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B2–C1 · GFE · 20 patterns

Quantification and agreement

Compare how English and German express quantification and agreement. Practise reusable constructions with Russian translations.

01 · How to use this set

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Compare how English and German express quantification and agreement. Practise reusable constructions with Russian translations.

Read the frame, try to complete your own sentence before opening an example, then compare the English structure with its German parallel. The point is retrieval and choice, not passive list reading.

02 · Representative patterns

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A compact sample from the 20 patterns in this study set.

01Not all + determiner + plural noun + plural predicateNot all the files need to be kept. · German parallel: Nicht alle + plural noun + plural predicate02Subject + cannot + infinitive + both + plural noun + at the same timeWe cannot use both rooms at the same time. · German parallel: Subject + kann/können nicht + beide + plural noun + gleichzeitig + infinitive03Neither of + definite plural group + singular predicateNeither of the two answers is complete. · German parallel: Keiner/Keine/Keines der beiden + plural noun + singular predicate04Either of + definite two-member group + singular predicateEither of these two routes takes us to the station. · German parallel: Jeder/Jede/Jedes der beiden + plural noun + singular predicate05Each of + definite plural group + singular predicateEach of the reports has a separate appendix. · German parallel: Jeder/Jede/Jedes + singular member + singular predicate06A number of + plural noun + plural predicateA number of people have asked the same question. · German parallel: Mehrere + plural noun + plural predicate

03 · Complete set

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01Not all + determiner + plural noun + plural predicateGFE001 · Not all + determiner + plural noun + plural predicate / Nicht alle + plural noun + plural predicate02Subject + cannot + infinitive + both + plural noun + at the same timeGFE002 · Subject + cannot + infinitive + both + plural noun + at the same time / Subject + kann/können nicht + beide + plural noun + gleichzeitig + infinitive03Neither of + definite plural group + singular predicateGFE003 · Neither of + definite plural group + singular predicate / Keiner/Keine/Keines der beiden + plural noun + singular predicate04Either of + definite two-member group + singular predicateGFE004 · Either of + definite two-member group + singular predicate / Jeder/Jede/Jedes der beiden + plural noun + singular predicate05Each of + definite plural group + singular predicateGFE005 · Each of + definite plural group + singular predicate / Jeder/Jede/Jedes + singular member + singular predicate06A number of + plural noun + plural predicateGFE006 · A number of + plural noun + plural predicate / Mehrere + plural noun + plural predicate07The number of + plural noun + singular predicateGFE007 · The number of + plural noun + singular predicate / Die Zahl/Anzahl der + plural noun + singular predicate08More than one + singular count noun + singular predicateGFE008 · More than one + singular count noun + singular predicate / Mehr als ein/eine + singular noun + singular predicate09One in every + number + plural noun + singular predicateGFE009 · One in every + number + plural noun + singular predicate / Jeder/Jede/Jedes + ordinal adjective + singular noun + singular predicate10All the + uncountable noun + singular predicateGFE010 · All the + uncountable noun + singular predicate / Die gesamte + mass noun / alle + natural plural equivalent + matching verb11There is little + uncountable noun, so + consequenceGFE011 · There is little + uncountable noun, so + consequence / Es gibt/ist nur wenig + mass noun, deshalb + consequence12Subject + have/has a little + uncountable noun, so + possible actionGFE012 · Subject + have/has a little + uncountable noun, so + possible action / Subject + haben + etwas/ein wenig + mass noun, also + possible action13Few + plural count noun + predicate, so + consequenceGFE013 · Few + plural count noun + predicate, so + consequence / Nur wenige + plural noun + predicate, deshalb + consequence14A few + plural count noun + predicate, so + consequenceGFE014 · A few + plural count noun + predicate, so + consequence / Ein paar + plural noun + predicate, deshalb + consequence15Both + noun phrase + and + noun phrase + plural predicateGFE015 · Both + noun phrase + and + noun phrase + plural predicate / Sowohl + noun phrase + als auch + noun phrase + plural predicate16Either + singular noun phrase + or + singular noun phrase + singular predicateGFE016 · Either + singular noun phrase + or + singular noun phrase + singular predicate / Entweder + singular noun phrase + oder + singular noun phrase + singular predicate17Neither + singular noun phrase + nor + singular noun phrase + singular predicateGFE017 · Neither + singular noun phrase + nor + singular noun phrase + singular predicate / Weder + singular noun phrase + noch + singular noun phrase + predicate18Singular noun phrase, as well as + plural noun phrase, + singular predicateGFE018 · Singular noun phrase, as well as + plural noun phrase, + singular predicate / Singular subject + singular predicate + ebenso wie + supplementary group19Subject + be + one of the + plural noun + relative pronoun + plural predicateGFE019 · Subject + be + one of the + plural noun + relative pronoun + plural predicate / Subject + sein + einer/eine/eines der + plural noun + plural relative clause20Subject + be + the only one of + group + relative pronoun + singular predicateGFE020 · Subject + be + the only one of + group + relative pronoun + singular predicate / Subject + sein + der/die/das Einzige aus/in + group + singular relative clause