2019-02-21 Grammar: quantifiers with of, game

Greg Malivuk
gmalivuk@staffordhouse.com
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Quantifiers with “of”
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Any teacher can help you with that.
Any of the teachers at Stafford House can help you with that.

Most Americans speak English.
Most of the Americans here speak Spanish.

Some friends are more important than others.
Some of my friends are computer programmers.
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Most quantifiers can be used with or without “of”.
We use “of” when the noun is specific (with “the”, a possessive, or a demonstrative)

“All” can be with or without “of” for specific nouns:
	All of my friends are nice. / All my friends are nice.

“A couple” can use “of” even with nonspecific nouns:
	There are still a couple of people here. / There are still a couple people here.
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Some quantifiers always use “of”:
A lot of people are sick today.
A great deal of money was spent.
There are still a number of problems with this.
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p. 365 exercise 9 - Complete the sentences with the quantifier or with the quantifier + “of”.
	(Do not add “the” if it isn’t already there. Only the quantifier and, sometimes, “of”.)
1 All
2 Almost all
3 Most
4 much of
5 A great deal of
6 Some of
7 any of
8 little of
9 no
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Game - Roll and move to that quantifier square. Then draw a noun card and make a sentence using that noun and that quantifier. If it’s correct, stay on your square. If it’s wrong (or you can’t think of a sentence), go back to your original square.
- You do not need to use the quantifier for the noun you picked, you just need to use that quantifier and that noun somewhere in the same sentence.