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• HELP WITH GRAMMAR II a Choose the correct words.
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• Quantifiers 1 All of my friends have/has experienced age discrimination.
a Look at the quantifiers in bold in the article. 2 No/None of my friends are over twenty-five.
Answer these questions. 3 Every room/rooms in my home gets a lot of light.
1 Which quantifiers refer to two things or people? 4 I've got none/no free time this week.
2 Which refer to more than two things or people? 5 I go to the gym all/every week.
3 Which quantifier can refer to two or more things 6 Both of/Each of my parents work.
or people? 7 In this class every/all of the students have an
English dictionary.
b Look at the underlined quantifiers in the article,
which all refer to a zero quantity. Answer these a No one is/are missing from class today.
questions. 9 Everyone in this class travel/travels home by
public transport.
1 Which quantifier refers to two things or people?
2 Which refer to more than two things or people? b Work in pairs. Compare answers. Then decide which
of the sentences in 4a are true for you or your class.
c Look at the words/phrases in pink in the article.
Then choose the correct words in these rules.
a Read what Maggie says about her sons, Gavin and
1 Every and each are followed by a singular/plural Bradley. Fill in the gaps with these words/phrases.
countable noun.
2 Both of, neither of, either of, any of, all of and none every (x2) no one anything all none of
of are followed by: the, my, etc. + a singular/plural all of either of neither everyone no both of
countable noun (or the pronouns you, us or them).
3 No is always followed by a noun/pronoun. I think 1 _ children should help in the home, but
2 other parent I know complains that they get
d Look at the verbs in blue in the article. Then 3 _ help from their kids. 4 their kids will
complete these rules with singular or plural. help with housework, but my two sons will do almost
5 I ask them to do! They even take our two dogs
• Everyone, every, no one, each and anything are
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for a walk
followed by a verb form. www.english0905.com evening and because 7 my
husband nor I get home before 6 p.m. 8 the boys
• All of, both of, neither of, either of and none of are
will make themselves something to eat. And if 9
followed by a verb form.
them stay out late they always let us know so that we
TIP • We can also use a singular verb form after either of, don't worry. I tell 10 how great the boys are, but
11 can quite believe just how much they do to help
neither of and none of: Neither of his parents has visited
him this month. 12 _ my friends who have kids are
extremely jealous.
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b &9 Work in pairs. Compare answers. Then
listen and check.
all young people are potential thieves. I don't think either Get ready ... Get it right!
of my boys deserve such treatment - and from what
they say none of their friends do either. Write six sentences about young people in your
There are more than 11 million under-18-year- country and young people you know. Think about
olds in England and evidence shows that the vast their behaviour at school, at home, in shops, on
majority positively participate within their communities, public transport and in social situations. Use words
contributing to the arts, sports and achieving well at or phrases from 3 and vocabulary from 1.
school. However, no TV programmes report that!
None of the young people I know behave badly at school.
Barbara Hearn, Deputy Chief Executive of the Natiorral
Children's Bureau, rightly says, 'Equality is for everyone, Both of my brothers help at home.
including for our youngest citizens.' Work in pairs. Take turns to tell each other your
sentences in 6. Ask follow-up questions if possible.
