Pre-intermediate Unit 5a

Exercises

Exercises
1 Choose the correct words.
A: Are you spending 1lot / lots of time at the gym these days?
B: No, not 2much / many. What about you?
A: No, I don’t have 3some / any spare time at the moment.
B: I have the same problem. A 4little / few of my friends find time to go out after work, but I find there
aren’t any hours left for anything else.
A: How 5much / many hours do you work a week?
B: A 6lot / lots! Last week I worked over one hundred hours.
A: Wow! Do you get 7some / any holidays?
B: I have a 8some / any days off next week, actually.
2 Correct the mistake in lines 1–7. Underline the mistake and write the correction.
a lot / lots of
1 A survey of gyms and fitness centres suggests that people spend a lots of

2 their spare time at the gym, but not any people are actually losing any weight.

3 In answer to the question ‘How many weight have you lost since joining the

4 gym?’ only 23% of the members said they were fitter. A little people (4%) even

5 said they had gained a few weight. But gyms needn’t worry about these results.

6 When asked the question ‘Will you join again next year?’ not any people

7 answered ‘no’, but most people answered, ‘yes’. It’s clear that much

members are interested in the extra benefits, e.g. the sauna.

3 Choose the correct words. In two sentences both answers are possible.
 1 A:  How much / many milk do you like in your tea?
B:  I don’t want any / some, thank you. I’d like it black, please.
 2 Lot / Lots of students study online nowadays.
 3 I usually write emails, but I write any / some letters to the older members of my family.
 4 Can I have much / a little ice cream, please? It looks delicious!
 5 Would you like a little / few milk?
 6 Sorry, but we don’t have much / many information about train times.
 7 You don’t earn much / little money as a teacher!
 8 There isn’t much bread left. Can you buy some / any?
 9 The post office is only a little / a few metres from the cinema.
10 In my opinion, not many / any children learn to be polite nowadays.

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 Pre-intermediate Unit 5b(1)
Exercises

2 Add a or the to the conversations where necessary.

1 A: Shall we go to see film?
B: Yes, OK. What do you want to see?
2 A: Did you enjoy show?
B: Yes, it was great. Music was fantastic.
3 A: Is there bus stop near here?
B: Yes, nearest bus stop is on corner, opposite police station.
4 A: Is that new mobile phone? Where did you get it?
B: In shop in town centre. It’s new shop. It opened last week.
5 A: This is first time I’ve been to this restaurant. Is it new?
B: No, it’s been here for years. Friend brought me here once after work.
6 A: Look! There’s man waving at you over there, on other side of street.
B: Who? Man with black dog?
3 Complete the text with the or – (zero article).

Name: Fred

Favourite food: I love 1________________ homemade food. I particularly love

2
_______________ food my grandmother makes. I hate 3_________________ burgers and
4
_________________ chips and 5_________________ coffee from 6_________________ machine
at work.
FRED
Likes and dislikes: I love 7_________________ dancing and spending time with my friends.
I especially love going to 8_________________ park and listening to 9_________________ music
on my mp3 player.

Free time activities: I like to keep fit. I play 10_________________ basketball twice
a week and go swimming in 11_________________ local pool every morning. I spend
12
_________________ hours playing 13_________________ games on my computer and I love
watching 14_________________ DVDs.

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Exercises

Exercises
1 Complete the sentences with the or – (no article).
 1  – Roald Amundsen was the first man to reach the South Pole.
 2 More than 370 million people speak English at home.
 3 The population of China is four times bigger than the population of
United States.
 4 Nile is the longest river in the world.
 5 Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa.
 6 Sahara desert is expanding to south at a rate of 30 miles a year.
 7 Most children study history and geography at school.
 8 The coldest month of the year in Antarctica is July.
 9 Middle East is the region of the world east of Mediterranean Sea and west
of India.
10 Global warming is one of the biggest problems facing the world in 21st century.
2  Cross out any unnecessary articles. Then listen and check.
1 A: Where are you from?
B: A small town called the Amasra. It’s in the Turkey on the Black Sea.
2 A: Who’s your teacher for the maths this year?
B: It’s the Mr Smith I think.
3 A: What are you reading?
B: It’s a book about the British explorer, the Scott of the Antarctic.
4 A: What did you do at the weekend?
B: We went to the country. We stayed at a hotel near the Lake Balaton.
5 A: Excuse me, do you speak the German?
B: No, I’m sorry. I don’t. Do you speak the Portuguese?
6 A: What are you doing in the holidays?
B: We’re going to the beach, in the south of the France.
3 Add the ten missing definite articles (the) to the text.

Chile
Chile, officially known as Republic of Chile, is the
longest country in world. This long, thin country is
situated between Pacific Ocean in west and Andes
to east. It is more than 4,300 km long and is a land
of extremes, from Atacama desert in north to the
frozen lakes in south. The official language is
Spanish and the capital city is Santiago, although
the main government buildings are in the city of
Valparaiso, on coast.

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