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Test 6

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Are there any special times I should use the?
1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair.
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How do I make a verb passive? When do I use the passive? What is register? 37

a b a b

In the USA this situation In USA this situation

is totally

different

is totally different in Britain in 1976. in Britain in 1976.

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The table shows number Ot people working

Test 7

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The table shows the number or people working

We use the

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Adjectives and adverbs Noun or adjective? 41

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• with countries or places where the name refers to a group of islands or states: the United States, the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates, the UK 42 • • • • •
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Verb confusion 1 - courses and study

Test 8

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with superlatives: the best, the longest, the highest with cardinal numbers: the first, the second, the third when there is only one in the world: the environment, the internet, the sun to refer to the only one in this particular area: the government, the police, the river in the phrase: the same as

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Verb confusion 2 - describing charts and figures Verb confusion 3 - money and problems Noun confusion 1 - money and work 47 46

We don't use the • with a single country or place: America, England, China • to talk about something in general. We use the plural if we are talking about something in general; we use the to identify one specific example. Compare: People with reading difficulties often have problems with numbers. The number eight is considered lucky in some countries.
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Test 9

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Noun confusion 2 - advertising, travel and young people When do I need to use an apostrophe? Common spelling errors 52 51

2 Correct the mistake below.

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Test 10

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Your hairstyle is

Answer key

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3 Complete the sentences below using the words in brackets. Decide whether or not to use the, or whether to use the plural.
1 The main advantage of is that it gives us access to information from all over the world. (internet) 2 My father has fished in all over Australia. (river) 3 Life in is very different from life in my country. (America) 4 According to the graph, of people moving into the city each year has more than doubled. (number) as the total figure for 1982. (same) 5 The total figure for 1976 was than in my country. (USA) 6 Obesity is much more common in increase occurred in 1999. (greatest) 7 The graph shows that 8 travels around at a speed of 3,700 kilometres per hour. (moon, earth)

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Singular or plural?
1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair.
1 a There are several problem with this idea, b There are several problems with this idea, 2 a Many charity organisations provide a great deal of help, b Many charity organisation provides a great deal of

Which nouns don't have a plural form?
1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair.
1 a I don't have manytime to complete my assignment b I don't have muchtime to complete myassignment 2 a WhenI did a search on mycomputer. I could only rind a few inrormations about the topic. b WhenI did a search on my computer. I could only rind a little inrormation about the

If you use a plural noun, you must use a plural verb. The verb must 'agree' with the noun: In my country there are very few cars that use leaded petrol. (plural verb + plural noun) I like studying during the day but my friend prefers studying at night. (singular noun + singular verb) We use a plural noun with: • plural verbs: are, were, have, do, play, etc.: There are a lot of books on the table. • numbers greater than one: 30 cars, 100 students • many: It is annoying that so many buses drive past because they are full. • the number of The number of buses on our roads has increased each year. -(:{Note that we use a plural noun but a singular verb after the number of We use a singular noun with: • singular verbs: is, was, has, does, plays, etc.: There is only one bedroom in the fiat. • a/an or one: a car, one student -(:{Note that some nouns can look plural but are singular (news, mathematics) and some nouns have a different form in the plural (children, men, women, people). 2 Correct the mistake below.
The number studying increased last year. of IVoman

Some nouns in English are 'uncountable'. This means they do not have a plural form. Some common uncountable nouns are: advice, advertising, food, furniture, garbage, information, knowledge, money, shopping, time, traffic, travel. With uncountable nouns, you must use: • the singular form: food, information, money • a little / amount of / much / some: How much money do you have? The amount of traffic on the roads is increasing each year. • a singular verb: There was already a little furniture in the fiat. If a noun is uncountable, you cannot use: • a plural.form: -£l£lWees, furnitures, garbage-s, informatioNs, knowledges • a/an: an ad~'ice, a garbage, a knowledge • a few / many / number of: a few shopping, many traffic, the number of knewlcdge • a number: three tra~'C!s, four furniture • a plural verb: There were alirtle furniture in the fiat. -(:{ you want to add a number to an uncountable noun, you can use a piece of / If some / a few pieces of a piece of advice, three pieces of furniture, a few pieces of garbage 2 Correct the mistake below.

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3 Underline the correct word in each sentence.

1 The childs / children are playing in the street.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 The number of men / man studying science has decreased. There are a lot of persons / people in my class. I enjoyed studying mathematics a lot; I found it / them very interesting. The news were / was very upsetting. How many classes / class do you have today? A person / people I really admire is my uncle. My father watch / watches a lot of sport on TV: 6

1 My tutor was very helpful; he gave me one very good advice about how to study.
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 I was surprised by the number of times it took us to reach the castle. You need a great deal of knowledges to become a doctor. The informations we were given by the tour guide were not very helpful. When we visited the park, we were upset to see so many garb ages left there. We arrived late because there were so many traffic on the road. I can't wait to visit the market and do a few shopping. The furnitures in the hotel room were quite old but they were very comfortable.

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3 Look at the following advertisement the phrases in the box. 1 Underline the correct word or phrase in the following sentences.

and fill in the gap in each question using one of

1 The garbage is / are collected every Tuesday.
2 Advertising in the school newsletter is / are a waste of time. 3 A lot of food in restaurants is / are thrown away every day. 4 Many idea / ideas for new products never reach the manufacturing stage. 5 My sister gave me lots of advice / advices that was / were very useful. 6 Over three hundred student / students signed the petition for a new study area. 7 There are a lot of similarity / similarities between your country and mine. 8 There is / are more women on my course than men. . ----_._- .. ----~""_ .. -------- Zealand . .... internet Australia Faroe Kingdom SwedenSouth Malta 75.527 64.709 62.209 IcelandIslands Number of 67.406 accessing the per 100,000 people 76.027 Finland 62.914 Greenland New in 75.539 79.306 68.140 4 Korea, United people 2 Countrythe gaps using 64.925 the words from the box. Decide whether you need to Fill one of add the. I

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Fill in the blanks using a word from the box. Make any changes necessary. advice bird child company house person plastic transport

1 The travel agency was hopeless; they didn't even give us one useful 2 The number of new being built in our area has doubled. 3 Most large operate on a global scale nowadays. 4 Many believe that globalisation has both advantages and disadvantages . 5 Today, in my country, school-age do not exercise as much as in the past. 6 The blades of the fan are made of 7 There are several kinds of in my home town but my favourite is the ferry . 8 There has been an increase in the number of native this year. 5 Correct the 14 mistakes in the text below. Faroe Islands internet same Sweden table largest list United Kingdom Malta number one United States world The globalisation has had an enormous impact on many part of the world. Nowadays, even in some of most remote parts of world, we can connect to internet and conduct business. However, they is advantage and disadvantage to this. One disadvantages, for example, is that the local culture and language can be affected. It can also mean that local businesses has to reduce their prices to compete with bigger overseas companies. However, there are advantages; for example, globalisation can bring more business to a small area, which is good for the local economy. It may also help to stop young person moving away from more remote area. If a young person have the chance to run a business and be successful no matter where he or she lives, then perhaps more people will choose to stay in these smaller communities. It also means that news from around the world are available to everyone, and this can also reduce the feeling of isolation.
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(1). shows the top ten countries in terms of internet usage. (2) country is New Zealand, which has (3) number of intern et users. (4) is at the bottom of (5) Surprisingly, (6) does not feature in the top ten at all. However, a little-known group of islands called (7). is ranked fifth in (8) (9) . and (l0) are ranked third and fourth. Both have almost (Il) number of users, with over 75,500 people per 100,000 accessing (12) .

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When do I use the present simple tense?
1 Choose the correct sentence in each pair.
1 a Nowadaf:Js, or bodies becoming 'old' mochlater than 100 f:Jearsago. o b NowadafJs,oor bodies become 'old' mochlater than 100 f:Jearsago. 2 a Children lost their freedom if thef:J have too manuresponsibilities. b Children lose their freedom if theU have too manuresponsibilities,
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How do I write large numbers?
1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair.
1 a b 2 a b The government spent ten millionsdollars on edocation last uear. The government spent ten milliondollars on edocation last uear. There were thoosands of people at the football match, There were a thoo50nd of people at the football match,

We use the present simple tense: • to make general statements about our world: The earth moves around the sun. • to show a pattern or general truth: People work in order to meet their basic needs. • with adverbs offrequency: always, usually, often, sometimes, never: People who are too lazy to walk often use their cars instead. • with expressions such as: nowadays, these days, today (with a general meaning): Many students today do their research via computer rather than through books. • for verbs showing opinions or feelings, e.g. believe, think, hope: I think that we should all do as much as we can to improve our environment. We form the present simple tense with the base form of the verb. We add s or es to form the 3rd person singular: I play I watch you play you watch he/she/it plays he/she/it watches we play we watch you play you watch they play they watch 2

When we talk about a specific large number, we do not add s to the number: 200,000 = two hundred thousand (not two ,'1ul'ldl'edthous{1l'l{is) 10,000,000 = ten million (not t.cl'lmillions) The noun that follows is always plural: There must have been at least three thousand students at the protest. We use the plural form of large numbers + of to give an approximate idea of how many: There must have been thousands of students at the protest. We can use a instead of one. One is more formal: If I won a million dollars, I would probably take a year off and travel around the world. The president promised to increase the health budget by one million dollars. ~ We usually use numerals for numbers that cannot be written in one or two words: More than two million people attended last year. but: 2,001,967 people attended last year. You should write fractions in words: half a (million); a/one third of a (million); three quarters of a (million); one and a quarter (million); one and three quarter (million): According to the chart, in 2004 over half a million Ukranians went to the cinema.
2 Correct the mistake below.
A thousands of people came to see the royal wedding.

came to see the royal wedding. My brother 3 Underline the correct number in the sentences below. 3 Correct the mistakes in the sentences below.

1 The skeleton had remained hidden for a thousands / thousands of years.

1 People should act according to what they are believing.
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2 The chart shows that three hundreds / three hundred whales were seen here in 1990. 3 Three and a half billion / three and a half of a billion will watch the ceremony. 4 I pay six hundred dollars / six hundred dollar rent each month. 5 Real estate in my city is very expensive; a small house can cost three quarter of a million / three quarters of a million dollars. 6 A million of / Millions of dollars are spent on space exploration each year. 7 By 2005, more than six hundred / six hundreds of children were enrolled in the school. 8 The company has sold one and a half billions / one and a half billion computers so far.

In general, I think our government spent too much money on space trarel. Nowadays, many people in my country have sent their children to single-sex schools. These days, more and more people travelling to very distant places for their holidays. I am hoping it is not too late to save the environment. The female hen laying on average 5 or 6 eggs per week. Younger drivers is more likely to be involved in a car accident. Most doctors are agreeing that the only way to lose weight is by doing more exercise. 10

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There is / there are
1 Tick the correct sentence in each pair. 1 a b 2 a b It is a lovelypark near my house. There is a lovelypark near my house. There have veru good restaurants and shops on board the There are very good restaurants and shops on board the 1 Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Examiner: Candidate: Can you describe a typical morning at your house? (get up) first because he Well, my father always (1) (2) (start) work at 7 o'clock. The traffic (3) (be) very bad in my city so he (4) (have) to leave at 6 o'clock. Before he (5) (leave), he (6) (wake) my brother and me up. I (7) (get up) straight away but my brother (8) (prefer) to sleep as long as he can, and he (catch) the last bus to school. My mother (make) our breakfast while I (11) (get (leave) for school at about 7.30. dressed), then 1(12)
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We use there to say that something exists. We use there is with a singular subject and there are with a plural subject: There is an oak tree in my garden. (not It is an oa.letree or There hab'e an oa!e tree) There are some great movies on at the cinema. (not They are some gr-catmeL'ies) We use there is and there are to give new information. We use it is or they are to talk about something that has already been referred to. Compare: There is a present for you on the table. (the first time the present has been mentioned) Mary: What is that you're carrying? John: It's a present for my sister. (it = what John is carrying) 4 2 $35,000 $3,500,000 5 $305 3 $35 We do not use the auxiliary verb do to form questions and negatives with there is and there are:Are there any clean glasses in the cupboard? There isn't a map in the car. {;:{There cannot be left out: There is a pan of soup and there are some bowls in the kitchen. (not There is a pan of soup and are seme howls in the kitchen.)
2 Correct the mistake below.
Before they built the supermarket, there had a lot more little shops in the high street.

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