QUANTIFIERS - 01

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ATTENTION : N'UTILISEZ PAS (A) LOT(S) (OF)

1. (PLUSIEURS) human guinea pigs entered Biosphere 2 (QUELQUES) weeks ago.
2. (BEAUCOUP) scientists suggest that (LA PLUPART) opportunities are being squandered by a short-sighted management which invested very (PEU) money.
3. (COMBIEN) food did the first biospherians manage to grow? Not (AUTANT) they had predicted.
4. (TROP) shrubs and (TROP) grass are overrunning the desert area because the artificially generated climate is (TROP) moist for desert plants.
5. (LA MAJEURE PARTIE DE) the artificial ocean seems to be in trouble. The plankton levels are (BEAUCOUP) lower and there are (DE MOINS EN MOINS) corals.
6. Biologists thought the microbes would consume (MOINS) oxygen, as soil bacteria weren’t expected to proliferate (AUTANT) .
7. (COMBIEN) experiments were carried out last time? Very (PEU) , obviously not (AUTANT) scientists had planned, since the biospherians had (UN PEU) trouble ensuring their own survival.