Traffic houses people news
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Ex 2. Make up plural forms of the following nouns using many or much.
| client coffee partner work hour oil money | magazine question email advice time colleague traffic |
Ex 3. Make up plural forms of the following nouns using little or few.
| book water club wine hotel snow news | money company clothes people knowledge job petrol |
Ex 4. Complete the sentences with much, many, a lot of.
1. He has got _____ friends.
2. Have you got _____ friends?
3. He has got _____ interesting ideas.
4. She has got so _____ designer clothes!
5. We don't have _____ information about him.
6. Is there _____ snow in the street?
7. How _____ time do your business meetings usually last?
8. There weren't _____ people at the party.
9. There are _____ magazines on the table.
10. We don't have _____ work to do today.
11. They spend very _____ money.
12. There are _____ mistakes in the letter.
13. There are as _____ mistakes in your test as in his.
14. We get _____ orders from our foreign clients this year.
15. There were so _____ people in the hall, that it was difficult to push through.
16. Do you have _____ homework to do?
17. There is too _____ furniture in the office.
18. How _____ appointments do you have on Friday?
Ex 5. Complete the sentences with little / a little / few / a few.
1. She’s lucky. She has ______________ problems.
2. Things are not going so well for her. She has ______________ problems.
3. He spoke ______________ English, so it was difficult to communicate with him.
4. He spoke ______________ English, so we were able to communicate with him.
5. We must hurry. We have ______________ time.
6. Listen carefully. I’m going to give you ______________ advice.
7. Do you mind if I ask you ______________ questions?
8. This town is not a very interesting place to visit, so ______________ tourists come here.
9. I don’t think Jill would be a good teacher. She’s got ______________ patience.
10. Would you like milk in your coffee? – Yes, please. ______________.
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Ex 6. Complete the sentences with little / a little / few / a few.
1. I don’t know much Spanish – only ______________ words.
2. This is a very boring place to live. There’s ______________ to do.
3. Have you ever been to Paris? – Yes, I’ve been there ______________ times.
4. We must be quick. We’ve got only ______________ time.
5. Could you possibly lend me ______________ dollars?
6. I can’t give you any answer yet. I need ______________ time to think.
7. There was very ______________ traffic, so the journey didn’t take too long.
8. It was a surprise that he won the match. ______________ people expected him to win.
9. The village was very small. There were just ______________ houses.
10. We didn’t have many calls at the office that day – as ______________ as usual.
Ex 7. Underline the expressions which can be used
1. The teacher gave us several / a lot of / many / too much / a few homework to do.
2. You’ve got some / a lot of / both / plenty of / many beautiful furniture.
3. Can you lend me a few / some / a lot of / a couple of / a little money?
4. Jane likes both / a couple of / too much / a little / someof your paintings.
5. Have you had a lot of / plenty of / both / a little / too much letters from Suzie?
6. Everyone can do with some / a little / both / a good deal of / several peace and quiet at times.
7. There are a little / a number of / several / a small amount of / no Asian people living in our street.
8. There are much / no / a small amount of / hardly any / lots of people in the shop.
9. He spent a couple of / much / lots of / a good deal of / a few time reorganizing his files.
10. The children ate a good deal of / too much / a few / a good number of / a little food at the party.
Ex 8. Make up as many sentences as possible
| I We Our team There She My boss | (have) (be) (get) | not much so many a great deal of a great number of a great amount of plenty of a few a little a couple of | problems work clothes money books research information pictures data | in her suitcase in my presentation with / in our project into this problem on the wall in his work in this article in her job |
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Ex 9. Translate into English:
1. очень много ошибок __________________________________
2. всего несколько дней ____________________________________
3. огромное количество книг ________________________________
4. так много денег _________________________________________
5. слишком много одежды __________________________________
6. очень мало ошибок ______________________________________
7. лишь несколько слов _____________________________________
8. еще несколько раз _______________________________________
9. огромное количество советов ______________________________
10. мало надежды ___________________________________________
11. немногие компании ______________________________________
12. пару лет ________________________________________________
| Unit 2 |
Past Simple – Past Continuous
! Ex 1. Can you explain the difference? Test yourself.
1. I travelled around Africa last year.
This time last year I was travelling around Africa.
2. I was walking home when I met Dave.
I walked home after the party last night.
3. We were playing golf in the park when it began raining.
We played golf for an hour, and then went to a café.
4. What were you doing when the fire started? – We were having lunch. – What did you do when you saw the fire? – We called the fire brigade.
Ex 2. Put the verbs in brackets into Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. At 8 o’clock last night she __________________ (to watch) TV.
2. This time last year we ____________________ (have) a holiday in Peru.
3. I ______________ (to see) Jack and Joy this morning. They _________________ (to stand) at the bus stop.
4. I ________________ (to start) work at 9.00 yesterday and _________________ (to finish) at 4.30. So when he _________________ (to call) me at 2.30, I _________________ (to work).
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5. Tom ________________ (to paint) the bedroom when suddenly he ______________ (to fall) off the ladder.
6. He _____________ (to slip), _____________ (to fall over) and ____________ (break) his ankle.
7. They _______________ (to dance) while he _______________ (to play) the guitar.
8. I _________________ (to read) a newspaper when you __________________ (to phone) me.
9. The child ______________ (to fall) asleep last night while his mother ________________ (to read) to him.
10. Sally _______________ (to have) dinner last night when somebody __________________ (to knock) at the door.
11. Yesterday Tom and Jane __________ (to go) to the Zoo. They __________ (to see) many animals. They ____________ (to stay) at the Zoo for 2 hours. While they _______________ (to walk) home, it ___________ (to begin) to rain, so they ___________ (to stop) at a small café and ___________ (to have) a cup of coffee.
12. How fast _________________________ (you / drive) when the accident ________________ (happen)?
Ex 3. Write questions in Past Simple or Past Continuous
1. You / wear / a uniform / at school? ______________________________________________
2. What / she / wear / at the party? _________________________________________________
3. What / you / do / yesterday / at 8.00 p.m.? ________________________________________
4. What time / you / arrive / home / yesterday? __________________________________________________________________________
5. Last night / you / well / sleep? __________________________________________________
6. You / sleep / when / I / called / you? _____________________________________________
7. It / rain / when / went out / you / today? ___________________________________________________________________________
8. It / rain / last summer / often? __________________________________________________
Ex 4. Open the brackets using Past Simple or Past Continuous.
1. – Where __________________________ (you / go) at about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon? I ______________________ (see) you on your bike.
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2. Sue __________________________ (wait) for Jim for the whole evening, but he _______________________________ (never / come).
3. This time last week we _____________________________ (swim) in a beautiful lake.
4. Sorry, I ____________________________ (not realize) you __________________________ (speak) to me. What did you say?
5. – Where __________________________ (you / go) for holiday? – To Ireland.
6. I ___________________ (meet) Sarah in town yesterday while I _______________________ (look for) some new shoes. She ___________________ (show) me her car which was very smart.
7. On Saturday we ___________________________ (swim) for half an hour in the sea before breakfast.
8. While we _____________________________ (walk) by the river yesterday we _________________________ (see) a beautiful sunset.
9. Ben ________________________ (miss) his bus stop because he ______________________ (show) his friend his new mobile phone.
10. Tom ________________________ (have) an accident while he _______________________ (drive) to work this morning.
11. When Jim finally __________________________ (arrive) we ________________________ (show) him the photos.
12. We _____________________________ (not like) our old flat very much because the neighbours next door _______________________________ (always / have) parties.
Ex 5. Open the brackets using Past Simple or Past Continuous:
1. This time yesterday I _____________________________ (have) my interview. – Really? _____________________________ (It / go) well?
2. ________________________________ (You / wait) for a bus when I __________________ (see) you last night?
3. When the alarm clock _________________________ (go off) Jack ____________________ (get) out of bed reluctantly.
4. Andy _________________________ (hurt) his knee while he _________________________ (play) tennis.
5. __________________________________ (You / celebrate) when you __________________ (win) the singing competition?
6. When I _______________________ (see) Simon last week he ________________________ (carry) five big plastic bags. They _______________________________ (contain) lots of old clothes and shoes that he ___________________________ (want) to throw away.
7. While we ______________________________ (stay) with my grandparents we ____________________________ (find) a box of family photographs.
8. We ___________________________ (start) our company only six months ago. – Really? I _______________________________ (not know) that.
9. When Rose ___________________________ (meet) Bob she ________________________ (think) he was very charming.
10. My sister and I ________________________ (not like) my aunt when we _______________ (be) little. She __________________________ (not be) very nice and she _______________________________ (forever / pick on) us.
11. We _________________________________ (not watch) the match very carefully so we ____________________________ (miss) the winning goal by Benson.
Ex 6. Translate into English.
1. Он постоянно дает мне глупые советы! ______________________________________________________________________________
2. Я коплю деньги на новую машину. Надеюсь, их будет достаточно, чтобы купить БМВ. Но хорошие машины становятся все дороже. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Что вы делали, когда услышали пожарную сигнализацию [fire alarm]? – Мы смотрели телевизор. – А что вы сделали, когда услышали ее? – Мы покинули здание, разумеется. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Что с тобой? Ты сегодня какой-то рассеянный. ______________________________________________________________________________
5. Зарплата рабочих в Германии выше, чем в России. ______________________________________________________________________________
6. Ваши знания теперь гораздо лучше. Вы делаете большие успехи. ______________________________________________________________________________
7. Я ждал ее полчаса, потом позвонил ей. Она сказала, что стоит в пробке. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
8. Миссис Крейтон положила письмо в маленькую сумочку, которую она всегда носила с собой и которую вечно теряла. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
9. Пока все загорали на пляже, бедный Гарри работал в офисе, как обычно. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
10. Почему ты постоянно на меня кричишь? ______________________________________________________________________________
11. Я сейчас живу у своего брата, пока я ищу себе подходящее жилье. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
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