Exercise 6 Expressions of quantity

Inthe following groups of sentences only one is correct. Tick (√) the correct one.

 

a. Is there any milk? I can't see one.

Is there any milk? I can't see any.

Are there any milks? I can't see them.

b. There's some potatoes, but only a little.

There's some potatoes, but only few.

There are some potatoes, but.only a few.

 

c. There's much cars parked in the street.

There are a lot of cars parked in the street.

There are lots cars parked in the street.

 

d. Have you got much unemployment in your town?

Have you got the unemployment in your town?

Have you got much unemployed people in your town?

 

e. Only a few people believes his story.

Only a little people believes his story.

Only few people believe his story.

 

f. How much homeworks do you have tonight?

How much homework do you have tonight?

How many homeworks do you have tonight?

 

g. There aren't many rice and there aren't any eggs.

There isn't much rice and there isn't any eggs.

There isn't much rice and there aren't any eggs.

 

h. There was much snow last winter.

There was a little snow last winter but not many.

There was some snow last winter but not much.

 

i. How lovely! Somebody gave you some flowers.

How lovely! Anybody gave you some flowers.

How lovely! Somebody gave you any flowers.

 

j. I went anywhere very interesting for my holiday.

I didn't go anywhere very interesting for my holiday.

I didn't do anywhere very interesting for my holiday.

Exercise 7 Articles

Put a, an, the or nothing into each gap in the story.

Example: I had ___ dinner with the Queen.

 

My Aunt Vanessa is (a) ___artist She lives in (b)___beautiful old cottage by (c)_______sea and she paints (d)_______small pictures of wild flowers and birds.

She doesn't like leaving (e) ______ cottage, but once (f) _______ year she travels by (g) _______train to London and has (h)__________ tea with me at (i) ________ Savoy Hotel. At the moment I'm quite worried about her because she's in (j)______hospital, but I'm sure she'll be better soon. I'm going to visit her next week.

 

Exercise 8 Which one is different?

Three of the words have things in common. Underline the one word in each group that is different.

Example: castle cathedral cottage house (You can t live in a cathedral.)

 

a. language translator dictionary art

b. jungle village mountain field

с. handbag wallet suitcase purse

d. word processor fridge freezer cooker

e. video iron Walkman CD player

f. vacuum cleaner dishwasher lamp washing machine

g. pyjamas jumper pillow shirt

h. neck foot chest sock

i. hairdresser shopkeeper customer banker

j. tomorrow morning yesterday evening the day after tomorrow in two weeks' time

k. mushrooms cauliflower pineapple cabbage

1. strawberry cherry pear pea

m. knife saucepan frying pan oven

n. roast bake peel fry

o. butcher’s greengrocer's chemist's baker's

Exercise 9 Words that go together

Match a line in A with a line in B.

 

A	B
Tell	driver
Spend	Work
Hard	store
Chewing	a bill
Wear	money
Take	gum
standard	a joke
taxi	of living
pay	a photograph •
department	glasses

 

 

Test work 2

Exercise 1. Descriptions

Below there are three dialogues. Put one of the words in the box into each gap.

 

worst	latest	more	as(x2)	funniest
funnier	than	friendlier	tastier	like
was	what	the	most

 

A. I started a new job today, working in an office.

В. Really! How did it go?

A. It was OK. I was a bit nervous.

В. What are the other people (a) _____________?

A. They 're very nice. They seem (b) ____________ than the people in my old job, and the job is much (c) ____________ interesting.

B. You worked in a shop before, didn't you?

A. Yes. Working in an office is better (d) ____________ working in a shop, I'll tell you! That was the (e) ____________ job I've ever had. I hated it.

С. We went out for a meal to Luigi's last night - you know, that new Italian restaurant.

D. Mm, I know. What (f) ____________ it like?

С. It was (g) __________ best Italian meal I've ever had, and it wasn't as expensive (h) ____________ Giovanni's, so I think we'll go there again.

D. Yes. Giovanni's used to be the (i) ____________ popular restaurant around here, but then it started getting very expensive.

С. And the service isn't (j) ___________good as it used be.

D. What did you have?

С. Paul and I both had veal, but mine was cooked in wine and herbs, and it was (k) ___________ than Paul's. Be he liked it.

D. It sounds great.

E. Have you read John Harrison's (1) _____________ book «Going Round the World»?

F. No. (m) ___________'s it like?

E. I think it’s the (n) ______________ book he's written. I laughed out loud all the way through.

F. I didn't like «The Truth and the Light», the one that came out last year.

E. Neither did I. This one's much (o) ___________.

F. Can I borrow it?