party had never done any square dancing before.
6. When my parents were young, they had little _____ opportunity to travel.
EXERCISE 22. Using ONE, EACH, and EVERY. Complete the sentences with
the correct form, singular or plural, of the noun in parentheses.
There is only one girl on the university debate team, (girl) 1. Only one of the _____ in the university is on the debate team, (girl) 2. Each of the _____ got an award. (student) 3. The dean gave an award to each _____ (student) 4. We invited every _____ of the club. (member) 5. Every one of the _____ came. (member) EXERCISE 23. Review: expressions of quantity.
Most of the statements below are inaccurate overgeneralizations. Make each
statement clearer or more accurate by adding an expression of quantity. Add other
words to the sentence or make any changes you wish. The following list suggests
expressions of quantity you might use.
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all (of) many (of) one (of) some (of) each (of) much (of) two (of) several (of) every a number of half of (a) few (of) almost all (of) a great deal of 50 percent of (a) little (of) most (of) a lot of three fourths of hardly any (of a majority of none of hundreds of no thousands of millions of Example: My classmates are from Japan. Possible sentences:
Most of my classmates are from Japan. All (of) my classmates are from Japan. One of my classmates is from Japan. Hardly any of my classmates are from Japan. None of my classmates is from Japan. 1. My classmates speak Arabic.
2. People are friendly.
3. These pages contain illustrations. 4. The students in my class are from Kazakhstan.
5. People like to live alone.
6. The people I know like to live alone.
7. The countries in the world are in the Northern Hemisphere.
8. The citizens of the United States speak English.
9. Children like to read scary stories.
10. The children in my country go to school.
11. Airplanes depart and arrive precisely on time.
12. The rivers in the world are polluted.
13. The pollution in the world today is caused by human beings.
14. City dwellers do not have cars.
15. The food at (name of the place you usually eat at) is very good.