Mastering English Grammar: Passive Voice and Quantifiers

Common English Opposites

Opposites:

• Small – Large
• Big/Casual – Formal
• Easy to use – Difficult
• Expensive – Cheap
• Tough – Weak
• Light – Heavy

Complete the Conversation Exchanges

1. Do you think / Don’t you think the design...?
2. How do you feel / What do you think?
3. ...about the new...
4. Do or don’t the design?

Passive Voice Sentence Practice

1. A new security system was introduced last month.
2. The office is cleaned every day.
3. My new motorbike was stolen.
4. Tickets are always checked on the train.
5. When was the microscope invented?
6. A new edition of the book was published last year.

Changing Passive Form to Active Form

1. My sister bought a new car.
2. We buy fresh fruit and vegetables for our lunch menu every day.
3. They found a great new restaurant for dinner.

Grammar Practice: Forming Questions

1. When was the new shopping centre opened?
2. Where are the empty bottles taken?
3. Where was it made?
4. Why is the road closed?
5. How much was spent on the new headquarters?

Describing People: Questions and Answers

1. What does he look like? He is quite short.
2. What colour? Brown.
3. What’s he like? Friendly.

Common Grammar Mistakes and Corrections

• Instruction – Point
• Do – Make
• To – For
• Us – Ourselves
• Their – At
• Do – Would

Using Quantifiers: Much, Many, and Some

1. How much food? / 2. Each day, they had some. / 3. They also had a little. / 4. Didn’t have any. / 5. A few. / 6. Many. / 7. Much. / 8. Lots of. / 9. Any. / 10. Any.

Select the Correct Word (Redondea la Correcta)

1. Much / 2. A little / 3. A lot of / 4. A few / 5. Many / 6. Information / 7. Any / 8. Some / 9. Lots of / 10. Any

Daily Routine and Lifestyle Questions

• 3. How many emails do you send a day?
• 4. How much exercise do you do a week?
• 5. How much time do you spend on the internet or social network sites?
• 6. How many days of holiday do you take a year?
• 7. How much sleep do you have a night?
• 8. How many people do you talk to in a day?
• 9. How much coffee do you drink every day?
• 10. How many hours do you spend travelling to work?

Uncountable Nouns and Containers

1. A sheet of paper
2. A plate of food
3. A jar of coffee
4. A slice of bread
5. A litre of oil
6. A bottle of water
7. 7. C / 8. G / 9. E / 10. F

Formal and Informal Language (I/F/M)

1. (IMF) / 2. I / 3. F / 4. I / 5. F / 6. M / 7. I / 8. I / 9. F / 10. I / 11. F

Conversation Practice: Quantifiers

1. There isn’t much / 2. Many / 3. A lot of (many) / 4. Any / 5. Some

Correcting Sentence Errors

1. My boss... advice
2. Any
3. Much exercise
4. Some interesting
5. Many
6. Luggage hasn’t

Effective Presentation Structure and Phrases

1. Thank you for listening.
2. I’ve divided my presentation into three areas.
3. Now I’d like to move on to...
4. Today I’m going to talk about...
5. Does anyone have any questions?
6. Moving on to my final point.

Sequence 1: 7, 4, 2, 1, 5, 3, 6 / 3, 4, 2, 6, 5, 1, 7

Sequence 2: 8, 4, 2, 3, 6, 7, 1, 5