B1 -Quantifiers in English

Quantifiers in English

What are they and how do we use them?

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What are quantifiers?

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What do each, every and all mean?

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Are each and every followed by a singular noun or verb?

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Is all followed by a singular or plural verb or noun?

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How do we use “the” with all, each and every?

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What is the slight difference in meaning between every and each?

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Which quantifiers would you use to describe two people or things?

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Which quantifier could we use if we mean “this tablet and the other tablet"?

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Which quantifier would you use to say “not this one and not the other one”?

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Which quantifier is used mainly in questions and negatives to indicate a choice between two or sometimes more than two options?

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Which form of a verb do we use after both and neither?

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Which quantifiers can be followed by “of”? Is “of” followed by a singular or plural noun or phrase?

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Can “each of the tablets” be replaced with “both of the tablets”?

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Can we say, “each of the tablets has” and “both of the tablets has”?

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Which is correct? A. All the students have their own rooms. B. All the student have their own rooms.

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Which of these is correct? A. Every information about accommodation is on our website. B. All the information about accommodation is on our website.

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Which of these is NOT correct? A. Every student has their own room. B. Each students have their own room. C. Each student has their own room.

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'Each' and 'every' can often be used in the same place in a sentence, but their meanings are slightly different. Which is better? A. Every room has a Wi-Fi connection. Each one has a different view. B. Each room has a Wi-Fi connection. Every one has a different view.

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One student has a problem finding a room. But which expression is better? A. I was too late to apply for accommodation. Every room in the building is already taken. B. I was too late to apply for accommodation. Each room in the building is already taken.

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Which of these is better? A. The university has two student dormitories, with about 1,000 students in every building. B. The university has two student dormitories, with about 1,000 students in each building.

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Which of these is NOT correct? A. All of the students have a phone in the room. B. Each of them has a phone in their room. C. Every of the students a phone in their room.

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Select: Both Either Neither Frank and Hank are bankers.

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Select: Both Either Neither of them are married yet.

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Select: I haven't seen both either neither of them for years.

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Select: Neither Frank nor or Hank are in London very often.

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Select: Frank has a second home in Spain, but I can't remember where. It's either Barcelona nor or Valencia.

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All, every and each = the whole number of things in a group Every vs. each every emphasises the whole number in a group; each emphasises members of the group as individuals Both = this one AND the other one Neither = NOT this one AND NOT the other one Either = this one OR the other one

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All (the) students have their own rooms. All (the) information is on the website. Every/Each student has their own room. I like both pictures. Neither picture is right for the room. She didn’t buy either picture.

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PATTERNS Both... and Neither... nor Either... or She plays both the violin and the guitar. Neither me nor my brother are married. You can wear either this shirt or that one.

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