Quantifiers
Both / Few of us enjoy spending time in airports.
(The sentence is about 2 people)
Both
Her teacher _______ ( say/tell ) their exam results were excellent.
said
Last week, an interviewer asked me, ‘What’s your biggest weakness?’
Last week, an interviewer asked me what my biggest weakness was.
She said me she’d phone me that evening.
She said she’d phone/ She told me she’d phone me that evening.
we / thing / was / lost / the / touch / extraordinary / that
The extraordinary thing was that we lost touch.
None / Neither of us plays a musical instrument.
(The sentence is about 2 people)
Neither
She _______ ( say/tell ) us that we should apologise for what our son had done.
told
The other day, a complete stranger walked up to me and asked, 'What have you been doing lately?'
The other day, a complete stranger walked up to me and asked what I had been doing lately.
The forecaster explained us that it might be wet and windy over the weekend.
The forecaster explained to us that it might be wet and windy over the weekend.
always / one / you / who / is / are / the / complaining
You’re the one who is always complaining!
We remember a large amount of / quite a few of our dreams.
(The sentence is about 2 people)
quite a few of
They _______ (enquire/tell) if the hotel had any rooms available.
enquired
Once I was trying on trousers and the shop assistant asked, 'Would you like to try a bigger size?'
Once, I was trying on trousers and the shop assistant asked if I would like/wanted to try a bigger size.
My boyfriend denied talk to those girls at the bar.
My boyfriend denied talking to those girls at the bar.
you / earth / on / are / doing / what?
What on earth are you doing?
Both of us take a few / a little sugar in our coffee.
(The sentence is about 2 people)
a little
Dad ______ (say/demand) that Becky tidied her room.
demanded
Every day, my flatmate says, ‘Could you do the dishes?’ and then says, ‘I’ll do them next time.'
Every day, my flatmate asks me to do the dishes and then says he/she’ll do them next time.
He told everybody not to worry as things will get better.
He told everybody not to worry as things would get better.
crazy / is / that / totally !
That is totally crazy!
We both got hardly any / very few sleep last night.
(The sentence is about 2 people)
hardly any
Lee _______ (enquire/ask) the teacher to open the window.
asked
At the end of a first date, the girl asked me, ‘So when do you want to get married?
At the end of a first date, the girl asked me when I wanted to get married.
The man asked me if I knew what the next station stop is.
The man asked me if I knew what the next station stop was .
that / long / is / such / time / a
That is such a long time!