LANGUAGES INSTITUTE 2017-03

EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY WITH COUNT AND NON COUNT NOUNS.

Professor’s name: MARC BOTERO Date: 05/ 03/2018

Student’s name: NATHALY MENESES AYALA Group: 25

A. Complete these statements about transportation and contamination problems with phrases in the
chart. Then compare with a partner. (More than one answer may be possible.)

too much / too many / fewer / less / not enough / more

1. There are fewer bike lanes around the city the government should invest in them.
2. There are not enough parking spaces in the university parking lot.
3. There should be fewer motorcycles in the downtown. There needs to be some sort of restriction.
4. There is too much pollution in the neighborhood, people are getting ill because of that.
5. The factories need to generate less pollution, the levels of contamination are too high.
6. There is too much noise in the area, many people are having hearing problems.
7. People in the city need more public parks, families and children need bigger spaces for
entertainment.
8. There is fewer parking available in the business area. I spend hours trying to find a spot.
9. Fortunately, there are fewer factories pouring their wastes in the river, that’s an improvement for the
environment.

B. Write sentences about the city or town you are living in.

1. The city should provide more parks of children to play with their pets.

2. We have too many food places and bakeries on my hometown.

3. There's too much too much pollution in the air because miner activity.

4. There isn't enough water in vijes river.

5. There should be fewer dogs in the street.

6. We don't have enough job opportunities for to job here.

7. There should be less noise around the hospital because people need be calm.

8. We need more road sings because there are many accidents in the year.
C. Before watching the video.

Read the flowing sentences. Then match the word in bold with its definition.

1. Commuters drive for hours to get to their working places.

2. I hate rush hour, I usually spend a lot of time behind the wheel. That’s why I prefer to wake up
earlier and avoid the traffic.
3. I recommend you take the highway, you’ll get there much faster than if you take the old route.
4. Crime has worsened around here in the last few years. This used to be a much safer
neighborhood.
5. I can’t believe how much time you waste in that stupid video game, you should do something
productive.

Definitions:

a. (4) to make or become worse.

b. (2) a regular period of heavy traffic, especially at the beginning or end of a workday.
c. (1) a person who travels to work over an appreciable distance
d. (5) to use, consume, spend, or expend carelessly, without a purpose.
e. (3) a main public road, especially a big one that connects towns and cities.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNyQQ_aLwfQ

D. Watch the video about cities with the worst traffic in the US and answer the following questions.
1. When did the traffic worsen?
The traffic worsen is in Washington D.C.
2. Why do people in the US commute more time now than three decades ago?
Because now have many people working than three decades ago and need to travel to their jobs.
3. How many hours do people commute in the cities with worse traffic in the US?
In San José, California, the people waste 67 hours per year; in New York, Newark, the people waste
74 hours per year; in San Francisco, Oakland, the people waste 78 hours per year; in Los Angeles,
Long beach and Anaheim the people waste 80 hours per year and in Washington the people waste
82 hours per year.
4. According to the video, what is a synonym for gridlock? Stuck in traffic