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Quantifiers with countable and 4 Complete the second sentence so that it

uncountable nouns has a similar meaning to the first using the
word in brackets.
1 Choose the correct quantifiers using the 1 The XG20 laptop is $350, but the R100 is $300.
information in the table.
The XG20 laptop 
Hardware Quantity Software Quantity  . (expensive)
laptops games 2 Anna is the number one player in our team.
smartphones music Anna 
printers  . (best)
3 More people listen to pop music than jazz music.
1 They’ve got a lot of / a little laptops.
Pop music 
2 They’ve got a lot of / a few smartphones.
 . (popular)
3 They haven’t got any / many printers.
4 All the other cameras in the shop are more
4 They’ve got a little / a few software. expensive than this camera.
5 They’ve got a few / much computer games. This camera 
6 They haven’t got any / much music software.  . (cheapest)
5 Mike is 162 cm tall and Matt is 153 cm tall.
2 Find and underline the mistakes in the
Matt 
following sentences, then correct them.
 . (short)
1 How much selfies do you take every day?
      
2 I don’t know how to use this because there aren’t Unit round-up
some instructions.       
5 Read the text below and choose the best
3 I’ve got a few information about the latest
answer (A, B or C) to fill each gap.
smartphone.       
4 We haven’t got many time before the shops close. There aren’t (1)    cities in the world where
       the temperatures drops below –40 °C, but
5 Are there much phones that don’t have cameras Yakutsk in Russia is one of them. It is (2)   
on them these days?        city in the world. In January, the temperature
is usually between –40 °C and –50 °C and for
the people in the city this is normal. When it’s
Comparatives and superlatives –45 °C, all the schools are open and there are
(3)    people in the shops and market.
3 Put the words into the correct order to
make sentences. Yakutsk is a long way from anywhere. It is
(4)    to Alaska in the USA than it is to
1 are / than / Desktop PCs / heavier / laptops Moscow. There aren’t (5)    ways to get there.
 You can’t get there by car because there aren’t
 (6)    proper roads. There is a boat, but the
2 most / world / in the / the / popular / Google / river is only open for (7)    months each year.
website / is For the rest of the year, it is ice. And a flight
from Moscow to Yakutsk is (8)    than a flight
 from London to New York!

3 deeper / the Atlantic Ocean / The Pacific 1 A any B much C many
Ocean / is / than
2 A colder B the coldest C coldest

3 A lots of B much C many

4 A close B closer C closest
4 than / New TVs / thinner / old TVs / are
5 A many B any C much

6 A some B much C any

7 A a little B a few C many
5 the / in the / fastest / South Korea / internet /
8 A expensiver B more C most
has / world
B expensive C expensive



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