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      Prompts: write a long letter — a short one; buy two newspapers
— only one; go to Moscow — go to St. Petersburg; sell his house —
his car; do well in the exam — not to do well; take up mathematics
— biology.

      Exercise 3.
       a) Paraphrase the sentences using a great deal of ..., a good deal
of ..., instead of a lot ...
      1. They talked a lot. 2. He knows a lot. 3. He usually walks a lot. 4. I
spend a lot of money on clothes. 5. He spends a lot of time working at
this English. 6. He has done a lot of work. 7. They buy a lot of food every
week. 8. You’ll make good progress in your English if you read a lot.
    b) Paraphrase the sentences using a great number of ..., a great
many instead of a lot.
      1. There were a lot of people at the bus-stop. 2. He met a lot of
people while travelling. 3. He’s written a lot of novels. 4. A lot of houses
have been built here recently. 5. He writes a lot of letters every day.
6. He took a lot of photographs when he was on holiday. 7. They saw
a lot of sights during their tour of the city.

      Exercise 4. Replace the words in italics with a great deal of, a
                  great number of, plenty of, lots of, a lot of.
      1. There’s no need to hurry. We’ve got much time. 2. Ann isn’t
very busy these days. She has much free time. 3. I took many photographs
when I was on holiday. 4. He’s got no financial problems. He’s got
much money. 5. Come and sit down with us. There’s much room. 6.
She knows a lot but she still has much to learn. 7. It’s an interesting
town to visit. There are many things to see.

      Exercise 5. Make up exclamatory sentences beginning with what.
      Model. It’s a nice day.
             What a nice day it is!
             It’s terrible weather!
             What terrible weather it is!
       1. Ann’s a clever girl. 2. This water’s hot. 3. It’s an interesting film.
4. It’s a high mountain. 5. It’s a strong wind. 6. John is a bright student.

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