Countable and uncountable nouns; articles err nGecetreteeR ten (OM URE cy special uses of articles You are going to hear four people talk about their jobs. Look at the pictures and guess what jobs they do. 379) Listen and check ifyou were right: )) Listen again and answer these questions. What does Angela’s company make? ‘What important part of her work does she mention? ‘What does she care about? Which drivers really annoy Ken? What does he say motorists should have? ‘Why does Charlie deliver pizzas? What subjects he studying? Whats terrible, according to Hazel? 9. Why does she say she mustn't grumble? [1339 Listen again and answer these questions. ‘What does Angela avoid eating? ‘Where does Ken work? ‘What does Charlie deliver” What does Charlie usually avoid? ‘What sort of job does he want when he graduates? What does Hazel say about her family? Look at the nouns in your answers to Exercise 3 and compare them with the nouns in ‘your answers to Exercise 4. Can you say how they are different?‘Match the phrases on the left with the uncountable nouns on the right. Some of the phrases match. ‘more than one noun. lass atube of meat a sheet of paper a drop of news bar of vice an item of oil a grain of toothpaste aslice of chocolate bread ‘Complete the diagram with the words that belong in each group. ee ee Ee ee ee cc ‘Always countable Cane countable or uncountable Always uncountable Complete the recipe with a, an, the or ~ (for no article). PANCAKE RECIPE ‘To make (1) ——— pancakes, you need 100 grams of flour, (2) gg, a litle milk and 25 grams of butte. Beat (3) egg with (4) = flour. Add (5) milk until you have ©- smooth mixture. Heat (7) butter in (8) frying pan. Pour (9) large spoonful of (10) mixture into an — pan and cook for about (12) rminute, Tur (13) pancake over and cook a litle longer. Serve hot, with (14) sugar and (15) Jemon juice. | Renew |ch ‘ve got some important vistors fying in from Fill in the gaps with the words in brackets, adding a or the where necessary. next week. Can you meet themat 2 (West Indes, Birmingham Airport) jow long doesit take to sal across from © 2 (Mediterranean, Noples, Corsica) My brother’ idea of holiday is trekking across orexploring Personally i rather explore ‘and do some shopping! (Sahara, Andes, Pars) Have you met Cora’ new boyfriend? Hes from instructor, Switeriand) at ! Our train broke down and there was no wif so couldnt ven use Luckily another passenger lent me a magazine called Ithad an article about some new software that has developed. (terrible journey, internet, Computer User, Microsoft) Correct the mistakes in this email Hi Monique warned us, but we strolled down to city centre on Saturday evening and had lovely meal there. In fact, we ate 80 much for the dinner that we didn’t want a breakfast on Sunday! Thanks again for the advice. The Wikipedia gave us some good informations about he town, but your local knowledge really helped Now | must unpack and do the washings. Here is. photo of the hotel to remind you vex Freda fe had j, great trip to the France last weekend. We went to little hotel that you recommended and it was very pleasant. Foods at the hotel weren't so good, as you © choose the correct words (or ~ for no article) in these sentences by Cambridge First students. I thought that he would eat all the food because it / they looked really nice. If have to give you an /~ advice, | think you should give up sport for now. Yesterday I finished work early and did some shopping / shoppings. Would like to have some information / informations about the courses that you are offering, think Iwill sell the bedroom furniture / furnitures when I move house. We should feel - /a respect for the man who invented this machine,For questions 1-6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the fist sentence, using the word gWvon. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. There is an example at the beginning (0) “The hotel staff had permission to use the tennis courts on Mondays. ALLOWED The hotel staff tennis on Mondays. ‘Alison loves to buy presents for her grandchildren. PLEASURE ‘Alison presents for her grandchildren, My boss advised me which computer I should buy. GAVE My boss ‘choosing a computer. \We've been queuing for an hour and we stil have anther hour to wait. WAITING By the time we get to the front of the queue we ‘two hours, ‘Attnough Toby keeps his room tidy he seldom cleans it. EVER “Toby keeps his room tidy cleans it. Can you tell me precisely how much money was stolen? EXACT Can you tell me that was stolen? “The announcer began the news with a story about the prince's visit ITEM The first a story about the prince's visit Contracted words like they've count as two words eaivac toella tak ‘so make sure you don't write more than five words. Which of these nouns from the exam task are countable (C), which are uncountable (U) and which can be both (B)? Use your dictionary if you need to. 1 permission 4 queue 7 item 2 pleasure 5 room 8 news, 3 advice 6 money