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Grammar
Quantifiers
5 a) Write C (countable),
U (uncountable) next to
each word.
1 not any C/U, few ......, many ......,
a few ......, most ......
2 not many ......, some ......, a lot of
......, too many ......
3 little ......, too much ......, very
little ......
4 not much ......, lots of ......,
a little ......
6 Read the sentences. Which phrase is not possible in each
sentence? Which can be followed by: a countable,
uncountable noun? Find more examples in the text in Ex. 2.
1 There was a large amount of/a great deal of/a number of/
plenty of rain in the days after the earthquake.
2 He heard quite a lot of/quite a few/a little/plenty of amazing
survival stories after the disaster.
3 There were no/hardly any/any/a small number of survivors.
4 Much/A large number of/Several/A couple of nuclear power
plants were damaged during the earthquake.
5 All/Several/Every/Each of them had lost their homes.
b) Choose the correct words. Explain your answers,
then make sentences using the other words.
1 Were there any/some aftershocks after the earthquake?
2 Rescue workers found very few/little survivors in the rubble.
3 A lot of/Much people lost their loved ones in the earthquake.
4 There was only a little/a few water left.
5 Most/Too much people in the town didn’t have some/any
electricity after the earthquake.
6 There wasn’t much/many hope of finding any/some survivors
in the burning building.
see pp.
GR 4-5
4 Match the highlighted words
with their meanings: holding on
tightly, panicked & frightened ,
broken into small pieces, started,
incomplete, unable to leave,
pieces of bricks, stones & other
materials, very wet, violently
threw .
7 Fill in: the whole of, both , neither, either , none . Check in the
Grammar Reference section.
1 ................................. Anna nor Steve were in Japan when the
earthquake struck.
2 Sadly, ....................... the tsunami and the earthquake caused
terrible damage.
3 ........................... the world was shocked.
4 ................................... we leave now or wait until they come.
5 Lots of people were in the building when the fire broke out,
but fortunately ........................................... of them got hurt.
8 Make sentences based on the text using: the whole of,
a large amount of, hardly any, most people , little hope, a few.
S peaking & Writing
9 Listen and read the text. Imagine you
were in Japan on the day of the earthquake and tsunami
in March 2011. Where were you? What did you see and
hear? How did you feel? In a few minutes, write a few
sentences. You can use the headlines in Ex 1a. Tell your
partner or the class.
Think!
10 Draw a picture or find pictures to raise
awareness of the victims of the disaster in Japan.
Present it/them to the class.
3 Read the text again. Five
sentences are missing. Match
each sentence (A-F) to a gap
(1-5). There is one extra
sentence.
A Closer to the epicentre, buildings
collapsed, roads and railways were
ripped apart and fires blazed.
B The evacuation zone around the
nuclear power plant was soon
increased to 20 km.
C Many thousands of people lost
their lives and roads, buildings and
entire villages were swept away.
D Sadly, there were hardly any
survivors.
E Without power, the cooling system
at the Fukushima No. 1 Plant failed.
F It washed away houses and cars
and hurled ships far inland, carrying
them along and slamming them
into whatever lay in their path.