Use of English

Level B2

Part 1 - Multiple Choice

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For Questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.

Choosing the Right Quantifier

People often think that words like *all*, *both*, *some* and *none* are easy, but they can cause confusion in everyday communication. For example, if two friends are invited to a party, saying that (0) BOTH OF THEM are coming is very different from saying only one is. In surveys, not (1) .......... the answers are equally useful, because some people reply without reading the questions carefully. In fact, (2) .......... the participants may skip a question, while others answer every item in detail. Problems also arise when speakers confuse *no one* with *none*. If there are several tickets left, *no one* cannot replace *none* because the first refers to people, while the second refers to things or amounts. Teachers often remind students that (3) .......... sentence needs a clear subject, but not (4) .......... mistakes are serious enough to change the meaning. In pair work, if two students disagree, it is possible that (5) .......... is completely right. On the other hand, in a large class, only (6) .......... learners may notice a small grammar error immediately. If a task is too easy, (7) .......... student in the room may finish quickly, but that does not mean (8) .......... the answers will be correct.

What to do

In this part, you read a text with eight gaps and choose the best word from four options to fit each gap.

Nothing prepares you for this test better than reading.

Read a lot. Candidates who often read in English (for work, for fun) find this part of the test manageable, while those who never read tend to find it very hard.

If you are 100% sure that two of the 4 choices are completely identical, then neither can be the answer. There is always only one word that fits grammatically and has the right meaning.

Usually the correct option will be part of a fixed phrase or collocation, a phrasal verb, a connector or the only word that fits grammatically in the gap.

Strategy

  1. Read the title and the whole text quickly to understand its general meaning before you attempt the task.
  2. Check the words before and after the gap.
  3. Choose the best option.
  4. When you have finished, read the text again with the words inserted to check that it makes sense.

Instructions

For Questions 1-8, read the text below and decide which answer best fits each gap.

Exercise Details

Author

Ale R

@ale-r

User Prompt

"Generate an exercise where the gaps and choices are focused on all of them, both of them, no one, some, none, few, and every."

Tone: Standard
Level: B2

Created on:

Apr 14, 2026

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