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TN. tvoun pnYOLSe

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Write out al! the possible altematives in die following.
Sorrie/this/these folk don't/doesn't know how to spend its/their money.
Answers: Some folk. don't know how to spend their money.
These folk don't know how lo spend their money.
[folk is normally plural]
2 This/these belongings of John's was/were found in [he eupboard.

3 This/these family need/needs help.

4 1 paid flOO for this/these binoculars, but it/th~ isn 't/aren 't very good.

5 The poliee has/have a hard job to do.

6 What was/were the news on television last night?

7 There is/are a eouple of people outside who/which want/wants to talk to you.

8 The Prime Minister's office has/have issued a statement.

9 The outskirts of the town is/are rather dull.

10 A majority of the strikers want/wants to retum to work.

11 Our MP's majority was/were higher this time than last time.

12 Why is/are there remains of food on the table?

13 The publie has/have a right to know what money is being spent in its/their
narne.

14 The audience was/were enraptured.

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2 Put in the nouns and add s if necessary.
~ Claire had to take her luggage through customs (eustom).
1 Please accept this gift as an expression of our . . _. (thank).
2 The woman is demanding . ._ (damage) for her injuries.
3 The . . ,.(pain) was so bad 1 called the doctor.
4 The old man carried his few .. ..._.... (belonging) in a plastic bag.
5 lf we pay in cash, we make a . .._ (saving) of ten per cent.
6 More _ (good) should be transported by rail instead of by road.
7 The gas explosion caused some ... (damage) to the flats.
8 We're going to spend all our ..._ _ (saving) on a new caro
9 The company always takes _ .. (pain) to protect its image.

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3 Choose the correct verb formo
~ The televisión news is/a-re at ten o'clock.
1 These clothes is/are the latest fashion.
2 Maths is/are Emma's favourite subject.
3 The troops was/were involved in a training exercise.
4 The contents of the briefcase seems/seem to have disappeared.
5 Darts is/are often played in pubs in England.
6 The athletics we watched was/were quite exciting.
7 The remains of the meal was/were thrown in the bin.

Lf Complete this letter Rachel has received from her sister. Choose the correct forms.
( ~) +Ra-R-lf/Thanksfor your letter. Your news (l) was/were interesting. We must talk SOOI1.
What about us? Well, we're living on the (2) outskirt/outskirts of town, not far from the company
(3) headquarter/headquarters, where Iererny works. We've spent nearly al! our (4) saving/savings on the
house. That wouldn't matter so much if 1 hadn't crashed the car last week and done some
(5) damageldamages to the front of it. More bills! But at least 1 wasn't hurto The house is nice actually, but
the surroundings (6) isn'tlaren't very plea'rant. We're on a very busy (7) crossroad/crossroads.

doing the course 1 told you about. Statistics (8) is/are an easy subject, 1 find, but economics
1'111
(9) gives/give me problems!
5 Trevor and Laura are shopping for clothes. Choose the correct formo

Trevor: These trousers (~)is!are a bit tight. They (1) doesn't/don't feel very comfortable. And 1 think the
blue ones (2) ~ better with the jacket.
Laura: That jacket (3) is/are too long.
Trevor: Well, the jeans (4) fits/fit all right. Perhaps 1'11buy the jeans instead.
Laura: Yes, the jeans (5) looks/look good on you. I like the style. 1 think they (6) suits/suit you. Now you
get changed while I look for (7) a/some shorts. And 1 might get (8) a/some skirt.

~ Put in a group noun and is or are. Use these nouns:

cattle, choir, crew, crowd, orchestra, police, population, team

~ The ciowd are all enjoying the game.

1 This United . the best one Tom has ever seen.
2 The. . .. hoping they can take part in a national singing con test.
3 The ship's .. ~ very tired after a long sea voyage.
4 The. . . one of the biggest that has played at one of our concerts.
5 The .; ... installing cameras to photograph speeding motorists .
. 6 At the moment beef cheap because sales of beef are low.
7 The country's . .' growing rapidly because of immigration.

"1 So me of these sentences are correct, and some have a word which should not be there.
If the sentence is correct, put a tick (.1). If it is incorrect, cross the unnecessary word
out of the sentence and write it in the space.
• Would you like a piece of chocolate' ./
• I like a classical music very mucho a
1 That's a wonderful news!
2 Do you own a computer?
3 I heard an interesting piece ofinformation today.
4 1 saw your friend playing a golf.
5 There's some luggage in the caro
6 I bought a carton of some milk.
7 The gates were made of an iron.
8 You need an experience to run a business like this.

cg Tessa is talking about her shopping trip. Write the missing words. Use one word only in each space.

I spent (.) some time looking round the shops in Oxford Street yesterday. I spent far too (l)
rnoney, of course. I bought some (2)... : three dresses, a sweater, a blouse, two (3)... .of
trousers and a skirt. I enjoyed myself - it was great (4) The skirt is really nice. A hundred
pounds (5) .... .... quite expensive, but 1 couldn't resist it. Anyway, it was reduced from a hundred and
twenty pounds, so 1 made a (6) oftwenty pounds. One of the dresses (7) fit, I've
disc~vered, but 1 can take it back next time 1 go. 1 had a wonderful time and bought all these lovely things.
But n was very crowded. Everyone (8) rushing about. And the traffic (9) terrible. 1
usually have a coffee and a (lO) of cake, but the cafés were all full, so 1 didn't bother.

Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first. Use the word in brackets.
9 • Could 1 have some bread, please? (piece)
COIAld I have a piece of bread, please ?
AlI the windows were broken. (every)

2 The money 1 earn isn't enough to live on. (earnings)

3 There were bits of paper everywhere. (litter)

4 We went to the hotel to get a mea!. (food)

. . . , .. .

5 Iudy bought so me binoculars. (pair)

6 1 need a new book of cheques. (cheque)

7 I'llh~~.~SOIl1~· ~;~~~~j~ic~, tf~a~~.(~l~~s)···

8 The reporter needed some information. (two)

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Are the nouns countable or uncountable?

countable uncountable
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-.~2 ~fI!D Listen and check.

Choose the correct underlined words in the note from Adam to Rachel.

Correct the mistakes in the underlined parts of the sentences. ~fI!D Listen and check.
(soWte.) sCiflt
O Do you want a-sa.}¡:in your soup?
1 Education are very important.
2 Can 1have two box of eggs, please?
3 Can you give me some informations about the trains?
4 We've got a lot of luggages.
S 1 must get a petral for the ear before we start.
6 1haverr't got a lot of moneys.

Write the correct words from the box under the pictures.

O 0..W!fp'~r._ 1 2 . 3 .

4 . S· . 6 . 7 .
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mi!!1\~iMd;iWDijjComplete the conversations with a or some . CiJfIlIiI Listen and check. /

O A Would you líke .... C1..... chocolate?

B Oh, yes. Can 1 have that white one?
1 A l've got luggage in the car.
B How many bags have you got?
2 A What's on at the cinema tonight?
B I'm not sure. 1'11buy paper and check.
3 A We need sugar.
B OK, a kilo or half a kilo?
4 A Can we pay the bill, please?
B Of course, two coffees and tea. That's fA.SO.

(; Match the words on the left with the things on the right.
toast
~ :~~~eO~f~~ milk global comment re lists: al! figures/num-
2 a bit of C toothpaste bers range right except arrowed lists of
3 a piece of D soup units on module Openers and Tests
4 a litre of E coffee
S a can of F information
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6 a slice of G paper

The underlined words are al! in the wronq place.

Find and write the correct words. ~f!ii.I Listen and check.
HANNAH Hi, ]osie. I'rn going to the Sh0fesnow. Do you want anything?
]OSIE Oh, yes please, just (O) :p~~~eo~fwater, (1) a kilo of soup and (2) a cup of potatoes.
HANNAH That's no problem. 1 can get those. -----------
]OSIE That's nice of you. Come in and have (3) a slice of coffee before you go.
HANNAH Oh, lovely. Thanks.
]OSIE Would you like (4) a glass of cake, too?
HANNAH No, thanks. 1had (S) two tins of chocolate earlier, but can 1have (6) a bottle of
water with the coffee? I'm really thirsty.
]OSIE Of course. Now, let me find (7) a bar of paper and make a list of the shopping ...

';~. Choose the correct words in itetlcs. Clf!!D Listen and check.
O 1 can't read his writing. 1think 1 need new glass /(ilasses.)
1 How often do you brush your tooth / teeth ?
2 1think physics is / are the most difficult subject at college.
3 How many aircrafts / aircraft does British Airways own?
4 Was / Were the news interesting yesterday?
S The police is / are trying to find the missing girl.
6 There are three women / womans and two men in the new medical tearn.
7 1like your new jeans. Was it / Were they expensive?
8 Do you have a pair of / a scissors in your kitchen?
9 Some farms in New Zealand have a million sheep /sheeps.
10 Our neighbours have six childs / children.
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GRAMMAR IN USE Choose the correct answer, A, B or C below. CODlD Listen and check.

o A Flight B Some flight ©The flight

1 A luggages weren't B luggage wasn't e luggage wererrt
2 A is B are e were
3 A plastic B a plastic e the plastic
4 A an archaeology B archaeology e the archaeology
S A are B were e is
6 A money B moneys e the money
7 A sandwichs B sandwichies e sandwiches
8 A an advice B some advice e advices

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1 of soup 2 of water

3 of soap 4 of [am s ................... of furniture

6 of meat 7 of butter 8 of rice

11 Match sentences 1 and 2 with A and B in each pair.
o 1 I'd like some tea. ~ A. And
" could I have two coffees, please?
2 I'd líke a tea. -----~ BCould 1have two packets of sugar, too?
1 1 Can you get me some paper? A I want to write a letter.
2 Can you get me a paper? B I want something to read.
2 1 Do you have any chicken? A There ísn't any on the menu.
2 Do you have any chickens? B Or do you have only cows on your farrn?
3 1 You should try a skiing holiday. A It will gíve you lots of experience.
2 You should take that job. B You will have a great experience.
4 1 1 need to do some exercise. A I want to improve my grammar.
2 I need to do some exercises. B I want to get fit.
5 1 1 don't have a lot of work today. A I'm not busy.
2 1don't have many of his works. B I'm not very keen on his bóoks.
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, /f J~-- Complete the sentences. Put in ajan or some.

-,- ~ 1really ought to do some housework.
1 The people who camped in the field have left rubbish.
2 I'vebeen working on the business plan. I've made progress.
3 The visitors are here forrworiights, They're looking for accommodation.
4 That shop h.as nicesofa. .
5 You'U have to pay extra for the taxi because you've got luggage.
6 The flat is quite empty. 1 need furniture.
7 1 can't possibly fit this guitarinto suitcase.
8 You need luck.to win at this game.
- --- ----!7 - .. '"' .... ~.~_._-':.- ..

~ Can 1 pick an apple/someapple Hom your tree? - Yes,of course.

1 1 thinksport/a.sport is bopin.g,-:;-Metoo. Ihate it. . .:
2 Weought to buy some potatól~omel'0tatoes~ -- OK, I'll get thern.
3 1think paintingla l'aintirigisa fascinating hobby. - Well, you're certainÍy very good at it.
4 Didyou hear noise/a noise in the middle ~f the night? - No, 1 don't thinkso.
5 Is there cheese/a cheese inthis soup? - Yes, a Iittle.
6 1 had conversation/a conversation with Vicky last night. - Oh? What about?
7 Shall 1put a chicken/some chicken in your sandwiches? ..,.Yes, please.
8 Are you apacifist? - Well, 1 don't believe in war/a war, sol suppose 1 amo
9 It isn't fair. - No, life/a life just isn't fair, I'm afraid.
10 What's the matter? =You've got some egg/some eggs on your shirt.

Complete the conversations:P~t ínthese nouns: business (x2), experience (x2),

45 glass, iron, light,~, space, time. Put ajan or some before eacli n~un.

~ Harriet: Did you manage to park in town?

Mike: It took me ages to find a space. And all 1wanted was to buy some paper u: wrap this present in.
1 Sarah: Are.you busy tomorrow?
Mark: I'm meeting someone in the office. We've got to discuss.
2 Trevor: Do you think I need to take -: with me for my shirts?
Laura: Oh, surely the hotel will have one.
3 Vicky: 1was going to havesome juice, but 1can't find .
Rachel: If you turned on, you might be able to see properly.
4 Claire: I've never met your brother,
Mark: Oh, he's usually very busy because he runs : But he's been ill recently.
The doctor has ordered him to spend resting.
5 Daniel: How did your interview go? ••.
Emmar Well,I didn't get the job. 1 think they really wanted someone with of
the work, and that's what 1 haven't got. So it was a bit ofa waste of time. And the train
coming back was two hours late. That's 1don't want to repeat.

16 Complete Claire's postcard to her sister. Choose the correct formo

The island is very peaceful. (~) Life/A-Hfe is good here. Everybody moves at a nice slow pace. People have
(1) time/a t.ime tostop and talk. lt's (2) experience/an experience 1 won't forget for a long time. There aren't
many shops, so 1 can't spend all my money, although 1 did buy (3) painting/a painting yesterday. Now I'm
sitting on the beach reading (4) paper/a paper. The hotel breakfast is so enormous that 1don't need to have
lunch. I've just brought (5) orange/an orange with me to eat later. I've been trying al! the different
(6) fruit/fruits grown in this part of the .world, and they're all delicious .

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What did Tom buy at the supermarket? Use of
Milk 0.35
Milk 0.35 ~ two cartons oi milk
1 kilo flour 0.85 ~ a kilo oi flour
Jam 0.95 1
Marches 0.39 2
Bread 0.65 3
Bread 0.65 4
Chocolate 0.95 5 ....................................................
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5 kilos potatoes 1.59 6
Breakfast cereal 1.38 7
Mineral water 0.74 8 ............. ' ':.

Mineral water 0.74

Toothpaste 0.89
Total U0.48
 Complete the pairs of sentences below, using the following words, once as a c9unt
11 and once as a noncount noun.

business cheesedinner experience glass ir,,e···

life noise painting paper pleasure worry
Use a good dictiónary to help you if necessary. .;
J Where can 1 get A PAPER? 1 want to know what's happening. 1 also need PAPER
to wrap up some parcels with. .
2 Do you sell ? 1 mean, could you cut a piece so that 1 could replace
a broken window?Also I'm hoping to find : to replaceone 1 broke
when 1 was washing up.
3 Shopping in this huge stóre is quite They sell everything, but
some of the sales staff are very young and lack , so they don't
know where anything is. .
4 Still, 1 find it to shop here. 1 mean 1 don't exactly shop for
............... , but 1 like the atmosphere.
5 1 shall have to come back another day and go to the art department. Tom and
Molly have asked for , as a wedding present. 1don't think they like
(modem) much,
6 so ir' S ..•....•.•..... to know what to choose. Silly, isn't it? Choosing a picture
shouldn't be a cause for ' .
7 Didyou hear : ? Ofcourse, there's alot of , but l heard
something that sounded like a bornb.
8 They did have a terrorist bomb go offhere some years ago, but they were open
next day. ' as usual.' I've sometimes thought I'd like to start
................ but it must be a nightmare these days.
9 Oh, 1 must go to the food department. They seU (very special) ,
made from goar's milk, one 1 can't get in my local grocer's.You dori't like
............... ? You don't know what you're missing.
10 And what am 1 going to cook for this evening? 1 think something
simple, because tomorrow we 're going to , organized by Bill
Brown's family to celebrate his ninetieth birthday. .
11 He 's led (very active) ".'Oo. and climbed almost every mountain you
can think of. But now, poor old chap, he can hardly walk. ~till, that's
ti f-v
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You are talking about the holiday you had with a friendo Use these words:
accommodation, awful [ourney, beautiiul scenery, chair, [un, good weather, meal.
You have to decide whether you need to put ajan or not.
~ (It was quite easy to book a place to stay.)
Booking accommodation was quite easy.
~ (There was nothing to sit on in your room.)
But my room wasn't very nice. It didn't even have a chair in it.
(You were in a beautiful part of the country.)
It was a lovely place, though. There was all around uso
2 (The weather was good.)
And we had . while we were there.
3 (One evening you went to a restaurant with some other people.)
One evening we had :'::.'..: with some people we meto
4 (You enjoyed yourselves at the disco.)
We went to a disco. We had . .. there.
5 (Travelling horne wa~ awful.)
We had...... . . horne last Saturday.
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The noun phrase: uncountable nouns
Use the grammar

Use the following uncountable nouns to make up a story. You can use the nouns in any order you
like (you don't have to use all of them). Start your story like this:

'One day, Catherine and William were walking along the street when suddenly ...'

The nouns are: accommodation, information, equipment, furniture, pollution, patience,

luggage, weather, rubbish, advice.

Now correct the use ofthese nouns in the following stories:

Cathy Leung, Hong Kong

After 16 hours long flight, Catherine and William both felt exhausted whi1e queueing at the
information counter outside the airport. It was a small booth with simple furniture, luckily it
had a few equipment, inc1uding a computer. However, there was a big sign hanging - no
accommodation, no advice availab1e for computer, te1ephone broke down. Aman lost his
patience, throwing his two pieces luggage to the ground, shouting "rubbish, rubbish" even
though the weather was fine, clear blue sky , soft bleeze, fresh air and no air pollution in the
island.

Nastu, Spain
One day, Catherine and William were walking along the street in a city full of pollution, when
suddenly they saw an abandoned luggage. We look all around looking for some information
but we didnt find anything. With pacience and hot, because the weather was very sunny, we
were waiting one hour when, suddenly, a person, who took one small furniture asked us about
the luggage. He to1d us that he was looking for accomodation and that was because he hadleft
his luggage there. He had found the furniture near the rubbish. We gave him an advice, he
shouldn't leave his luggage in the middle of the street.

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Exercise 3:
Read the sentence and choose the one option which best fits the space.

1. Don't go to that city in February - ... really bad then.

a. the weather is
b. a weather is
c. the weathers are

2. We took .. , on our camping trip.

a. a lot of equipment
b. a lot of equipments
c. some equipments
d. five equipments

3. We stayed in ...
a. some expensive accommodations
b. an expensive accommodation
c. very expensive accommodation
d. a very expensive accommodation

4. Sue told me about her problem and 1 gave her ...

a. an advice
b. a piece of advice
c. a piece of advices
d. advices

5. ... in my city.
a. There are a lot of pollutions
b. There are some pollutions
c. There is a pollution
d. There is a lot of pollution

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The nODO pbrase: uncountable nouns
¡'
,~\ Use the grammar
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Use TIle Gralmaar

U se the following uncountable nouns to make up a story. You can use the nouns in any order you
like (you don't have to use all of them). Start your story like this:

'One day, Catherine and William were walking along the street when suddenly ...'

The nouns are: accommodation, information, equipment, furniture, pollution, patience,

luggage, weather, rubbish, advice.

Now correct the use ofthese nouns in the following stories:

Cathy Leung, Hong Kong

After 16 hours long flight, Catherine and William both felt exhausted while queueing at the
information counter outside the airport. It was a small booth with simple furniture, luckily it
had a few equipmcnt, inc1uding a computer. However, there was a big sign hanging - no
accommodation, no advice available fOI computer, telephone broke dOVVIl. Aman lost his
patience, throwing his two pieces luggage to the ground, shouting "rubbish, rubbish" even
though the weather was fine, clear blue sky , soft bleeze, fresh air and no air pollution in the
island.

Nastu, Spain
One day, Catherine and Williarn were walking along the street in a city full of pollution, when
suddenly they saw an abandoned luggage. We look all around looking for some information
but we didn't find anything. With pacience and hot, because the weatber was very sunny, we
were waiting one hour when, suddenly, a person, who took one small furniture asked us about
thc luggage. He told us that he was looking for accomodation and that was because he had left
his luggage there. He had found the furniture near the rubbish. We gave him an advice, he
shouldn't leave bis luggage in the middle ofthe street.

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Exercise 3:
Read the sentence and choose the one option which best fits the space.

1. Don't go to that city in February - ... really bad then.

a. the weather is
b. a weather is
c. the weathers are

2. We took ... on our camping trip.

a. a lot of equipment
b, a lot of equipments
c. some equipments
d. five equipments

3. We stayed in ...
a. some expensive accommodations
b. an expensive accommodation
c. very expensive accommodation
d. a very expensive accommodation

4. Sue told me about her problem and 1 gave her ...

a. an advice
b. a piece of advice
c. a piece of advices
d. advices

5. ... in my city.
a. There are a lot of pollutions
b. There are some pollutions
c. There ís a pollution
d. There is a lot of po/lution

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Exercise 2: Correct I Wrong

Read the sentences and decide whether they are grammatically correcto

1. We bought quite a lot of expensive furnitures for the new office.

a. Correct
b. Wrong

2. 1 bought a new luggage for my trip to Australia.

a. Correct
b. Wrong

3. You have to use specialist equipments for this task.

a. Correct
b. Wrong

4. This information is out of date.

a. Correct
b. Wrong

5. There is a lot of rubbish on the streets of my city.

a. Correct
b. Wrong

6. My sister gave me a very useful piece of advice.

a. Correct
b. Wrong

7. The tourist guide gave me several informations about the castle.

a. Correct
b. Wrong

8. Teachers need to have a patience.

a. Correct
b. Wrong

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Grammar Challenge - uncountable nouns

Exercise 1:
Match the beginnings of the sentences to the correct endings .

l. 1 am going to an overseas a. ... we will have to buy some

conference next week ... furniture.
2. Could you give me some b. . .. about the history ofthis
information ... buildina?
3. My father gave me ... c. . .. 1 can hardly breathe.

4. Before wé move into our new d. ... you need a lot of patience.
house ...
5. There is so much pollution in this e. ... on this flight.
city ...
6. If you are learning a foreign f. ... but 1 haven't booked my
lanouaue ... accommodation veto
7. You are only allowed to take one g. ... lt's much too hot,
piece of Iuocace ...
8. The weather is terrible today ... h. ... a very useful piece of advice.

9. Could you please put all that i. ... in the bin?

rubbish ...

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