8. 1. Most Americans have
educational opportunities.
Thirty years ago, all people in
California, all people in California
had educational opportunities.
Now, college is more money, so
people have fewer opportunties.
9. 2. Most Americans have a TV. A
few people don’t have a TV. You
can watch on the Internet, listen to
the radio, watch movies on DVD.
10. 3. Very few Americans have more
than eight children.
200 years ago, many American
families had more than eight
children, but some did not live to
grow up.
11. 4. Some Americans know where
my native country.
Most Americans know where China
and Mexico are.
Some Americans don’t know
where Algeria or Yemen is.
Few American exactly where
Mongolia is.
12. 5. Some Americans shake hands when
they meet.
Many men shake hands when they
meet for the first time, especially for
business.
Only some women shake hands.
When a woman and a man meet for
the first time, the woman decides if
she wants to shake hands or not.
13. 6. Most Americans use credit
cards.
If you don’t have a credit card, you
have to carry a lot of cash and you
can’t buy things online.
Very few people can’t get credit
cards, or don’t want to use them.
14. 7. Most Americans are natives of
America = Most Americans were
born in America.
(“Native Americans” are different.
Few Americans are Native
Americans = Indians.)
15. 8. Almost all American citizens can
vote.
(After you have been a convicted
of a crime, you can no longer vote.)
16. 9. Very few Americans speak
another language in addition
English.
Most Americans speak only
English.
In most countries, many people
speak more than one language.
Americans are usually monolingual
18. All of the, most of the, many of
the, some of the, few of the,
very few of the, none of the
With these expressions, you are
making a prepositional phrase.
19. Page 449, Exercise 11
Talk about all/some/few of the
_________ in a group.
20. 1. A few of the students in this
class speak Spanish.
21. 2. Most of the students in this
class brought their books today.
23. 4. All of the students in this class
want to learn English.
24. 5. Some of the students in this
class have jobs.
25. 6. Some of the students in this
class are married.
26. 7. Some of the students in this
class may want to go back to their
native country to live in the future.
Many people in this class want to
go back to their native country to
visit.
27. 8. All of the lessons in this book
end with a review.
28. 9. Most of the pages in this book
have pictures.
29. 10. Both of the tests in this class
were hard.
