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hese sentences with little/ a little/few/a few. 1. 
We didn't have any money but Tom had ______. 
2. He doesn't speak much English. Only ______ words. 3. 
Nora's father died ______ years ago. 
4. "Would you like some more cakes?" "Yes, please, but only ______. 
5. This town isn't very well-known and there isn't much to see, so ______ tourist come here. 6. 
I don't think Jill would be a good teacher. She's got ______ patience with children. 
7. This is not the first time the car has broken down. It has happened ______ times before. 8. 
The cinema was almost empty. There were very ______ people there. 
9. There is a shortage of water because there has been very ______ rain recently. 
Exercise 3. Chose a word or words form the box to complete the sentences. Some are 
used more than one. 
Too much a few any How many too many Enough as much as 
How much some too many as many as a little 
1. "_______ cigarettes do you smoke a day?" 
"Forty". 
"That's _________. You shouldn't smoke ________ at all. 2. 
“ _________ alcohol do you drink?" 
"About a bottle of wine a day". 
"That's ________. You shouldn't drink _________ that". 3. 
“_________ do you weigh?". 
"Sixteen and a half stone". 
"That's ________. You should try to lose _________ weight". 
4. “_________ do you earn?". 
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"Not ________ money to pay all my bills!". 5. 
"__________ people are there in your class?". 
"Forty". 
"I think that's _________.” 
6. “_________aspirins do you take when you have a headache?". 
"About ten or twelve". 
"That's ________. You mustn't take __________ that". 7. 
"How old are you?". 
"Seventeen. I'm old _______ to get married, but I'm not old ______ to vote!". 8. 
"When did you last go to the cinema?". 
"Quite recently. Just _______ days ago." 9. 
"Do you take sugar in your coffee?". 
“Just ________”. 
Exercise 4. Fill into gaps a indefinite quantifier: much, many, little, most, a little, a few, few. 
1. It seems to me that we've had _______ assignments in English 2. 
How _______ material can we be expected to read in one week? 3. 
_______ books are not in the library. 
4. I've had _______ headaches already because of stress. 
5. _________ depression can be attributed to being overworked. 
6. Our yard looks awful this summer. There are too _______ weeds. 
7. I didn't use __________ fertilizer last spring, and that has made a difference. 8. 
Also, I've paid _______ attention to how ________ rain we've had. 
9. I'm afraid it's rained ________ times this summer, and the grass is turning brown and 
dying. 
10. _______ experts say you should fertilize your lawn in the fall. 
11. It didn't seem to do my lawn _______ good. 
12. _______ advice you get from experts doesn't seem to help 
13. _______ of my neighbors ignore their grass, and they have better lawns this year. 
14. They say _______ knowledge is a bad thing. 
15. I know _______ instances where that proves true. 
16. _______ people know as much about computers as Tomas does. 
17. But it does him _______ good when the whole system goes down. 
Exercise 5. Choose the best answer to complete these sentences. 1. 
How _______ people are coming? 
(a) lots (b) much (c) a lot (d) many 2. 
There have been _______ crimes since the police new task force was created 
(a) any (b) every (c) much (d) fewer 3. I 
have _______ questions for you. Do you have a minute to discuss them with me? 
(a) several (b) every (c) each (d) none 
4. I go to the gym _________ day. I like my weekly routine and exercise makes me happy. (a) 
many (b) some (c) every (d) lots of 
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5. ______ of the dogs are nice. We're training the ones that are not friendly. 
(a) A lot (b) Much (c) Every (d) Numerous 6. 
_______ of the kids at school are mean to me. What should I do? 
(a) Much (b) Every (c) Some (d) Any 7. 
I water the plants ________ other day. I think I'm watering them too much. 
(a) much (b) all (c) every (d) lots of 8. 
I bought a toy for _______ of you. 
(a) each (b) every (c) much (d) any 9. 
I like ______ of the cars. I don't know which one to choose. 
(a) every (b) much (c) numerous (d) both 
10. _______ complaints have been made about the noise level at this house. Please turn the 
music down. I'm going to give you a warning for now. 
(a) Every (b) Each (c) Much (d) Numerous 
Exercise 6. Choose the best answer to complete these sentences. 
1. "______ of you will graduate in June, but others will not. This is a competitive course, so 
good luck," the engineering professor said. 
(a) Much (b) Every (c) Some (d) Any 2. 
There is too ______ traffic in this city. I want to move to the country. 
(a) many (b) few (c) much (d) a lot 
3. There is _______ of noise coming from the house next door. Can you go over there and 
ask them to keep it down? It's almost midnight. 
(a) much (b) many (c) fewer (d) a lot 
4. You have to get a second job because we need ______ money to make ends meet. 
(a) many (b) much (c) more (d) a lot 5. 
I only have a _______ orchids. However, I want to buy more in the future. 
(a) some (b) few (c) fewer (d) lesser 6. 
Do you have _______ money to pay for your car insurance? 
(a) a lot (b) fewer (c) enough (d) little 
7. I need to get ______ gas. My tank is almost empty. I'm going to fill up at the gas station on 
the corner. 
(a) some (b) any (c) much (d) many 
8. We need _______ computers for the students in this classroom. There are 20 students in 
this class, but we only have 15 computers. 
(a) a little (b) much (c) a lot (d) more 
9. We should ride our bicycles to work more so that we can cut down on air pollution. There is 
too _______ pollution in this city. 
(a) many (b) few (c) much (d) some 
10. You have _______ of candles in your house. Why do you so many of them? 
(a) some (b) much (c) a lot (d) many 
Exercise 7. Choose the best answer to complete these sentences. 
1. I get _______ cavities these days because I started flossing my teeth at night. (a) 
much (b) fewer (c) any (d) a lot 
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2. Do you have _______ ideas you want to share with us about the new playground? (a) 
any (b) each (c) all (d) none 
3. There were 12 cookies here, but now, there aren't ______ left. Who took all of the cookies? (a) 
any (b) none (c) every (d) numerous 
4. I called you twice and, ________ time, I got the answering machine. 
(a) any (b) each (c) both (d) all 
5. _________ of you will be punished unless the culprit speaks up right now. Who put this 
graffiti on this wall? 
(a) All (b) Every (c) Numerous (d) Any 
6. I asked you the same question _______ times, but you didn't answer. Were you 
daydreaming or something? 
(a) several (b) each (c) all (d) any 
7. I don't have _______ sympathy for you because you knew that he was bad news. Why did 
you start dating him in the first place? 
(a) none (b) all (c) any (d) many 
8. _______ of the leaves on our trees in the backyard are turning brown. We have to water 
them soon. 
(a) All (b) Every (c) Any (d) Numerous 9. 
_________ people think that gardening is boring. I don't agree at all. 
(a) Any (b) Much (c) None (d) Some 10. 
You roll your eyes _______ time I ask you a question. What's wrong with you? 
(a) all (b) every (c) some (d) lots of 
11. I don't have _______ energy today. I'm so tired. I think I'm going to take a nap. 
(a) any (b) none (c) some (d) all 
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 PHẦN 1: ARTICLES: A, AN, THE OR Ø (nothing) 
Exercise 1: 
1. nothing 2. nothing, a 3. nothing, nothing 
4. nothing, nothing, the, the 5. the, nothing 
6. the, nothing, nothing, the, the, a 
7. the, the 8. nothing, the 9. nothing 10. nothing, the 
11. the 12. the, the 13. The, the 
Exercise 2: 
1. an 6. an 11. an 
2. a 7. a 12. a 
3. a 8. a 13. a 
4. a 9. a 14. a 
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5. an 10. an 
Exercise 3: 
l. a 
2. an 
3. nothing 
4. nothing 
5. some or nothing 
6. nothing 
7. a 
8. nothing 
9. some 
10. nothing, a 
11. a, some 
12. some 
13. a, nothing 
14. some 
15. nothing 
16. a 
Exercise 4: 
1. a, a, nothing, a, nothing, nothing, the, the, nothing, nothing, the, a, a, nothing. 
 2. nothing 3. the 4. a 5. nothing 6. a 7. a 8. the, the. 
Exercise 5: 
1. an 6. an 
2. nothing 7. a 
3. nothing 8. an 
4. the 9. the 
5. a 10. nothing 
Exercise 6: 
1. Downing street 2. St. Jame's Park, Buckingham Palace 3. Liverpool University 
4. The Daily Telegraph .... the Times 5. Orly Airport 6. St Matthew's Church 
7. school 8. school, at the hospital 9. prison 10. the prison 11. the church 12. 
church, church 13. apples 14. women, men 15. coffee, tea 
16. most people, marriage, family life 
17. life, electricity 18. skiing, swimming 19. the Second World War 20. the beds 
Exercise 7: 
1. nothing, a, the 2. the 3. nothing, nothing, the 4. a, the, the, the 
5. the, the, the, nothing 6. the, a, a, the, nothing 7. a, a, the, the, 8. a, a, the, the, the, the 
9. an, the, a, the, the, the. 
 PHẦN 2: MANY/ MUCH/ A FEW/ FEW/ LITTLE/ A LITTLE 
Exercise 1 
1. Many 
2. much 
3. much 
4. Many 
5. many 
6. much 
Exercise 2 
1. a little 
2. a few 
3. a few 
6. Little 
7. a few 
8. few 
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4. a little 
5. few 
9. little 
Exercise 3 
1. how many, too many, any 
2. how much, too much 
3. how much, too much 
4. how much, enough 
5. how many, enough 
6. how many, too many, as much as 
7. enough, enough 
8. a few 
9. a little 
 Exercise 4 
1. many 
2. much 
3. many 
4. many 
5. much 
6. many 
7. much 
8. little, much 
9. few 
10. Many 
11. much 
12. most 
13. many 
14. a little 
15. a few 
16. few 
17. little 
 Exercise 5 
1. d 2. d 3. a 4. c 5. a 
 6. c 7. c 8. a 9. d 10. d 
 Exercise 6 
1.c 2. c 3. d 4. c 5. b 
 6. c 7. a 8. d 9. c 10. c 
 Exercise 7 
1. b 2. a 3. a 4. b 5. a 6. a 
7. c 8. a 9. d 10. b 11. a