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5. Did you hear noise/a noise in the middle of the night? –No, I don’t think
so.
6. Is there cheese/a cheese in this soup? –Yes, a little.
7. Shall I put a chicken/some chicken in your sandwiches? –Yes, please.
8. I had conversation/a conversation with Vicky last night. –Oh, what about?
9. Are you a pacifist? –Well, I don’t believe in war/a war, so I suppose I am.
10. It isn’t fair. –No, life/ a life just isn’t fair, I’m afraid.
11. What’s the matter? –You’ve got some egg/some eggs on your shirt.
This island is very peaceful. Life/A life is good here. Everybody moves at
a nice slow pace. People have time/a time to stop and talk. It’s
experience/an experience I won’t forget for a long time. There aren’t
many shops, so I can’t spend all my money, although I did buy painting/a
painting yesterday. Now I’m sitting on the beach reading paper/a paper.
The hotel breakfast is so enormous that I don’t need to have lunch. I’ve
just brought orange/an orange with me to eat later. I’ve been trying all
the different fruit/fruits grown in this part of the world, and they are all
delicious.
Most of these sentences have a mistake in them. Correct them, or if there is no
mistake, write right.
3. We are late because they are re-surfacing the motorway and the traffics
are terrible.
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4. He was asked to leave the college because of a bad behaviour at the end
of term party.
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5. I’m going to phone my brother to wish him good luck for his driving test.
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6. I think it’s a pity Rebecca had her hairs cut short because she looked
much more attractive before.
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7. It’s not a bad room, but the furnitures take up too much space.
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8. As an old friend, may I give you an advice?
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9. If we don’t have up-to-date information, how can we make sensible
decisions?
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10. Fortunately, the check-up was less unpleasant experience than I had
expected.
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Fill the spaces in the following conversation with one of the words in the box.
Sometimes you need the plural (-s), and some of the words are used more than once.
case – day – experience – luggage – paper – room –
scenery – weather - view - suitcase
Mary and Liz are about to go on a holiday together. Mary has come to collect
Liz in her car.
M: Hello Liz are you ready?
L: Yes, just about. All the luggage is here in the corridor. I hope I haven’t
got too many cases.
M: Don’t worry. There’s plenty of room in the car.
L: Oh, good. I’ve packed rather a lot of things. I haven’t had much
experience of travelling in the mountains, so I wasn’t sure what to bring.
M: As long as you’ve got some warm sweaters for the evenings, and a good
raincoat, you should be OK. The scenery in the mountains is wonderful, but
the weather can change very suddenly.
L: Well, we’ve got a lovely day to start with.
M: You’re right there. And I am sure you’ll like our room at the hotel, because
they’ve promised me the ones I had last year when I was with my brother.
Did you pack the guidebook, by the way?
L: I’ve got it in my pocket. I packed some paper too, so we can write letters.
M: Yes, it’d be nice to keep some sort of diary, too.
L: That’s a good idea. We might make an album afterwards, with words and
photos. And I’m sure I’m going to have some great experiences to write
about.
M: I’m sure you will too. The scenery are like nothing you’ve ever seen. And
the people are great. There’s always music or something in one of the
villages every evening. We’ll buy some local paper when we get there and
find out what’s going on this week.
L: Well, I’m ready!
M: OK, let’s go!
Fill in the following words in order to form useful phrases:
Advice - chocolate - jam - lemonade - meat - milk -
oil - rice - tea - tennis - sugar
1. a piece of advice
2. a cube of sugar
3. a packet of rice
4. a bar of chocolate
5. a glass of lemonade
6. a cup of tea
7. a bottle of milk
8. a slice of meat
9. a barrel of oil
10. a game of tennis
11. a jar of jam