LESSON A (1) Exercise
Complete the text with the correct quantifiers. Sometimes more than one is possible.
Last month1 _______________ of my friends Steve, Jane, Peter and Sarah – asked me to set up a chess club. There are already 2_____________ clubs at the university. 3_______________ of them (almost 90 percent ), in my opinion, are sports clubs. In fact there are 4____________ games clubs. There’s only the Bridge club and the Scrabble Club.
However I’ve had a 5______________ problems trying to set up this club. Firstly there has been 6____________ interest from students. So far, I’ve only received six emails in response to my invitation. Secondly, we would have to spend 7_______________ money to buy the equipment and rent the rooms. The university thinks we would need about 500 $.
In conclusion, I am sorry to say that the chances of having a chess club are 8________________ and I have decided to give up the idea.
Divide the quantifires into three groups: those used with plural countable nouns,those with uncountable nouns,and those used with both.