Question

For questions 1–8, read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each gap. There



is an example at the beginning (s).



Example: A number B few C quantity D several



The meeting



We were surprised that quite a (0) ____________ people turned up at the meeting. We knew that



there were a (1) ____________ of people opposed to foxhunting in the village, but we didn’t think



that (2) ____________ would be prepared to come out on a cold, wet Wednesday evening. Walter



spoke for a (3) ____________ moments about what the committee had been doing during the past



month, then we asked whether there were (4) ____________ questions from the audience. A young



man, who was sitting (5) ____________ seats back from the front, pushed his chair back, stood



up, and said that there was very (6) ____________ poi

Answer 1

En esta actividad debes llenar los espacios en blancos con el cuantificador que tenga más sentido en la oración las opciones son las siguientes:

1. A) number      B) few             C) many          D) several
2. A) lot of          B) many           C) few             D) little
3. A) much         B) lot                C) lot of           D) many
4. A) little           B) several        C) few              D) some
5. A) few            B) a few           C) some           D) lots
6. A) a                B) any              C) much           D) a lot of
7. A) a lot           B) a little          C) a number    D) a few
8. A) few            B) small           C) little             D) some
9. A) any            B) many           C) a lot of        D) several

We were surprised that quite a (1) few people turned up at the meeting. We knew that there were a (2) a lot people opposed to foxhunting in the village, but we didn’t think that so (3) many would be prepared to come out on a cold, wet Wednesday evening. Walter spoke for a (4) few moments about what the committee had been doing during the past (5) few months, then we asked if there were (6) any questions from the audience. A young man, who was sitting (7) a few seats back from the front, pushed his chair back, stood up, and said that there was very (8) small point in having meetings if no one was prepared to take (9) any sort of action.