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Countable/Uncountable Nouns
Nouns can be countable or uncountable.
There is an egg.
There are some peppers.
There is also some chocolate.
What else is there in the
picture?
Countable nouns are nouns which we can count. They have singular and plural forms.
e.g. a key, two keys, three keys.
‘The plural is formed as follows:
children | mouse
men sheep
women ox
test deer
teeth fish
geese louse
Uncountable nouns are nouns which we cannot count. They do not have different plural forms.
Uncountable nouns include:
spaghetti, yoghurt, cheese, flour, butter, meat, etc.
water, coffee, soda, lemonade, ol, petrol, tea, etc.
silver, wood, crystal, plastic, porcelain, etc.
treedom, love, justice, beauty, help, education, knowledge, etc
news, advice, information, weather, furniture, luggage, baggage, hai,
‘accommodation, behaviour, equipment, fun, research, rubbish, ite, ete.
Countable nouns:
© can take singular or plural verbs.
2.9. The book is on the table.
The books are on the table.
© always go with a/anithe/my, etc. in the singul
eg. bought an umbrella. (NOT:--bought-rmbrola)
© can be used alone or with some/anyimanyitfew in
the plural.
eg. I love carrots
''m going to buy some carrots.
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Uncountable noun:
© always take singular verbs.
eg. Sugar is fattening.
Honey comes from bees.
© do not go with a/anjone, two, etc.
2.9. Ike to drink milk. (NOT:-+ike-to-drink-a-mvit,)
‘© can be used alone or with some/anyimuchiitte/
theimy, etc.
e.g. Remember to buy (some) cheese.
Note: We can use a/an, one/two, ete. with uncountable
‘nouns such as cotfee, tea, lemonade, etc. when we are
referring to a cup, glass, bottle, etc. of a certain liqui
2.9. Can we have two coffees and two teas, please?
= two cups of coffee and two cups of tea)‘Some nouns can be used as countable or uncount-
able, with a difference In meaning. Study the exam-
ples below:
‘+ want a glass of water.
‘© That statue is made of glass. (the material)
‘© She found a hair on his jacket.
‘© He combed his hair. (all he hair on his head)
1 go and buy a paper. (newspaper)
‘+ want some paper, please. (the writing material)
'* We've got o buy an iron. (for ironing clothes)
‘© The table is made of tron. (the material)
‘© We've got a spare room in our house.
‘© Sit here. There's plenty of room for al of us. (space)
QQ) srt gape wit an or sone
1 some paint 4 chair 7... umbrella
2 apple 5 rose 8 lemon
3 flowers 6 bread 9... cherries
We can use both uncountable nouns and plural
countable nouns after phrases of quantity such a:
a. |ar/bottle/piece/toat/cup/bar/glass/kilo/earton/
bowl/can/jugislice/potltin/packet, etc. + of
2g. He drank bottle of water. need a kilo of potatoes.
Fill in the gaps with an appropriate noun
+ of to indicate quantity.
1 auJjarof. jam 7 a ketchup
aaa rice 8 a bread
3 8 tuna 9a cheese
4a soda 10 a mil
5 a butter 11 a bread
6 a water 12 a cotfee
Nouns -
‘Compound nouns are nouns that are made of two or
‘more parts and are formed as follows:
@ noun + noun. The plural Is usually formed by
‘adding -s-es to the second noun,
eg. bus driver = bus crivers
¢ -ing form/adijective + noun. The plural Is formed
by adding -s/-es to the noun.
2g. rocking.horse = rocking-horses
dining room = dining rooms
darkroom = darkrooms
‘# noun + inlaw. The plural is formed by adding -s
tothe noun. e.g. brotherinlaw = brothers-in-law
© noun + adverb. The plural is formed by adding -s
tothe noun. e.g. passerby = passers-by
'® verb + adverb particle. The plural Is formed by
‘adding -s to the word.
e.g. breakdown = breakdowns
Match the items in column A to the
‘ones in column B to make compound
nouns. Then, form the plur
1-d keyhole - keyholes
1 key a glove
2 light b box
3. swimming © away
4 push 4 hole
5 sailing e up
6 get t bulb
7 compact @ print
8 foot pool
9 rubber I disc
10 letter J boat
11. break k in
12 let 1 down
Qy write soe pra ot te toting nouns.
1 Wile nn Wives 7. dictionary
2 stepmother. @ teapot
3. father-in-law, 9 mouse.
4 safe. 10 brush
5 workbook 11 parking space
6 sister-in-law 12. watch,
G9SCC eects
We use singular forms with:
nouns which end in ies such as athletics,
economics, electronics, gymnastics, mathematics
(maths), physics, plies, ete.
2.9. Mathematics is my favourite subject at school
‘© nouns which describe illnesses (lu, pneumonia,
tc), Including those which end in -s (measles,
mumps, ete).
9. Pneumonia is @ serous iness.
¢ plural nouns when we talk about an amount of
money, a time period, distance, weight, etc.
‘€9.A hundred thousand dolars was paid for an
1th century painting. (We referto the total amount
‘of money.)
Two years Is a long time to be unemployed.
‘© group nouns such as family, team, group, crowd,
class, company and government, when we mean
the group as a unt. But we use plural verbs when
‘we mean the individuals that make up the group.
2. My family is very important to me. We mean the
family asa unit)
‘My family are going away next weekend.
(We mean the individual members of the family.)
‘We use plural forms with:
the nouns people, police, clothes and stairs.
9. The police are looking forthe bank robbers.
‘# nouns which refer to objects that consist of two
parts, such as.
trousers, shorts, shoes, gloves, pyjamas, tights,
‘lasses, earrings, socks, scissors, etc.
We do not use a/an or @ number with these words.
We use the phrase pai of. instead.
0.9. Where are my glasses?
| need a new pair of glasses.
©) rnin ror sme where neceary.
11 We booked ..a.
2 The police found
window on the ground.
00m in the Grand Hotel
‘lass from the broken
3. Thereis 00m for five people in my car.
4 She usually drinks lass of orange juice in
the morning.
5. There was hair in my soup.
6 Ineed paper to write my letters on.
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7 Her hair is long and blonde.
8 The Eiffel Tower is made of iron,
9 He decided to buy ppaper to read on
0
the train,
have got iron, but itis very ol.
Gy enserine tne comect word
1
10
@~-.
How many biscuits was/were there in the tin?
| don't know.
These trousers is/are too long.
You must have bought the wrong size.
My hair isfare a mess today.
Don't be silly. You look lovely
need some new socks.
‘There is/are a new pair in that bag for you.
What happened to that escaped criminal?
The police is/are stil looking for him,
Did you see Steve at the party?
No. There wasiwere too many other people there.
Do you like my new shoes?
Oh yes. My shoes is/are very similar, actually.
{cant stand people who never do/does
anything for themselves.
"Nor can I. No one should depend totaly on others.
‘My shor is/are dirty.
Well, you'l have to wear a ski.
‘The stairs in the cathedral wasiwere very steep.
Yes. | was exhausted when I reached the top.
POR OP OPORSPSrar
Brore
Be careful! Those scissors ...re.. vey sharp.
Maths John's favourite subject at school
The police investigating the crime.
These trousers: to0 big for me,
‘The stairs in my house made of wood
His new furniture very modern.
‘The weather {going to be bad this weekend,
My advice that you get a new job.
His new clothes very fashionable.
The team all training hard for Saturday's
match,
‘The money in the jer... for this week's shopping,
‘My pyiamas ...... not on my bed. Where... they?
Mumps ‘a childhood disease,
My luggage inthe car already.
Your hair very long again,
Tom's gloves made of sott leather.
The class all working on a project together.
Athetios my favourite sport
My shoes too small for me now.The Indefinite
UNG Cine Waar
‘4 + consonant sound (/b/,/d/,/9/, Il, fp, ete.)
‘an + vowel sound (/ai,/e/, IV, fa, In, ete.)
alanisused: |
© with singular countable nouns after the verb to
bbe to say what someone/something Is.
eg. He'sapilot. — i's a torch.
© with the verb have (got).
eg. Mary has (got) a car.
© in certain expressions when we want to show
how often we do something.
18.9. She goes shopping twice a month,
alan is not used:
‘© with uncountable nouns or plural countable
nouns. We use some instead of a/an.
e.g. We need some flour and some sugar.
They bought some stamps.
® before an adjective if it Is not followed by a
noun. However, ifthe adjective is followed
noun, we use a if the adjective begins with a
consonant sound and an if the adjective begins
with a vowel sound.
e.g, It's a house. i's big. It's a big house.
This s John’s car. I's new. I's also an expen-
meee
© rise emnensoran
ioe: .
——
© treme sore wtn a or ene
1 Al saw ...0me... nice trousers and
lovely dress in a shop today.
B: Did you buy anything?
2. &: Would you like fruit?
B:Yes, please. I'l have range.
3. &Can you give me advice?
B: Yes. You should take holiday.
4A What's that?
Bits (ld diary found,
Nouns -
5 A Thats unusual ring,
BI know. It's antique.
6 A:Did you get ‘card for Bob?
B: Yes, | got him present, too,
‘We use one in the singular and ones in the plural to
avold repeating the noun when It Is clear what we
mean.
8.9. My new car is much faster than my old ane. (=my old
car)
| don't usually wear siver earrings. | wear gold ones.
(=gold earrings)
Cera
@ We use a/an to refer to an unspecified thing. It
‘means any one.
‘eg She bought a blouse. (We are not talking about a
‘specitic blouse.)
We use one when we are counting, to put emphasis
‘on number.
eg.She bought one blouse. (She didn't buy two
blouses.)
© We use a/an + adjective + one.
2.9./'m looking fora flat. | want a big one.
(NOT: I want aon)
© We use one with the words nightimorning/day/time,
etc., usually in narration.
‘e9.One night there was a terible storm.
© We use one or one of .. when we mean one
pPersonithing out of many. It usually contrasts with
other.
‘@g.One book was about history, but the others were
‘about geography.
‘One of my friends isa vet.
© We use alan or one with no ditference in meaning
‘when counting or measuring time, distance, welght,
etc.
‘@9.He paid alone hundred pounds forthe ring.
We need ajone kilo of potatoes.
‘Sandra will be away for afone year.
1 I'm looking for
have any?
2 There was book about animals, but the
others were adventure stories.
14. ook about animals. Do you
1= Articles
3 They saw ld flm at the cinema yesterday.
4 don't lke these boots, but | really lke the
you're wearing.
8 Tom found ‘mouse in the kitchen, so he
ut mousetraps everywhere.
6 ‘morning there was a power cut
7 I'm looking for bag. Ineed a large
‘8 There were two dresses in the shop | liked, but | only
bought
By v1 te oops wit a or om
A: W's your birthday soon, What would you like as
1)..2.. git?
B: Actually, there are lots of things | want, so I'l give
you 2) it
‘Ac Alright, Tl write it down,
B: First, ! need 3) new bike. | would also
like 4) ‘clothes and 8) money,
A: A bike is 6) expensive gift, and we
ought you 7) {good one two years ago.
B: Well, you could buy me 8) ‘guitar instead!
‘A: But you can’t play the guitar!
B: I know, but | want to lear,
A: So, you mean you want me to pay for 9)
lessons too?
B: Yes, please!
A | bought 1) ..2.. set of plates yesterday, but | have
broken 2) of them already. I can't have
3 dinner party without 4) full
set of plates.
B14 ay. | will buy 2) cottage in
the country. It wil have 3) big garden so
Iwill be able to keep 4) 09.
© I need 1) car. | want 2) with
power steering and 3) sun root. | can
afford 4)... second hand car, but! rather buy
5) new 6)
1D Suddenly there was 1) knock atthe door.
2) ‘old man stood outside. He was wearing
3) ‘uit and carrying 4) suitease in
8) conn haand and 6)... umbrella in the other.
E There wore 1) {ozen people in the room
and not 2) ‘of them knew how to use
3) ‘computer
F ‘Thave 1) terrible headache. | think 1
will take 2) tablet and lie down for
halt 3) hour. "I hate headaches. | had
4) yesterday at work.
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Look at the table. In pairs, ask and
‘answer questions using a sultable
verb from the list, as in the example.
‘mine, produce, grow, find
9. SA: Are diamonds mined in China?
‘SB: No, they aren't. They're mined in South Africa.
1. diamonds/South Africa 5 bananas/West Indies
2 Edam cheese/Holland 6 timber/North America
3 tealindia 7 pandas/Tibet
4 sikiChina, 8 lve oilftaly
EQ, newts tne sontences in the passe
1 You need a lot of experience for this job.
Allof of experience is needed for this job
2 The hairdresser washed my hair.
My hair
3. Paul's mother bought him some trousers.
Apair of trousers
4 Many children catch measies.
Measles
5. They gave me very good advice.
The advice
6 They paid a hundred pounds for the table.
‘A hundred pounds
7 Allchildren study mathematics at school
Mathematics.
8. Itis reported that the weather is fine in London today.
The weather
9 They called the police when they discovered the
burglary.
The police
10 He showed us the accommodation before we booked
it
The accommodation
11. They gave us some good news.
The news
12. We do research in this laboratory
Research
13. The porter took their luggage to their rooms.
Their luggage
14 Where do you keep the scissors?
Where
418 The policeman directed the trafic past the accident.
The traficThe Definite Article The
‘The definite article the Is used with countable and uncountable nouns.
2.9. the music, the woman, the trees
‘® with nouns when we are talking about something
‘specific, that is, when the noun is mentioned for &
second time or Is already known. In other words,
when we can answer the question ‘Who?’ or
‘Which?’.
29.1 received a letter and a postcard on my birth-
day.
The letter was from my parents and the post-
‘card was from my friend.
‘ with nouns which are unique (the sun, the moon,
the Earth, etc).
‘® with the names of rivers (the Nile), seas (the
Black Sea), oceans (the indian Ocean), mountain
ranges (the Pyrenees), deserts (the Gobi), groups
‘of islands (the Canary islands) and countries
when they include words such as state, kingdom,
republic, etc. (the United States).
© with the names of musical instruments the
piano, the saxophone) and dances (the tango).
with the names of hotels (the Sheraton Hotel),
theatres/cinemas (the Odeon Theatre), ships (the
‘Queen Mary), organisations (the UN), newspapers.
(The Times) and museums (the Louvre).
‘© with nationality words (the Belgians) and names
of families (the Johnsons).
with titles when the name of the person Is not
mentioned (the Duchess of Kent, the Queen) but:
‘Queen Mary.
‘© with the words moming, aftemoon and evening.
eg. He goes home in the evening.
‘® with the words station, shop, cinema, pub,
library, city, village, etc.
‘2g. She went to the station to meet Jim
with historical periods/events (the Stone Age, the
Middle Ages, the First World War) but: World War I
with the words only, last, first (used as adjec-
tives).
e.g. He was the last person to arrive.
‘© with adjectives/adverbs in the superiative form.
4g. She is the most intelligent woman I've ever
‘met.
Bob drives the most carefully ofall.
with uncountable and plural countable nouns
when talking about something in general, that is,
when we cannot answer the question ‘Who?’ or
“Which?”
9. Trees produce oxygen. (Which trees? Trees in
general)
with proper nouns. e.g. This is Tom.
with the names of countries (Eayp0, cies (Rome),
streets (Oxford Stree), parks (Hyde Park), moun-
tains (Mont Blanc), rallway stations (Vctona Staion),
bridges (Tower Bridge), individual islands (Rhodes),
lakes (Lake Ontario) and continents (Asia).
‘® with the names of sports, games, activities, days,
months, celebrations, colours, drinks, meals and
languages (when they are not followed by the
word "language.
2.1 speak French, but: The French language is
‘spoken in some parts of Canada,
with the words thisthatithese/those
(this bag, those cars) NOT: the this bag
with possessive adjectives or the possessive
280. 6.9. That isn't my car — i's Kelth's
‘with tities when the person's name Is mentioned
(Prince Charles, President Reagan).
with two-word names when the first word Is the
name of a person or place (Luton Airport) but: the
White House.
© with names of pubs, shops, banks and hotels
‘named after the people who started them and
fend in-8 or’. Harrods, Lloyds Bank, Emma's pub
but: the Black Bul! (pub) (because ‘Black’ is not a
name of a person or place)
© with the words school, church, bed, hospital,
college, university, court, prison or home when
wwe refer to the purpose for which they exist.
24g. Jack was in prison. (He was a prisoner)
Jack's mother went to the prison to see him
(She went t0 the prison asa visitor)
© with the words home, fetherimother when we
talk about our own home/parents.
Fathor is at home.
‘ with means of transport: by bus/caritrain/plane,
‘te. €.9. She traveled by plane,
with the names of ilinesses. e.g. He's got malaria
but: flulthe flu, measiesithe measies, mumps!
the mumps
oe
oo ee
143~ Articles
Look at the pictures and the prompts
and write the names of the nationall-
ties, as in the example.
Meso India Bash dapan Save abi
Eopt_Span Stand
1 the aan
2 é
3 ;
‘ :
QQ, nisin in whore necorsary
1) xe Eup ia
tne cocnd eats
oulconnent i
2) world and is
Por io we seh
Say woe
pomiton a)
pet net bee QP =
is 5) River .
Wolpe and 0) tgaet
tesa aes 7) ae dogs,
tna) nathan) Rs. 1
Ped nto pea 9) Mo
De Cavers our 18) Euope
Doria owece ty). Ache Or
the south by 15) Mediterranean Sea and 16)
Black Sea, the west by 17) ‘Atlantic
‘Ocean and the east by 18) Asia. 19)
Europeans are 20) people who live in
2) Europe. 22) association which
has been formed to unite 23) ‘countries of
28) nnn Europe is called 25) European Union,
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® We use the + adjective (without a noun) to refer
to a group of people usually with these
adjectives: poor, rich, sick, injured, elderly,
e . unemployed, homeless, disabled, young, old,
‘by 72: ‘ 5 dead, blind, deat, handicapped, mentaly il
29, We should respect the elderly
© When we want to refer to a group of people,
animals or things, we can use:
1 alan or the with singular countable nouns.
e.g. AlThe lion is a wild animal. (We mean all ions.)
e 2 plural countable nouns without a/an or the.
eg. Lions are wild animals.
(NOT: Fhesione-ore-wit-animale)
1. Inmy opinion, the government do not do enough to
help ..che poor... . They should provide more help
for those who don’t have much money.
2 Sometimes, can't find food
and shelter and often have to sleep in the streets.
3. The government gives money to
providing they are looking for a job.
4 | would like to work as a nurse in a hospital and look
after
5 Life must be easy for as they can
buy whatever they like without worrying about how
much they spend,
6 Paramedics took
where they were treated
7 There are many choices these days for
{as education has improved so much over the years.
8 are often helped through daily ite
by trained guide dogs.
9 There are many charities which provide care for
by visiting them, taking them out
land bringing them meals.
10 Town planners should give more thought to the
needs of
By rin ne were necessary
1. Lwanted to do a degree, so | went to
sity to ask for some information
2 Kevin is eighteen years old and goes to
University. He is studying History.
ll In the gaps with the and one of the
\djectives from the list
‘disabled, poor, sick, injured, young, rich, blind,
unemployed, elderly, homeless
to hospital
‘the... univer-3. Inmy country, all children over the age of five go to
‘school.
4 His father went 10 ‘school to see his teacher.
5 The Prime Minister visited prison and
spoke to some of the prisoners there
6 The man was sent to prison because he
hhad robbed a bank.
7 People with serious injuries are taken to
hospital in an ambulance.
8 Amanda went 10 hospital to visit Paul
Gy 101m s,s ote where necessary.
Yesterday was 1) a... terible day. | woke up 2)
hour later than usual, so | was late for 3) work
4) manager was angry with me and said | was
5) ‘bad employee. On the way home that
evening, | missed 6)... bus and had to take 7)
taxi, When | got home, I found 8) invitation to
9) party. | went to 10) party, but it was
1) disaster. I didn't know any of 12)... peo-
ple there and | felt bored. ! went home again, but | had
lett 13) keys to my house at 14) party, so
|Inad to climb in through 18) ‘open window. I went
to 16) bed in 17) very bad mood.
@, wm
an or the where necessary.
1. A:Can you tell me the way to ..che... nearest post
office, please?
B: Of course. Turn left here and youll find it on
Maple Street.
2 A: Would you like ice cream?
B:No, thanks. I'd rather have sandwich,
3A: What shall we have for dinner tonight?
B: Don't make dinner. I'l take you to... restaurant,
4A: Wher
‘nearest phone box?
BI think there's phone box on the corner.
5 A:We went to theatre yesterday.
B: Really? What was the name of
saw?
6 A Shall we goto
play you
Paris for the weekend?
B:Oh, yes. 'd love to have weekend away
from home,
7 &:Can Ihave apple, please?
B: Yes. There are some apples on table.
8 Als this Peter's book?
B:No, book over there is Peter's.
9A: What time does train leave?
B:It eaves in few minutes.
10 Atheard ‘amazing story yesterday.
B: What was, story about?
ei,
eg. SA: Where I6 the City Library?
SB: The City Library is in Leeman Street.
Nouns -
Look at the map and the prompts below
and, In pairs, ask and answer questions,
as In the example. Use the where nec:
essary.
City Library 6 Theatre Royal
‘St Mary's Church 7. Queen Anne Hospital
StWillam’s College 8 King’s Arms Pub
Premiere Cinema 9 St Patrick's Schoo!
Central Station 10 Post Office
Dy cum aencrine wnore necessary
A
1) ne Ife is hard for 2) eldery
Sometimes they need 3) help to get
about and do 4) things that 8)
younger people take for granted.
We went to 1) London by 2) train.
3) train was late, so 4) we had to
wait at 5) station for 6) hour. 1
bought 7) magazine to read and we sat in
8) waiting room.
| can't remember 1)
hotel, but it was 3)
name of 2)
large building by
4) sea. had 5) ‘swimming pool and
8) restaurant. 7) staff were friendly
‘and we had 8) lovely holiday.
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D She went to 1) doctor's because she had
2) pain inher stomach. She was given
3) tablet to take and 4) next day
5) pain had gone. She thinks 6)
modern medicine is wonderful, now.
E tliveon 1) top floor of 2) new block
of fits in 3) city centre. There is 4)
lift to all floors and 5) ‘security guard at
6) entrance. | have 7) view of
8) fields beyond 9) city. In winter,
though, 10) flat is very cold,
F twas 1) sunny day, so 2) children
decided to go to 3) beach. They packed
4) bag full of §) {food and drinks
‘and they took 6) ball to play with. At
” lunchtime, they had 8) picnic
and in 9) evening, they arrived 10)
home, tied and happy.
@ Maryis at 1) University, studying 2)
art In 3) ‘morning, she goes to lectures
and in 4) ‘afternoon, she spends 5)
hhour or two painting or drawing, She painted 6)
picture of 7) horse yesterday. She
is going to give itto her friend as 8) present.
Mary hopes to be 9) famous artist one
ay, so she practises all 10) time, even
on 11) Saturdays and 12) ‘Sundays.
By vndertne ene comect wort
Katie speaks Spanishithe Spanish fluent.
2 Allclothesithe clothes in that bag need to be washed.
3. Life/The life wil be very different in a hundred
year's time.
4 Swimming/The swimming is a good way to keep
fit
5. Jane has gone to libraryithe library to do some
work.
6 He was onlyithe only person who remembered my
birthday.
7 Potatoes/The potatoes grow underground.
8 always have a cup of coffee in morningithe morn-
ing.
9 Her children bought her those flowersithe flowers.
10 | have been playing pianoithe piano since | was
eight years od
11. Our plane leaves from Gatwick airportithe Gatwick
airport at six o'clock
12 Her husband is in hospitalithe hospital, having an
operation,
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09 SiO ops 2: Pragieatmginieuouen-xm nt Ej
damage to sth pay sb for sth
demand for sth rely on sbisth
fed up with sth reaction to sth
fond of sbisth ‘reason for sth
rice to sb seared of sb/sth
increase In sth fie in sth
Gy vncerine ne corect preposition
1. My dentist is always nice to/with me.
2. What was the reason aboutifor his behaviour?
3. The damage atito his car could not be repaired
4. I'm fed up to/with staying in — let's go out
5 His reaction aboutito the news was surprising,
6 There has been an increase tolin temperature.
7 {rely tofon my friends if| have a problem.
8 There will bea rise Injof school fees next year.
9 Janet was scared at/of her French teacher.
10 How much did you pay Jason for/about the bike?
11. She was very fond offto her niece and nephew.
12 There is very little demand forlabout typewriters
these days, now that computers are so popular.
set asic
ssave money or reserve a specific tine for
sth
set sb back: to cause a delay
begin a journey; set out
1) begin a journey; set off
2) (+ tosin) start tying to do sth
1) stat a business
2) put together a temporary structure
Gy e119 te cont parte
1. My father set ..up... his business in 1978.
2 Asthey set for their picnic, it started to rain,
3. Luke was happy. He had done what he set
to do.
4 Weill set early to avoid the traffic.
5 The police had set roadblocks to prevent
the criminals leaving the area,
6 itiset ‘ten pounds every week | willbe able
to afford a holiday next year.
7 The problems set us . 1 $0 we didnt finish the
project til the following March\ Rersion Box
‘There are fourteen unnecessary words
In the text below. Cross them out.
1. On 8th August 1963, a man was named Bruce
2. Reynolds and fourteen of his friends were held up
3. mall train which it was on its way to Glasgow.
4. They stole 120 mailbags which containing
‘5. £2,600,000, and took them to a one secret
{6 house in the country. They had shared out
7. the money and then separated. Six of other
‘men were being paid to burn down the country
house for to destroy any evidence, but they
didn't succeed. The police were found
the fingerprints of the train robbers and managed
to catch twelve of the teen men.
‘The men were sent to the prison, but one
of them (a man who named Ronnie Biggs)
escaped in 1965. He had a plastic
‘and moved to the Brazil
Change the following Into reported
speech.
1. Anne said to me, ‘'m having a party on Saturday,
‘Anne told me (that) she was having a party on
Saturday.
2 ‘il speak to you later,’ she said to me.
3 "Where have you been?’ he asked her.
4 They said to us, ‘Don't go near the water:
'5 ‘Don't be late, the man said to them,
6 ‘Are you feeling better” he asked me.
7 ‘Let's go out. she said
8 He said to me, ‘You should go to bed earry
9 The boss asked Mary. “Gan you type?
410 ‘I might go to Spain next year, he said to Bil
11 ‘Do you need any help?’ he asked her.
12 Mother said to me, 'Go to bed.”
Hans recently went on holiday to Switzerland. While
the was there, he visited three different places and
ought some souvenirs. Look at the pictures and the
Prompts below and say what Hans did, using 2, an,
‘some or the where necessary.
‘e.g. Hans went to Lake Thun,
Hana Is wrlting a letter to his friend. He Is telling him
‘what he did on his holiday. Look at the Oral Activity
‘again and complete the letter.
Dear Max,
I've just come back from Switzerland and | had a
fabulous time. | visited three different places and I
bought some souvenirs.
‘went to Lake Thun, which was beautiful
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