out as we would be getting home late.
They aren’t a successful band. Few people have heard of them.
I saw most of the film, but I missed the end because my friend phoned me.
The teacher read each poem carefully before deciding which one should win the poetry competition.
They didn’t go to the festival because they didn’t know any of the bands.
They didn’t sing many songs from their new album, only the title track.