Write your sentences with these uncountable nouns

 

5. Complete these sentences with an uncountable opposite:

1. I’d like to buy a car but I haven’t got enough …. 2. Cows give us … and … 3. If you don’t know what to do, ask your parents for some …. 4. The … at the seaside is very good for you. 5. Rob left school last month and is now looking for … 6.There is always a lot of …in central London.

 

Match the word on the right with the word on the left

heavy useful bad modern brown cold space

information travel water luggage news furniture bread

Find an adjective to go with the uncountable nouns in the box

e.g: Cold weather, British money

Sweet sugar, traffic jam, useful advice, expensive accommodation, fresh air, heavy work, white rice, taste spaghetti, chocolate butter, cold milk, hot tea, black coffee)

 

Correct the mistakes in these sentences

1. The news are not very good today. 2. Where can I get some information about your country? 3. Let me give you an advice. 4. Cook these spaghetti for ten minutes. 5. Can I have a bread, please? 6. Mary is looking for a new work. 7. I must find a new accommodation soon. 8. I can give you a milk. 9. We must to read this article. 10. They may take a hot tea.

Spelling the plural form of nouns

Car, class, city, woman, city, woman, family, address, person, boy, sandwich, university, tooth, goose, foot, child, man, flower, knife, scarf, shelf, sheep, fish, boy, tree, star, river.

Correct the sentences

e.g.: Brazil is in Europe. Brazil isn’t in Europe. It’s in South America.

1. The US president is English. 2. Snow is hot. 3. You are English. 4. We are people from the USA. 5. Rolls-Royce cars are cheap. 6. The sun is nearer than the moon. 7. Elephant is very small animal. 8. Karim Masimov is an English Prime Minister.9. Our university is very young.10. You are workers.

Read the text

My name is Carly and I come from Australia. But I live near London now with my husband Dave and our three children. I came to Britain fifteen years ago when I got married.

I’m a student with the Open University. This means I watch special programmes on the television and work at home. I send my work to my course teacher every week. I’m studying art and the course is really interesting. At the moment, I’m reading about Italian painters in Italian, which is difficult because I only speak a little Italian!

My course started a year ago and its three years long. After I graduate, I’m going to look for a job in an art gallery or museum.

Answer the questions:

1. What is her name?

2. Where does she come from?

3. Where does she live now?

4. Is she a student?

5. What does it mean –the Open University?

 

Retell the text.

Noun – forming suffixes

– ing, - ness,- tion/ sion,- ist.

a) n + ist= n; dramat ist, violon ist.

b) adj.. + ness = n; happi ness, kind ness.

c) v. + (a) tion/ sion = n; organiza tion, discus sion.

v. + ing = n; driv ing, build ing.

1. Find the suffix in these words and translate them:

invitation, delegation, declaration, cooperation, dictation, station, presentation, transformation.

2. Form nouns from these verbs using suffix – ing and translate them:

to swim, to teach, to write, to read, to shop, to act, to greet, to begin, to live, to hear, to listen, to sing, to dance, to ran, to drive, to start, to make, to test, to meet.

 

 

Prepositions of place, time and direction

At, on, in, to, into

 

1. Complete these sentences with at, on or in.

1. Do you live …Manchester? 2. He was …the bus stop for half an hour. 3. Are the plates … the cupboard? 4. Look at the example … the board. 5. I met my girlfriend …a party. 6. Kathy’s not here – she is … work at the moment. 7. Are my books … the shelf? 8. My toothbrush isn’t … the bathroom. Where is it? 9. She usually sits … the floor. 10. Is your daughter happy … school?

2. Complete the sentences with at, on, in, to or no preposition

1. My sister lives … Lisbon. 2. Sue flies from London … Scotland every Monday morning. 3. She is … work all day on Saturday. 4. I usually drive … work. 5. We meet … town every Saturday morning. 6. My parents usually stay … on winter evenings. 7. This train goes … Moscow. 8. Lily always walks … home with me.

3. Insert the proper prepositions on, in or into:

1. Where is the book? – It is … the table. 2. Where is the tea? – It is …the cup. 3. Put the plates … the table. 4. There is a beautiful picture … the wall. 5. I like to sit … the sofa …my room. 6. Mother is cooking dinner … the kitchen. 7. There is a girl standing … the bridge. Why is she crying? – She has dropped her doll …the water. 8. I saw many people … the platform waiting for the train.

4. Insert the proper prepositions on, in or into:

1. I opened the door and went …the classroom. 2. The teacher was writing some words … the blackboard. 3. The pupils were writing these words … their exercise-books. 4. There were some books and pens … the teacher’s table. 5. There were two maps …the wall and some flowers … the window-sills.6. I saw a pen …the floor. I picked it up and put it …the table. 7. He put his hand … his pocket, took out a letter and dropped it … the mail-box which hung… the wall of the house. Then he got … his car and drove off.

5. Insert preposition on, in, at or into

1. Where is the book? – It is … the table. 2. Where is the tea? – It is …the cup. 3. Put the plates … the table. 4. Put the book … the bag. 5. There is a beautiful picture... the wall. 6. I like to sit … the sofa … my room. 7. Mother is cooking dinner … the kitchen. 8. She went … the room and sat down … the sofa. 9. I opened the door and went … the classroom. 10. The teacher is sitting … the table.

6. Insert prepositions in or to

1. We did not want to stay … town on such a hot day, so we went … the country. 2. It is very late. Go … bed at once. 3. Where is your little sister? – She is … bed. Mother always puts …bed at eight o’clock. 4. In summer my mother does not go … work and I don’t go … school. We live … the country. My father goes … work every day, so he stays … town. But sometimes he comes … the country after work and goes back …town early in the morning, when I am still … bed. 5. In winter I usually go … bed at ten o’clock because I learn … school and have to get up early. But in summer, when I don’t go … school and live … the country, I like to go … bed late. 6. Do you like to read … bed?

Prepositions of time at and on

At five o’clock At sunrise On Sunday

At noon At sunset. On the 5^th of March

At midnight