All/all of most/most of no/none of, etc.

Question 1

All / some / any / most / much-many / little-few / no

You can use all these words with a n____.

Answer 1

All / some / any / most / much-many / little-few / no

^{You can use all these words with a n____.}

^{All cars have wheels.}

^{Some cars can go faster than others.}

^{Many people drive to fast.}

Note that we cannot say “all of cars”, “some of people”, etc.

Also note that we say “most”, not “the most”.

Question 2

All / some / any / most / much-many / little-few / half / none

We can use “of” after these words when “of” are f____ by the / this / that / this / those / my, etc.

Answer 2

All / some /** any** / most / much-many / little-few / half / none

We can use “of” after these words when “of” are followed by the / this / that / this / those / my, etc.

^{<strong>Some of the people</strong> I work with are not very friendly.}

^{<strong>None of this money </strong>is mine.}

Note you don’t need of after all or half.

All my friends live in LA (not All of my friends).

Half this money is mine (not Half of this money.

Compare:

^{Most problems have a solution (= most problems in general).}

^{Most of the problemswe had have… (= specific group of problems).}

Question 3

Can we use all of / some of / none of, etc, + it / us / you / them?

Answer 3

Can we use all of / some of / none of, etc, +** it **/ us / you / them?

How many of these people do you know? None/few of them.

Do any of you want to come to a party tonight?

Do you like this music? Some of it. Not all of it.

We also say all of us / all of you / half of it / half of them:

All of us were late.

I haven’t finished the book yet. I’ve only read half of it.

Question 4

You can also use some / most / none, etc. a____, whithout a n____.

Answer 4

You can also use some / most / none, etc. alone, whithout a noun.

Some cars have four doors and some have two.

A few ot he shops are open, but most (of them) were closed.

Half this money is mine, and half (of it) is yours.

Question 5

Put “of” where necessary. Some ___ movies are very violent.

Answer 5

Put “of” where necessary. Some ___ movies are very violent.

^{(some + noun is possible)}

Question 6

Put “of” where necessary. Some ___ the movies I’ve seen recently are very violent.

Answer 6

Put “of” where necessary. Some of the movies I’ve seen recently are very violent.

^{<span>(we use some + of + the / specific)</span>}

Question 7

Put “of” where necessary. Jim has live in Houston all ___ his life..

Answer 7

Put “of” where necessary. Jim has live in Houston all (of) his life.

^{<span>(not necessary but possible)</span>}