Grammar in context 2
Non-defining clauses 1
Complete the text with the quantifiers in the box. a few • a little • a ll • a ny • few (x2) • little • lot • many (x2) • m ost • none • some
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Complete the sentences with a relative pronoun. 1 The centre’s Olympic-size pool, a lot of people train, is being renovated at the moment. 2 Climbing, is his favourite activity, can be quite an expensive sport. 3 Auntie Sue, club I borrowed, used to play golf when she was young. 4 It was last weekend, they were competing in the sailing regatta, that she pulled a muscle. 5 The boys from Greenland High, names I forget, are both talented cricketers. 6 Our coach, I have total confidence in, plans my training programme. the sentences. 1 It was hard to get the children to join in. The children didn’t like doing sport. It was hard to get the children, who didn’t like doing sport, to join in. 2 Lois Toulson is a ten-metre platform diver. She comes from Great Britain. Use a non-defining relative clause to join
THERE’S ‘SNOW’ STOPPING MILLIE KNIGHT!
Not (a)
people have heard of Millie Knight, but
she is one of the (b)
teenagers who have won skiing medals at an international level. Millie, who has very (c) vision at all, due to an infection at the age of six, competes in the visually impaired category. Her mother, who has a (d) of skiing expertise, encouraged her to take up the sport. How (e) medals has she won? At the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games ® in PyeongChang, she won two silver medals in the downhill. (f ) of the Paralympic GB team had ever won a medal at such a young age before. Incredibly, despite having crashed in the 2017 World Championships, she didn’t show (g) fear in her medal-winning run. (h) people have been as important to her as her guide, Brett Wild. They communicate with Sena Bluetooth headsets in their helmets. Brett gives commands (i) of the time, especially if there are rocks or obstacles in her way. Although she can only see ( j) – about 5% – Millie’s favourite hobby is photography. She has a special camera which helps her see (k) things more clearly and she imagines the rest. In fact, there are (l) things Millie can’t do!
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3 That sports centre has just opened. My friend works out there.
4 This pool is Olympic-sized. Michael Phelps used to practise here.
5 The boy said he was very happy. His cricket team won.
6 The basketballer was very talkative. His family were sitting near us.
Grammar challenge
5 Rewrite the sentences using the words given. Do not change the meaning. 1 Very few people failed the competition. (most) the competition. 2 We live far from the club, but we still go there to train. (despite) the club, we still go there to train. 3 I didn’t warm up because I had no time. (any) time. 4 You’re too young to do that extreme sport. (old) that extreme sport. 5 She speaks good English and some French. (little) French.
7 Bossaball is played around the world. It originated in Spain.
Quantifiers 3
Find and correct the mistake with quantifiers
in each sentence. 1 My town hasn’t got none place to play sport. 2 There isn’t many space to turn your bike at that jump. 3 The instructor tried to give me a few advice on how to play. 4 The coach gave him a little instructions at the beginning. 5 You don’t need a lots of equipment to go skiing. You can hire it at the slopes. 6 How much times have you tried windsurfing?
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