ENGLISH COURSE

TEACHER JOSÉ LUIS TELLO

QUANTIFIERS: ALL, EVERY, BOTH, ETC.

I. ALL (todo)
Se utiliza con un sustantivo contable o un sustantivo incontable
• All the tickets were sold
• All fruit is healthy

Tambien podemos utilizar all + of + pronombre

• All of us went to the park yesterday.
• All of the students in this classroom have a book

II. EVERBODY / EVERYTHING

EVERYBODY / EVERYONE (for people), EVERYTHING (for things)
Se usa everything y everybody con un verbo en tercera persona.

Everybody significa todos - Everybody/everyone had a fantastic time at the party.

Everything significa todo - Everything in the shop is very cheap.

III. MOST (la mayoria)

Tenemos dos posibilidades del uso de most:
1. Utilizamos most seguido de un sustantivo: Most people like the beach (hablamos en general)
2. Utiliamos most con la palabra “of + the”: Most of the people who work in my office are English (la
mayoria de las personas en la oficina son inglesas)
3. Tambien Podemos decir: Most of pronom (it, us, you, them): Most of them said they would go

IV. NO
Se utiliza para negar y va seguido de un sustantivo plural contable o un sustantivo incontable. Para
ello el verbo de ir en positivo: I have no time es lo mismo que decir I don’t have any time.

V. NONE (nada, ninguno)

• Se utiliza en respuestas cortasen oraciones positivas: A: is there any milk in the fridge? – B: No, none
/ no, there’s none.
• Tambien Podemos utilizar none + of + pronoun o sustantivo: None of us wanted to go to the concert /
None of the children had done their homework.

VI. ANY
• Se sabe que any se puede utilizar con oraciones negativas e interrogativas: I don’t have any money, I
don’t any time right now, do you have any money?
• Se puede usar any con una oración positiva para querer decir que no importa la manera de hacer
algo.: Come any weekend, Anyone can come.

VII. BOTH, BOTH OF, NEITHER, NEITHER OF, EITHER, EITHER OF

A. We use both, neither, either, for two things. You can use these words with a NOUN: Both restaurants
are good / neither restaurant is expensive / we can go to either restaurant. I don’t care / do you want tea or
coffee? – either. It really doesn’t matter.

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B. Both of, neither of, either of + the (this, that, these, those, the, my, Tom’s.)
Both of these restaurants are very good / neither of Tom’s parents is American / neither of the restaurants
we went to was expensive.
C. Both of, neither of, either of + us/you/them
Can either of you speak Spanish? / I asked two people the way to the station, but neither of them knew / I
bought two interesting books, but I didn’t read either of them
Both… and…: Both Ann and Tom were late / I was both tired and hungry / Both Jim and Carol are on
vacation.
Neither …nor…: Neither Liz nor Tom came to the party / she said she would contact me, but she neither
wrote nor called
Either… or…:I’m not sure where he’s from. He’s either Spanish or Italian /

PRACTICE
COMPLETE THE SENTENCES

1. _______ children _______ creative

2. All _______ students in my class _______ Spanish
3. All _______ are beautiful
4. _______ the flowers in this garden _______ beautiful
5. All students _______ to learn English _______
6. Everybody _______ happy in the _______
7. I like ___________ in the party
8. Everything ____ expensive in this _______
9. __________ was fine in my trip to Peru last _______
10. Most _______ I get up _______ 7 o’clock
11. Most tourists _______ visit this part of town
12. Lima, like _______ large cities has a traffic ___________
13. _______ of this money is mine
14. I spent ________the day in bed
15. _______ problems have a solution
16. None _____ my classmates played well yesterday
17. _______my friends wanted to go out. They have a lot of homework
18. I asked some people for directions, but ____________ were able to help me.
19. Where did you go for your last vacation – Florida or Puerto Rico? – we went to _______
20. I tried to call George twice, but _______________ he was out.
21. _______my parents are from Michigan.
22. Neither _______has a key, therefore we can’t go into the room
23. _______ Jim and Carol _______ on vacation
24. I have _________ the time _______ the money to go on vacation
25. That man’s name is _______ Richards or Robert