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Determiners and quantifiers

No, none, not a, not any; much, many, a lot of, lots of; all, both, whole;
every, each; (a/the) few, little; less, fewer (than); much, many, etc. + (of)

Context listenin

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You are going to listen to three people talking about running. Make notes on three benefits and three
possible problems of taking up running as a hobby.

EU
0:13 Listen to three people giving their views on running. Which of the benefits and possible
problems you have listed do the speakers mention?

LEI
Listen again and fill in the gaps.
a Until then I did a bit of sport at school, but I didn't do
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outside school at all.
(Speaker 1)
In fact, I suppose I didn't have
b
interests. (Speaker 1)
2 day. (Speaker 2)
a Now I run a few kilometres
You can be sure that
b
one of us will have a really good time. (Speaker 3)
a
Inevitably you get
3 injuries, too - everyone gets aching muscles after a long run.
(Speaker 3)
It's one of
b sports where no special equipment's needed. (Speaker 2)
4 during the winter. (Speaker 3)
I certainly go out a lot
a
But surprisingly I seem to have
injuries now than when I was younger. (Speaker 3)
1.4 In which pair of sentences is each word or phrase possible in both gaps?

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