lunes, 13 de febrero de 2012

some, any, no, something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody, someone, anyone, no-one, somewhere, anywhere and nowhere

Put some, any, no, something, anything, nothing, somebody, anybody, nobody, someone, anyone, no-one, somewhere, anywhere and nowhere into each gap.

  1. Have you got _________ brother or sisters?
  2. We don´t need _________ butter.
  3. There aren,t ________ books on the table.
  4. I want ____________ flour because I´m going to bake a cake.
  5. _____________ phoned you last night
  6. We didn´t go ________
  7. Did you have __________ to eat at lunchtime?
  8. Would you like ____________ to eat?
  9. __________ knows the answer because the question is very difficult
  10. I´m bored. I want _________ interesting to read or ___________ interesting to talk to, or ______________ interesting to go.
  11. There´s _______ salt, but there is _________ pepper.
  12. We had to walk because there was __________ bus
  13. “What did you do?” “____________”
  14. Come and see me ________ time you want.
  15. “Is _________ there? It seems that there is _____________ .
  16. If _________ needs help, they can ask me.
  17. Can you answer _________ questions, please?
  18. You can tell him ___________ you like.
  19. You can sit ____________, there´s plenty of room
  20. She refused to say ____________.

MUCH, MANY, A LOT (OF), LITTLE, FEW

Complete these sentences with much, many, a lot (of), little, a little, few, a few and plenty of

  1. The village was very small. There were only ______ houses
  2. “Have you got any money?” “yes, ________”
  3. He´s not popular. He has _________ friends.
  4. There has been _______ rain recently
  5. I can´t drink this tea. There´s too _______ sugar in it.
  6. This car is expensive to run. It uses _________ petrol
  7. Let´s go and have a drink. We´ve got ________ time before the train leaves
  8. Have you got _________ friends?
  9. We spent _________ money
  10. We don´t need to go to a petrol station. We´ve got ___________ petrol

RELATIVE CLAUSES

Completa con el pronombre relativo apropiado o une las dos frases con un pronombre relativo.

1. A burglar is someone __________ breaks into a house and steals things.

2. Some boys were arrested. They have now been released.

The boys __________________

3. Where are the eggs _________ were in the fridge?

4. Do you know the man _________ lives next door?

5. Anyone ___________ wants to do the examination must enter before next Friday.

6. The man ________ lives next door is very friendly.

7. Gerry works for a company ___________ makes typewriters.

8. She gives her children everything ________ they want.

9. Tell me _________ you want and I´ll try to help you

10. Why do you blame me for everything __________ goes wrong?

11. I can´t lend you any money. All _________ I´ve got is a pound

12. Nora is the only person __________ understands me.

13. Why do you always disagree with everything _________ I say?

14. I don´t agree with __________ you´ve just said.

15. This is an awful film. It´s the worst _________ I´ve ever seen.

16. An orphan is a child __________ parents are dead.

17. 1945 was the year _________ the Second World War ended.

18. I protested to the woman ________ dog bit me.

19. The girl with _______ he fell in love left him after a few weeks.

20. Martin, __________ mother is Spanish, speaks both Spanish and English fluently.

21. Mr. Carter is very interested in our plan. (I spoke to him on the phone last night).

Mr. Carter ___________________________

22. Is there a shop near here _____________ we can buy postcards?

23. A widow is a woman _____________ husband is dead.

24. Is there anything __________ I can do?

25. The bed______________ I slept was too soft.

26. The house __________ I live is not very good condition.

27. I won´t tell anyone ____________ happened.

28. The stories ___________ Tom tells are usually very funny.

29. I enjoy my job because I like the people __________ I work with.

30. What was the name of the girl _________ passport was stolen?

31. A man answered the phone. He told me you were out.

The man _______________________

32. A waitress served us. She was very impolite and impatient. ___________

33. What´s the name of the river ___________ goes through the town?

34. I don´t like people ____________ never stop talking.