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4 Senses and Emotions

Grammar Quantifiers

A. Correct the mistakes with the quantifiers in these sentences.

1. I have heaps friends who I hang out with at the weekend.
2. Many of my parents work in the hospital.
3. I do several studying at the weekend.
4. I don’t have hundreds of time to play computer games
at the moment.
5. I’ve got a lot of pets, and both of them live indoors.
6. I spend tons money on clothes and fast food every
weekend.
7. I think there are much reasons why school uniforms are
a good thing.
8. Several my friends live in the same neighbourhood as me.

B. Complete the text with appropriate quantifiers.

a bit of both each heaps of hundreds of

many much plenty of several tons of

I’m feeling really stressed out at the moment because I’ve got 1 homework to do.
I’ve also got to study for an English exam, and a maths test and 2 are on Monday
morning, so I won’t be doing 3 with my friends this weekend. My parents are trying to
be helpful, bringing me drinks and bits of chocolate 4 times a day – but the problem
is, 5 time one of them comes in, they always want to know how I’m getting on, so I
have to spend 6 time having a chat. To be honest, I could do without the distraction!

C. Discuss with a partner.
1. When do you usually have heaps of
homework during the school year?
2. Do you often have several exams in
the same week, or are they more
spaced out over the term?
3. Are the exams similar in each
subject? Which do you find easier or
more difficult?

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