OXFORD LEARNER''''S GRAMMAR - PART 6 ppt

evening, 9 Look what I've got here, Hubert has just brought me.. Finder 167 Write a second sentence so that It has a similar meaning to the previous one.. d/bit/;o uld /~nthu!loim.mllit

Put In this, that these or those

II> I like ~J!11 picture here - Yes, it's good, but ~/,? ~ one over there is my favourite

sunshine is a nice change, isn't it?

Yes, but I don't like !he look of d;uk clouds over ,here

2 I've just rcahr.cd thai socks I'm wearing lio ', match

_Oil, doesn't malter No nne \\;11 notice

3 I'm free today so how ahmll a game of tennis aflCmoon?

SOrry, I can'l I'm very busy week I might be OK for the weekend

4 110 you remember very stwl1gc girlfriend Steve had ut one lime?

- Yes, I do And very colourful clothes she wore

SOh, here's somethmg interesting Listen 10 ,' Then!'s going to be a Robbie Williams concert on the eighteenlh of next month,

Oil, I think , , , , , , , might be the wcckt:nd I'm aWAY,

6 My grandmother is illways talking about the J;ood old days, Iler favourite s ymg is

, , , , , were the days.'

-And I sUPI>Ose nothing is any good , days

7 , , , ' , , is a nice place, I like it here,

_ It says in the guidebook lhal the landscape is similar 10 ,

'Veil, I suppose it il)

R Hello , , , , , , is Alice Can I speak to Mmcus, plem;c?

-Sorry, he's Oli lo He'll be back later , , evening,

9 Look what I've got here, Hubert has just brought me

-Oh, whallovcly flowers

, , , , , , of the Alps

-Yes, aren't they? I'U put them in , , ew vase WI ! bought last week I think it's III the dining-room,

10 I think we should reward companies which oh(.'Y the law and punish ,

C,IU SC 3 101 of pollution

Well, no one could argue with , ,

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273 Large and small quantities

Decide which answer is correct

." I e.m't ':0 out wnigili , have -:~ work to do

M any h) bit cJ severnl oj some

1 knuw this place I've been here a a) bit hI few c) little d) several

tunes befure

Finder 166

2 There ure , , , casinos In Las Vegas They're everywhere you look:

al \olS h) much c) numerous d) several

J Pianes urc big polluters They cause a of pollution 'n) considerable lot b great deal c) large deal dJ small amount

4 There's been a of rain but not very much

a) bit bl few c) little dJ J OI

5 It's very peaceful on the Island hccliusc there arc cars

II} any hl many c) much dJ no

6 It'll Cost II! a ccnain , _ of money, but It won't he a lot

a) amnunt bl deal c) few 1I1 number

7 There are a of bugs In the program I'm surprised there arc so many a) big d~al b) large umounl c) lar~e number d) litllc bi(

274 A lot of, many, much, a few, a little,

Finder 167

Write a second sentence so that It has a similar meaning to the previous one Use the word

in brackets,

to- We had very little lime to prepare (much)

~Alp."':1: ~\-'e v'~r:~ ~f-~l.t!":"7.W rre.pof'e

I dmnk a lillie tea ( bit)

Z Many ramilies have only gOI one car (lut)

3 There are few Ullspoilt areas left (many)

4 There's hardly any time to relax thule)

5 I bought several things in town (few)

6 There are such a lot of things to do (SO)

7 lbere hasn't been much inlerest in the scheme Wttle}

8 We cat more sugar than we should (tOO)

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275 A lot of, many, much, a few, a little,

Put the words in the right order to form a sensible statement

• Oh not another commercIal break (arcll:ommcrcials/manylthNc/too)

6 Come on, d n't spoil the party (d/bit/(;o uld /~nthu!loim.mllittlc /of !'lh()w /youJ

276 Whole and part quantities

Read the sentences and answer the questions about them

to- 'There I1re curtains at every window, '

How many windows are without curtains: none, sever;,i!, or ;,ill of them?

N qre

'Not many of my friends are mtere-;tcd in football.'

How many football fans arc there among my friends: nOIl C, a few, Of a 1m?

2 'We haven't paUltt!ti the whole flat but we've done most of it.'

Finder 168

How much of the flal have they painted' ic!>s than half; more than half, or all of it?

J 'Part 01 the wall Wll~ damaged when a car crashed into it '

How much of the wall hal'i 10 be rebUIlt: some of It , most of It, or all of II?

4 Sam tells us a lot I)f stories -amusing Ilungs Ihat have happened to him and his friends

- Yes but a lot of the Siories he tells arcn't tnll! lie Just makes them up

Which quantity is greater hew a Int of stones, or it lot of the siolles'?

140 27:' A I f/I of, mall y /lIIl r ll , II [1'1/1, (/ h I/fe , ,mel a /11/ nf

~77 All, most, half, none, and whole Finder 169

Some of these sentences are correct, and some have a word which should not be there If

a sentence IS correct , put a tICk (.f) If It is Incorre c t, cross the unne c essary word out of the sentence and write it in the space

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Must of my clothes arc OUI of fashIOn

These plates arc all ffl {lirty <? f

I'll have to spend the whole of day on revision

2 NOlie of our maps ~ howed (he new lIlo(orway

3 All of maLter IS mad e of alums

4 The must pt'1lple would agree with YOli

S He fired four shots and all of them tmso;oo

6 fl - 10M the Villages hav e a pub

7 More than half of Ihe hou~ in the street aw for sale

8 I've been playing golf all of afternoon

9 I baked a cab" bUI we've eaten it of all

and la k a c r park, and III S \II1IIllCr tlley are completely taken over by viSitOrs from the US M> it is

u hkl)ly you will find (I room n ailaulc Out Midc ster also has a number of bed and breakfast ()slHbtishmCT1l's which arc without exception dean and comfonable and reasonably priced

Th t ! S I ~ gU C'i t h usc!'; arc mostly localed in th4:l outlying paris of the town

110 Mldc stcr I1mi tI number of hotels ~fq~t "?~ ~~"' "I, arc located in the town centre

The Bridge Holel and the Cro ~ way s Holel arc in Castle Street

me centuries old

2 The two h01<:]s ore hOlh fultto s, hul • i!> veiy hlg

has a car park

;i BOth hlltels arc in the centre of Mldc ster and

11 The two ra lUu!I old h tels attracl II lo of totlrists are popular with AnumCCllls

5 Uoth hotels will be fully b oked for the SUllllller, so you probably won't be able 10 get a room

Il A guest h use may n t bl! convt!nlcnt because ! are otltSldc the centre

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279 Both, either, and neither Finder 170

Afrer a long walk you had blislcr on your fOol The other foot was jllst a,Oj bad

· .I?x?~h ~ :fe.~~ /}('IrJ ~;~~~-:-7 ~ tI:Je~':':

1 You have tWO cameras, but they don't work 2 There are two candidates for a job The first Cilndidllle would be an excellent choice, !lml so would the st '(:olld · ,

3 A car with two passengers in it was involved III an a cident The driver cscupcd without inJUry, but the other two proplc were injured ,

4 You have two hrmhers Peter hasn't sent you a birthday card, and nor ha!S Sieve

5 You have lust secn a game of football The result was a draw United werc happy with the result, and so were the other team · , , , ,

6 YOIl and your fricnd h,we to choose between two empty tables in a caM One would he OK, bm then l>(l would the utller 280 Every and each ~ Finder 171 Some of these sentences have a mistake in them Find the mistakes and write the senten ces correctly a) The witnesses every gave their evilienc hI Almost every student passed the exum -.:) At the airport every passenger are searched dl J enjoyed every single minute of the holiday eJ Every of the pages has a number o The Olympics arc each four years g) Each house is differem from the others h) Each of the states has us own governor i) I ring my girlfriend almost each day j) There was a path on every side of the canal k) There's a truin every hour in each direction I) Ruch of the photos hasn't come out properly 2 3 < 5 6 · ,

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142 2'79 Imlll , f'ulu ? l and IIPIlIIl ! r

281 Some, any, and no

Complete the conversation Put in some, any, or no

I need tl) get the bus, and J haVCll't got ( ) l!-~ rnorl(!Y

I can lend you (I) money Here's a tenner

J can't kl:!cp borrowing money from you

It's ( 2 ) problem Don't worry

I'll pay y Oll back (3) time

(4) time will do, There's (5) hurry

Aniw: Well I'd better go The bus will be corning (8) minute

Choose the correct answer

Let's go III this shop and buy som £/anl: postcards

The boo~ s hop WIll order ~ / any book that's in print

2 II was vcry qUIet There were hardly :;~r 1!£ /~~/no people on tlH ~ streets

3 I was asleep I didn't hear so mcth inl:i/~hing

4 I've heard of Ins Murdoch, but I haven't re,.d some/anv of her books

5 1 want to S it somewhere quiet wh~re there's ~!.!):' / no m~sic

6 I'm afraid we haven't got some/!!.nr milk

; Please keep this area tidy Leave any/no litter

8 When 1 opcned the box, I found thai ~me J a n y of the eggs were broken

9 It's perfectly simple Someone/Anyone could understand il

10 Would you like ~/~ chocolate? Go on, it really is delicious

Finder 172

II I can't remember whC'n il was, hUI we met before at ~/Any party or olher

12 We (rust you Will be satisfied with the servIce you reCClve frOm us, but ~I any cOl1lplaint~

should be mude in writmg to our head office

too many/much

finder 173A-B

Write a sentence about each situation Use enough, plenty of, too many, or too much

The team needs 45 pnints to quailfy, and it has 47

3 We bought enough fOOlj for twenty people, and only nine people t:allle

-1 I only needed twelve votes, and J gut twenty-two

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5 I( tukes half an hour to wlJlk 10 the dncma, and the film Marts III Iwenty-li\'c lIlillUl'es

284 Another, some more, etc • Finder 173C - E

Put in another, other, others, some more , or any more

That was great Let's have £?f)O.th;.,:" game, !lhall we?

J We tuuk a bu!> inlo 10WIl , and thcl~ were only two eople on the hus

2 My Sides are aching 1 ill!>! dun't waJll to henr jokes

4 Two people were taken tu hospital and the wcre Irt ~; lted at tbe scene of

the aCCident

5 I'll get sweets We've eaten nCllrly all these

6 OK, r'll he qUiet I won't s Y word

7 I want to see the world, hut my parents have

8 I'll move my seal forward and give you

plans for me

room in the hllck there

9 Only half the phlyers were traming The were resting

Split each sentence into two shorter ones Begin the second sentence With a quantifier on

Its own

Some of the tell car parks in the lown are free

The town has ~40 ~~r:'" P1J:~~'.~ ~,:,"c; .[:~!'!-:

Thn.'C of the five men arrested were later released

The police arre~ted " •

2 Nonc of the twelve new hi-Ii systems we tCSIt_·t\ was completely satisfactory

7 Luts of the litkets h.we heen sold already, nnd they have only Icccntly been available

Th.:kets have only rccemly

B Most cUIIlJluter manuals arc incomprehcllf>ibtc to me, which is why J never read them

I never read

144 2114 I1I1IJllwl $ 011/ 1 ' IJIII/'j' etc

• We nt"Cd.( more memory for the computt ~ r , (solne)

lbe story was an mvention from Mart to finish (whole )

2 More than half the pupils were ill (00

3 I've got 8 lot of work at the moment (quite)

4 We hn<l om photo taken (each)

5 I might sell this car and buy another (one)

6 We [cllIII nol long after the meal (hoth)

7 We've had II deal of trouble with these products (great)

8 Rkk Iivl.'S In a beautiful Hat and he own~ two OftIS (mher)

287 Quantifiers

Contradict what t5 said by using a different quant i fier

We haven't got much time

Ye.'i, we have /.~ ',,:e ~t.'9~ t?f ~,~

1 We need some help

4 I haven't got many videos

What do you mean?

5 You're hiding something

What do you mean?

6 Each one of these four signatures IS genuine

I'm afraid you're wrong

7 Roth the sisters studied an

I don't think so '

8 I've bought too much paint

Just the two cans?

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Finder 166-174

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288 Quantifiers Finder 166-174

Write a second sentence so that it has a similar meaning Use the word in brackets

II- Much discussion has taken place (deal)

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More than half of Ihe Island is forest (mosl)

2 We're staying in, but the re s t of the pec > plc are gOing dubbing (o thers )

3 I had to make II few phone calls (small)

II There's very liule food in the house (hardly)

7 Those two bOkes arc damaged (bOlh)

9 Not everyone likes heavy metal (some)

The thing was becommg a nuisance to (9) , , , , My wife has thrown her phone away too, and (10) thinks life is much nicer without (11) , • , , Our phone bills are lower because (i21 make fewer (;alls Mobile phones had made slaves of (13) , It sounds Cnl1.y but I can Qssure (14) it's tnJe.'

14 6 lBB Quanllfiefs

Just th e way she l ooks at him sometimes

Rut he's such 3n idiot

I saw them together al luru.:h tiJII~

yesterday

Well, yOU never know

Maybe you're nghl

They s<.ty love is blind don', rlu)y?

I don't know why

we're still Sluing here gossiping

~ ]lfl\lC jD!~, seen PUll! reccnt!y Yes I saw J?,~ , ye:nerday at the club

(he kitchen,

2 " , ' , , , 's very difficult to crOSi\ this roat\ - Yes, , 're

rIght ' , , think , should pul a c rossin~ here, Thai's my opmion anyway

3 Arc these boltlcs really wonh req'<:Iing? - Yes, of course arc

, " 're alt respomlble ror the stale of the planet, don', forget

4 ., .'5 one o'dock III the morning And, , , have to get up 11

S IX -Well, no wonder you'rc tired Remember what , ' " ' , say: , can't

burn the candle at bOlh ends,

5 Has Mrs Wilson decided who the new supervisor IS going to be? And will he a

man or a woman?_No" " " " , hasn't decided yet But whoever thc successful

applic.tnt is, \\'111 b e slaning on Monda y

look at each phrase In italics and decide If it should be replaced with a pronoun, If 50, cross it out and write the pronoun If not, put a tick, (This is a matter of good style rather than correct grammar, Sometimes it is possible to use either a noun or a pronoun,)

Back In the 197Qs Bill Gates and Paul Allen were at high school in Seattle (, ) Bill and

Paul : , ,were great fricnd~, and (~) /Jill tN'll! Pmti ~~tJ were both interested In COlllputers and in wrlllllg programs for (I) computers ' , , In 1975 the first personal

cumputer came on the markct, a very pnmitive rnadlllle by tnday's standards"At rIllS tnne

290 Personal pronouns 14i

(2) BIll was at Harvard, and (:II Palll had a job (4) IWI m/ft Paul immedhuely decided thaI (5) BIll ami Paul wouh.J WrIlC

(6) Paul phoned (7) J-;d ilnd told ( 8 ) Ed That ( 9)

Paul {hen wrole {he program in a big hurry (12) &1 invited

OJ) BIll and Pau l to visit his company in Alhuquerque, New Mexico But (14) Bill

Paul Ilew there on his own and met (16 ) Ed When (17 )

Palll loaded the software mID the computer, it worked (If!) Ed was impressed (19) Hd immediately agreed that the two men should work nn software for the compUlcr, and (20) Bill flew to New Mexico to join f2U

Palli Snon (22) BIll gave up college and (23) PalJl

gave up his job, and (24) BIll arid Paul started their own software company Later

(25) fhe software company became the most famOliS software comp.my in the world

Put in the reflexive or emphatic pronouns Then write 'R' for'reflexive' or 'E' for

'emphatic' in the brackets

, Sit down, Lisa Make ~~r ~tf al home ( ~ )

Laura couldn't !)toP from bursting out laughing ( )

2 The candidates are allowed to vale m the election ( )

J The company has given a new name ( )

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5 I d n't eat meat,

6 We now find m a rather difficult sjtu3t10n ( )

7 I'm depressed, but I'm not going to throw

8 Could y u all arrange '"

9 Lucy designed the websnc

off a bridge ( ) III a circle, please? ( )

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10 The new pupils will have to familianze , with the school routme (

12 The pop festival IS five miles ~way and nul actually in Glastonbury • ( )

, 294 Refle x ive pronouns and each other II> Finder 177

:i You've got water all over you, Emma (made/wei)

4 Why don', you just Sit down and have a n.-st? (relax)

5 Sam was gelling on Joanna's nerves and she was getting Oll bis (each)

6 , hope my brother is going 10 act scn!>ihly (behave)

10 II's dangerous for a wom~n (0 travel alone in some areas (by)

11 All the alOms interact one with another (each)

12 I haven't got enough money for 3 holiday tufford)

Put in the correct personal or reflexive pronoun, e.g me or myself The pronoun refers back to the subject

Unfortunately Leanne didn't have any money on rye ; ,-

2 I aiW3) 'S carry my identity card with

3 While we were ha\ing lunch, 3 famous TV presenter came and Silt ncar

4 Before the police could arreSt him, the gllnm~m turned the gun on

5 Peter has a vcI)' responsible job 'nlerc arc SIXty people working undcr

6 If we're honest with ' we must admit wc've made a big mistake

2')4 H e tlcxlvc pl ' onOUllS and eadl a/her 149

296 Personal pronouns, possessives,

Put in the missing words Use we, you, , hiS, ours , themselves, etc

Finder 178

How arc ( ) ~ .? Lisa and (I) are having a marvellous holiday

(2) 're really enjoying (J) ' The beach is great W~'ve ulso b(.!cn on several trips and enjoyed (4) all Already (5) 's only <l week before

(6) flight back home

(9) in the restaurant and gave (0) bilek, to (II) , , " Usa was lucky (12) could easily helve kept the purse for (13) , .' So

{I4) gave (15) , (I bi,g fip Now she's pronllScd to lUke morc care of

afford to lose it

I hope you and Andrew enjoy (18) • next week and that (19)

holida}' is as good as (20) •

Love, Karen

one is heavier?

T he one .fu.ll o.f c:.oin:,

A f'lIT·haired man is six feet tall He IS talking to a dark-halTed man who is 1.8 metres Which man IS taller?

spacesuit is also doing the high Jump They are both equally fit Which of them can

Jump higher?

:I A lorry has four !.mall tyres at the front and four large lyres at the back If all eight tyres arc the

same quality, which will wear out first?

go, which will rise the qUlckest

I SO 2!ltJ Personal plOll0 UJ1 ~ po sseSS I ve !>, and refleX I ves

298 One, ones, some, it, and them II>- Finder 179

Decide If the sentences are (orrect or not If they are correc t , put a ti ck (.I) Sometimes

sentence putting in one, ones, some , it or them

"" Th~ r c are lois of parks in London Hyde Park is perhaps the most famous .I

II>- I need an umbrella J know I've gO! somewhere ~

2 We haven', gOI any waler I ought \0 have hmughl

:1 Snowflakes have beautiful ptt{tcrns, Each is slightly differenl from the (It hers

4-These shoes arc all mce I can't decide which 10 buy

5 I've lost my hag I left on the Irain

6 This bus is going to Bristol The to Cardiff ha!l already left

7 I like all these posters 13111 this Is the best

8 I wrote several letters yesterday I haven't postcd yet

9 These biscuils arc nice Could 1 have another, pica!>c?

10 Yes, we do sell radios There are over Ihere

II I've got lois of blue shirts I think every is in the wash al the moment

12 I'm worklllR on several different pmjects at the moment 111crc are some quite

Interesting

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James: Is ( ) ~~e("~ here? Atc we all ready?

Louisc' There are o nl y fourteen peoplc here, not nneen, so (1)

is missing

Nicola: It's Gary Has (2) , , , , , , , , , , seen Ga!)'?

Hick: I've a1rcady asked (3) has seen him

(4) ' J'm at raid he's (5)

10 be found

Nicola: Well, he must he (6) '

Adam: It's OK Hc's jllst nmg me on hts mobile lie'" he here in len minutes He jusl had

(7) to do first

lames: OK, let's get (8) !oaded into the trailer, and then we'll

be ready And make sure all your stuff goes in We don', wall( to leave

(9) _ • behind

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