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When I saw Robert yesterday, ___________________________ .
4. The twins: We've got a problem.
When I saw the twins yesterday, _________________________ .
5. Michelle: I've been swimming.
When I saw Michelle yesterday, _________________________ .
NOUNS: SINGULAR AND PLURAL
1. Put in the nouns and add s if necessary.
► Claire had to take her luggage through customs (custom).
1. Please accept this gift as an expression of our (thank).
2. The (pain) was so bad that I called the doctor.
3. The old man carried his few (belonging) in a plastic bag.
4. If we pay in cash, we make a (saving) of ten per cent.
5. More (good) should be transported by rail instead of by road.
6. The gas explosion caused some (damage) to the flats.
7. We're going to spend all our (saving) on a new car.
8. The company always takes (pain) to protect its image.
2. Look at each group of words and say what they are part of. Start your answers like this: ath..., eco..., geo..., his...,
mat..., phy... .
► Atoms, energy, heat, light physics _____________________________ .
1. Algebra, numbers, shapes, sums _______________________________ .
2. Dates, nations, past times, wars ________________________________ .
3. The high jump, the long jump, running, throwing __________________ .
4. Industry, money, prices, work _________________________________ .
5. The climate, the earth, mountains, rivers _________________________ .
3. Choose the correct verb form.
► The television news is / are at ten o'clock.
1. These clothes is / are the latest fashion.
2. Maths is / are Emma's favourite subject.
3. The troops was / were involved in a training exercise.
4. The contents of the briefcase seems / seem to have disappeared.
5. Darts is / are often played in pubs in England.
6. The athletics we watched was / were quite exciting.
4. Complete this letter Rachel has received from her sister. Choose the correct forms.
(1) Thank / Thanks for your letter. Your news (2) was / were interesting. We must talk soon. What about us? Well, we're liv-
ing on the (3) outskirt / outskirts of town, not far from the company (4) headquarter / headquarters, where Jeremy works. We've
spent nearly all our (5) saving / savings on the house. That wouldn't matter so much if I hadn't crashed the car last week and done
some (6) damage / damages to the front of it. More bills! But at least I wasn't hurt. The house is nice actually, but the surroundings
(7) isn't / aren't very pleasant. We're on a very busy (8) crossroad / crossroads. I'm doing the course I told you about. Statistics (9)
is / are an easy subject, I find, but economics (10) gives / give me problems!
ARTICLES I
1. Complete this true story. Put in a / an or the.
(►)A man decided to rob (1)__bank in the town where he lived. He walked into (2) __bank and handed (3)__ note to one of
(4)__cashiers. (5)__cashier read (6)__ note, which told her to give (7)__man some money. Afraid that he might have (8)__gun,
she did as she was told. (9)__ man then walked out of (10)__building, leaving (11)__note behind. However, he had no time to
spend (12)__money because he was arrested (13)__ same day. He had made (14)__mistake. He had written (15)__ note on (16)__
back of (17__envelope. And on (18) other side of (19)__envelope was his name and address. This clue was quite enough for
(20)__detectives on the case.
2. Match each word with the right explanation and write sentences with a / an.
► A carrot is a vegetable.
carrot line of people
spade book of maps
violin vegetable
queue tool for digging
