2. Read the articles and check your ideas.

(Đọc các bài viết và kiểm tra ý tưởng của bạn)

Mr Connected

Chris Dancy loves technology. A few years ago, he noticed that he had very little information about his habits, health and lifestyle, and he wanted to lose some weight. So he bought some gadgets that could collect this information and help him understand himself better. Now he is connected to 700 sensors that record every detail of his life. He monitors what he eats and drinks, how long he sleeps, how much he spends, his mood ... even the activity of his dogs! Few, if any, people collect as much data about themselves as Chris.

Most of his gadgets are attached to him. He wears gadgets on both arms, a heart rate monitor and a device that counts calories. He has a smartwatch too, which he can wear on either wrist. His house and car are also full of gadgets. Every one of them sends data to his computer, and at the end of each day Chris spends a little time analysing it. The smartwatch is the only gadget he wears all the time. He doesn’t wear all of his gadgets 24/7, but he has so many systems that automatically track his activity that there aren’t any days when there is no monitoring at all.

LOOK OUT!

We can use most quantifiers with 'of' before a determiner (e.g. the, his, these) and a noun.

All of my friends have got phones.

However, we cannot use 'of' with 'every' or 'no'. Instead, we use 'every one of' and 'none of' with a plural verb or with a singular verb (in formal style).

None of my friends have / has got a tablet.

4. Read the Look out! box and underline three examples of 'of' with the quantifiers in the article.

(Đọc Look out! và gạch chân ba ví dụ về 'of' với các lượng từ trong bài viết)

6. Complete the sentences with the quantifiers below.

(Hoàn thành các câu với các lượng từ dưới đây)

any     both     few     little     most     none     some

1. Unfortunately, there are ___________ tablets at school, so we don't often use them.

2. ___________ of the students use social media. That’s how they stay in touch with one another.

3. I downloaded ___________ music from Amazon last night.

4. There aren't ___________ interactive whiteboards in our school.

5. You need to hold the games console controller with ___________ hands.

6. ___________ of my friends know the answer. I'll have to ask a teacher.

7. Jason’s always on his computer. He spends ___________ time on other hobbies.