6.5 Numerals

1) What time does the alarm clock wake you up? ___ (7.05)

Five minutes past seven a.m.

Five past seven

2) Last year our University had ____ graduates.

a) two thousands

b) two thousand

c) two thousand of

3) Her recent contract is dated by____.

a) March the seventh

b) the seventh of March

c) March, seventh

4) He was born in ____ 1100.

a) one thousand and one hundred

b) eleven hundred

c) eleven double “oh”

5) Her sister is now about___.

a) twelve months

b) one year

c) a year

6) At present, they are expecting a ____ of applicants.

a) two fold

b) bilateral

c) two times

7) He was convicted of a ____ murder triple

a) threefold

b) thrice

8) Buckingham Palace is the residence of Elizabeth II____ .

a) the Second

b) Second

c) two

9) It is unusual for a mother to have a quadruplet, ____ would be more common.

a) doublet

b) twins

c) couple

10) Decimals like 0.256 should be read:

a) hought point two hundred and fifty six

b) hundreds fifty six

c) two five six.

6.6 Quantifiers and related words (general)

Fill in the gaps with the appropriate quantifiers or related words from the right column.

Hello (I) ______!

It's so nice to hear from you (2)_____again after the (3)_____month of separation. I had (4) _____of time to sit and to think properly about (5) _____that had happened. Though I can't say I could regret (6) _____I've done, there are (7) ____ of things I can't explain (8) _____. (9)_____ day I woke up with one and the same dream, — that I'm back home giving you (10)_____a friendly hug. There are not (11) _____people in the room, (12) _____of them relatives, just (13)_____very close friends. I see that they behave (14)____ strangely, (15)_____. Being eager to raise the eyes from the floor. The atmosphere in the room is a bit tense, as if (16) _____impending misfortune is hanging heavily in the air. Still, they speak as though there is (17) _____wrong whatsoever. I can't make head or tail of what's going on. I'm writing about it for you to know how I feel. I doubt that (18) _____could shed (19) _____ light on it, I mean my dream. (20)_____, I feel there must be a simple way to explain it...

Now, I regret to say I must be winding up. I miss you greatly.

Yours, Pete.

a) a few	k) many
b) a number	1) neither
c) all	m) none
d) any	n) nothing
e) anything	o) plenty
f) at all	p) some
g) each	q) somehow
h) every	r) someone
i) everybody	s) somewhat
j) everything	t) whole

6.7 Choose the correct variant.

There is ___for __of us to do here.

A anything, none

B nothing, none

С anything, any

D nothing, any

2.___was said but ___ done.

A much, little

В many, few

С few, a little

D a few, little

3. ___people could manage to live on ______ money.

A few, so little

В a few, few

С little, so few

D little, such little

4. The bells are carefully installed so that discon­necting one will have no effect on___.

A other

В others

С the others

D another

5. You are not the only one who failed to hear ___news, I didn't___.

A no, also

В any, too

С any, either

D no, neither

6. He reached out for his hat and holding it in one hand absent-mindedly stroked it with___.

A another

В other

С the other

D the second

7. I made___ friends in those days because I was occupied with ___ things.

A a few, the other

В few, other

С less, other's

D some, the other

8.___writers are as well known as Shakespeare.

A few

В a few

С many

D other

9. He told them what_____ was to do in case ____ comes.

A each, somebody

В every, anybody

С other, anyone

D the other, someone

10.___ people can speak a foreign language perfectly.

A every

В all

С few

D most of

11. Listen, I don't want ___to say things regret.

A none of us

В either of us

С other

D neither of them

12. Nowadays people know the price of ___ the value of___ .

A something, anything

В everything, nothing

С nothing, some

D other, no one

13. He is happy about himself _____ .

A all

В most of

С the most

D most of the time.

14. Bob, don't eat _____ cake right away, leave ___for tomorrow.

A all of the, something

В the whole, anything

С all the, everything

D the whole of the, everything

15. The detective studied ____delegate in the president's team but found nothing suspicious in _____ .

A either, anyone

В each, no-one

С every, everybody

D each, anyone

16. Is there___ milk left? I've used ___packet for the dough.

A any, all

В some, the whole

С no, some

D any, the whole

17. The Thousand_______, one of the famous books of Arabic stories, dates back to___.

A and one Nights, the tenth century AD

В and one Night, the tenth century before Christ

С one Night, AD the tenth

D one Nights, the tenth century since the birth of Christ

18. We beat them two ____in the ___ final.

A love, half-

B nil, semi

С nought, quarter

D zero, bi-

19. Thirty two degrees Fahrenheit____ degrees Celsius.

A is, nil

В is, zero

С are, nil

D are, 'oh'

20. Granny likes to speak of those days when ___eggs was less than 40p.

A half a dozen of

В a half dozen of

С half of a dozen

D a half dozen

Unit 7. Some problem words.