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Countable and uncountable nouns,
articles
1 Complete the sentences with an article. If
no article is needed, put a dash (–).
1 The actress has a few specific requests before
a performance and one is        glass of
apple and mango juice.
2 My sister loves acting, so we always sit in
       audience and watch her perform
when she’s in a school production.
3 We often watch        TV together as a
family. We love watching sitcoms.
4 The producer has a large office with a cool desk;
it’s made of        glass.
5 Did you see        news broadcast on
Channel 10? Our school was on the TV!
6 We always have the radio on at home because
       music plays an important part in
our life.
2 Find and underline the mistakes in the
sentences, then correct them. Tick (✓) the
correct sentences.
1 My family loves skiing and we go on the skiing
holiday in the Alps every spring.
 haven’t they?
2 We fly to Grenoble and take two taxis to the
chalet, one for us and one for the luggage.
 6 The audience didn’t react much so he obviously
3 My brother and I usually have the ski classes in
the morning with an instructor, while my parents
ski together.

4 We often have lunch in a restaurant at the top of
an mountain.

5 In the afternoon, we all ski together, and we have
races to see who is the fastest skier.
 Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
6 Skiing is tiring, but as we’re away from school and
work, we always chill out and have the good time.
 screenplay written by J.K. Rowling. The story revolves
Quantifiers
3 Choose the correct word or phrase.
1 I hang out with neither of / a lot of / either of
my friends at the local park in my free time.
2 Some / A little / Any of us take our skateboards
and we have fun doing tricks.
3 When both / every / all my friends have arrived,
we hang out and talk about stuff.
4 There isn’t much / many / some space to run
around so it’s a quiet place.
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5 None / No / Neither ball games are allowed in
the park because it’s near a road.
6 There are a little / a number of / an amount of
really cool shops in our neighbourhood.
4 Complete the second sentence so it has a
similar meaning to the first. Do not change
the word given. Use two to five words,
including the word given.
1 Not many people I know would turn down the
chance to go to the concert. FEW
                 would turn
down the chance to go to the concert.
2 We didn’t see the film in 3D because the tickets
were incredibly expensive. MUCH
We didn’t see the film in 3D because the
tickets                  .
3 I always end up making an effort to talk to her
because all my friends ignore her. NONE
I always end up making an effort to talk to her
because                  .
4 How often do you go shopping with your friends?
 MANY
                 month do you
go shopping with your friends?
5 A lot of good songs have been released recently,
NUMBER
                 songs have
been released recently, haven’t they?
wasn’t very funny. LITTLE
                 reaction from
the audience so he obviously wasn’t very funny.
Unit round-up
5 Write one word in each gap.
The film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them
is the first film with (1)        original
around (2)        interesting man called
Newt who keeps a large (3)        of amazing
creatures in an old suitcase. (4)        special
effects in the film are brilliant and I liked every
(5)        of the beasts that appeared. The
plot was a (6)        complicated and I
thought that there were (7)        many
minor characters, which made it a bit confusing. But
overall I thought the film was great. I really liked
(8)        cast. Eddie Redmayne gave an
excellent portrayal of Newt, but then he is
(9)        brilliant actor who always acts
out his roles impressively. (10)        of the
other actors were quite as good as he was, but it was
still extremely entertaining.
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