Most, most of, the most

Most, most of, the most

Exercise 2

Choose most, most of or the most to complete these sentences.

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1 At the party, I introduced Sally to ______ my friends.

A.most

B.most of

C.the most

2 France, Spain and Italy are _____ popular tourist destinations in Europe.

A.most

B.most of

C.the most

3 ______ the students in my class have lunch at the cafeteria.

A.Most

B.Most of

C.The most

4 _____ people use social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, etc.

A.Most

B.Most of

C.The most

5 What are _____ useful languages to learn?

A.most

B.most of

C.the most

6 We spent ______ our holiday lying on the beach.

A.most

B.most of

C.the most

7 The weather isn't great here in winter. It rains _____ days.

A.most

B.most of

C.the most

8 The coach and ______ the players are Canadian.

A.most

B.most of

C.the most

9 In _____ schools in Japan, students bring a lunch box from home.

A.most

B.most of

C.the most

10 We use _____ advanced techniques.

A.most

B.most of

C.the most

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Most, most of, the most : Grammar chart

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Most

We use most (without the/this/that/my/etc.) with nouns to mean ‘the majority of’ something.

• Most of people can’t work from home.
• Most people can’t work from home.
• I have some bad days, but most days are good. 

We can use most + noun to talk about the majority of people or things in general

• Most students like online learning.

Most of

We use most of before the/this/that/my/etc.

• Most of students in my class practice sports.
• Most of the students in my class practice sports.
• Most of this information is not true. 

We can also use most of + object pronoun.

• Most of us come from poor families. 
• They arrested most of them.

Be careful with this common mistake!

We say most or most of (NOT the most) to talk about the majority of something.

• The most students like online learning.
• Most students like online learning.
• The most of us come from poor families.
• Most of us come from poor families.

The most

We say the most before adjectives or adverbs to make the superlative form.

• These are the most comfortable sofas you can buy. 
• Here, you can find the most beautiful views in the region.