Read the text about Cape Town and try to put the correct nouns in the spaces.
activities / cultures / countries / pubs / time / awareness / tourists / fun / systems / policemen / restaurants / attention / peace / things / beaches / people / crime / resources / cameras / focus
Cape Town is home to many different c__(1)__; a few local cultures and a lot of foreign national cultures. Immigrants from several African and European c__(2)__ have settled at the southern tip of Africa; some p__(3)__ for business reasons and others simply for the beauty, diversity and peaceful lifestyle this city has to offer. Loads of t__(4)__ visit the Mother City every year.
A visit to Cape Town is guaranteed to include much f__(5)__. There are many fascinating r__(6)__ that serve a variety of interesting cuisines. There are plenty of p__(7)__ and nightclubs and for those who want a bit of p__(8)__ there is a range of outdoor activities. Mountain hikes, picnics in the botanical gardens or on the many b__(9)__. For the brave there are a couple of extreme a__(10)__, such as cage diving with sharks, skydiving and bungee jumping.
It is a fact that there is a lot of c__(11)__ everywhere in South Africa but the police have been working hard to fight crime. In Cape Town plenty of time and r__(12)__ have been dedicated to bring several s__(13)__ in place, e.g. the training of and employment of lots of additional p__(14)__ and security guards who patrol the streets at night, the installation of a few security c__(15)__ in the city centre and much a__(16)__ is created through advertisements. Sometimes there is too much f__(17)__ on the crime and the media doesn’t always pay enough a__(18)__ to the many good t__(19)__ being done to overcome the problems.
Anyone who spends even just a little t__(20)__ in Cape Town wants to return. It is a vibrant and colourful city and well worth visiting.
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activities / cultures / countries / pubs / time / awareness / tourists / fun / systems / policemen / restaurants / attention / peace / things / beaches / people / crime / resources / cameras / focus
Cape Town is home to many different c__(1)__; a few local cultures and a lot of foreign national cultures. Immigrants from several African and European c__(2)__ have settled at the southern tip of Africa; some p__(3)__ for business reasons and others simply for the beauty, diversity and peaceful lifestyle this city has to offer. Loads of t__(4)__ visit the Mother City every year.
A visit to Cape Town is guaranteed to include much f__(5)__. There are many fascinating r__(6)__ that serve a variety of interesting cuisines. There are plenty of p__(7)__ and nightclubs and for those who want a bit of p__(8)__ there is a range of outdoor activities. Mountain hikes, picnics in the botanical gardens or on the many b__(9)__. For the brave there are a couple of extreme a__(10)__, such as cage diving with sharks, skydiving and bungee jumping.
It is a fact that there is a lot of c__(11)__ everywhere in South Africa but the police have been working hard to fight crime. In Cape Town plenty of time and r__(12)__ have been dedicated to bring several s__(13)__ in place, e.g. the training of and employment of lots of additional p__(14)__ and security guards who patrol the streets at night, the installation of a few security c__(15)__ in the city centre and much a__(16)__ is created through advertisements. Sometimes there is too much f__(17)__ on the crime and the media doesn’t always pay enough a__(18)__ to the many good t__(19)__ being done to overcome the problems.
Anyone who spends even just a little t__(20)__ in Cape Town wants to return. It is a vibrant and colourful city and well worth visiting.
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QUANTIFIERS
A. Complete the sentences with some or any.
Now complete the rules. Use some or any.
a. In positive sentences, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
b. In negative sentences and questions, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
c. In requests, even though they may have a question form, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
B. Complete the sentences with much, many, or a lot (of).
1. There are ___________ people here.
2. Patrick didn’t have __________ time.
3. We haven’t seen __________ places yet.
4. There wasn’t ___________ point in hanging around. (point means ‘meaning’ here)
5. Gary doesn’t seem to have __________ friends, but his brother has __________.
6. The tourist office didn’t have ___________ information to give us.
Now complete the rules. Use much, many, or a lot (of).
a. In positive sentences, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
b. In negative sentences and questions, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and ________ before plural countable nouns. However, there is flexibility and it is possible to use them also in affirmative sentences.
C. Complete the sentences with little, few, a little or a few.
Now complete the rules. Use little, few, a little or a few.
a. We use _________ and ____________before uncountable nouns.
b. We use _________ and ____________ before plural countable nouns.
c. ___________ and ____________ express a positive idea, whereas __________ and ____________ express a negative idea.
d. We say very _________ and very _________, but only ___________ and only __________.
D. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
The meeting
We were surprised that quite a (1) ___________ people turned up at the meeting. We knew that there were a (2) ___________ people opposed to foxhunting in the village, but we didn’t think that so (3) ___________ would be prepared to come out on a cold, wet Wednesday evening. Walter spoke for a (4) ___________ moments about what the committee had been doing during the past (5) ____________ months, then we asked if there were (6) ___________ questions from the audience. A young man, who was sitting (7) ____________ seats back from the front, pushed his chair back, stood up, and said that there was very (8) ___________ point in having meetings if no one was prepared to take (9) __________ sort of action.
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A. Complete the sentences with some or any.
- I wanted to buy _______ biscuits, but I didn’t have _______ money, so I went home to get _______.
- Do you have __________ brothers or sisters?
- Would you like _________ sugar?
Now complete the rules. Use some or any.
a. In positive sentences, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
b. In negative sentences and questions, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
c. In requests, even though they may have a question form, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
B. Complete the sentences with much, many, or a lot (of).
1. There are ___________ people here.
2. Patrick didn’t have __________ time.
3. We haven’t seen __________ places yet.
4. There wasn’t ___________ point in hanging around. (point means ‘meaning’ here)
5. Gary doesn’t seem to have __________ friends, but his brother has __________.
6. The tourist office didn’t have ___________ information to give us.
Now complete the rules. Use much, many, or a lot (of).
a. In positive sentences, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns.
b. In negative sentences and questions, we use _________ before uncountable nouns and ________ before plural countable nouns. However, there is flexibility and it is possible to use them also in affirmative sentences.
C. Complete the sentences with little, few, a little or a few.
- Well, I’ve got _____________ time to spare. Shall we go out and grab a coffee?
- There were _____________ people at the party, so it was rather boring. We left early.
- Would you mind if I asked you ___________ questions?
- Jon seems to have very ___________ luck. Nothing ever goes right for him.
- As there were only ____________ items on the agenda, we finished the meeting early.
- Come on, hurry up. I’ve got ______________ time to spare.
- Frankly, there were only _____________ places left, so we would never have got in even if we’d called earlier.
- We’ve been back to Turkey _____________ times now, and we always enjoy it.
Now complete the rules. Use little, few, a little or a few.
a. We use _________ and ____________before uncountable nouns.
b. We use _________ and ____________ before plural countable nouns.
c. ___________ and ____________ express a positive idea, whereas __________ and ____________ express a negative idea.
d. We say very _________ and very _________, but only ___________ and only __________.
D. Read the text below and decide which answer A, B, C or D best fits each space.
The meeting
We were surprised that quite a (1) ___________ people turned up at the meeting. We knew that there were a (2) ___________ people opposed to foxhunting in the village, but we didn’t think that so (3) ___________ would be prepared to come out on a cold, wet Wednesday evening. Walter spoke for a (4) ___________ moments about what the committee had been doing during the past (5) ____________ months, then we asked if there were (6) ___________ questions from the audience. A young man, who was sitting (7) ____________ seats back from the front, pushed his chair back, stood up, and said that there was very (8) ___________ point in having meetings if no one was prepared to take (9) __________ sort of action.
- A) number B) few C) many D) several
- A) lot of B) many C) few D) little
- A) much B) lot C) lot of D) many
- A) little B) several C) few D) some
- A) few B) a few C) some D) lots
- A) a B) any C) much D) a lot of
- A) a lot B) a little C) a number D) a few
- A) few B) small C) little D) some
- A) any B) many C) a lot of D) several
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