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8. Complete the passage using the correct comparative form of the words in brackets.
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8. Complete the passage using the correct comparative form of the words in brackets.
The chart shows how much people have to pay for things they buy every day in three cities: New York, Tokyo and Sydney. A ride on the bus or subway is (1) ________ (cheap) in Sydney than in New York, but in Tokyo it is (2) ________ (expensive) of all three. Buying a newspaper in Sydney, however, is (3) ________ (much / costly) than in Tokyo, which is (4) ________ (inexpensive) of the three cities. The cost of a cup of coffee is (5) ________ (high) in Sydney than in New York, where it is at over £ 2. In Tokyo, it is (6) ________ (cheaply), at around £ 1. 50 per cup. For a hamburger meal, New York is (7) ________ (dear), and Sydney is (8) ________ (expensive). Overall, it seems that prices in Sydney are (9) ________ (low) than in New York, unless you buy newspapers. If you want to save money, it’s a (10) ________ (good) place to live.
9. Complete the sentences using the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. If governments ________ (spend) less money on developing weapons and more on health and education, the world ________ (be) a better place. 2. In an ideal world, everybody ________ (have) enough to eat. 3. If I ________ (rule) the country, I ________ (build) houses for homeless people. 4. There ________ (be) a lot more happiness if there ________ (be) no more wars. 5. Which people ________ you ________ (help) if you ________ (win) £ 1, 000, 000? 6. I ________ (not touch) that red button if I ________ (be) you – it looks dangerous. 7. If teachers and nurses ________ (earn) a higher salary, they ________ (have) more respect. 8. If leaders of some countries ________ (value) people more and money less, fewer people ________ (starve). 9. The tutor ________ (be) angry if you ________ (arrive) late again. 10. If I ________ (see) Joe tomorrow, I ________ (give) him the message.
10. Correct the mistakes in the sentences.
1. If you would meet Peter, you would like him. 2. If I have a lot of money, I’d buy a Ferrari. 3. If he had time, John will go to the gym more often. 4. I wouldn’t touch that if I am you. 5. Would you still gone to Sydney if you had known it was so expensive? 6. Wouldn’t you sorry if you failed the exam? 7. If I hadn’t been so clumsy, I wouldn’t break your DVD player. 8. What you will do if you missed your train?
11. Choose the correct option.
1. The Minister of Health denied / refused that there was a crisis. 2. Carmen said me / told me to be quiet. 3. Rory persuaded me / insisted me to stay for dinner. 4. The tutor advised me / suggested me to work this weekend. 5. She explained me / warned menot to leave the light on all night. 6. Tony and Rachel announced / reported that they were going to get married.
12. Rewrite the sentences using the words in brackets.
Example : We want to see a film. It starts at seven (that). The film that we want to see starts at seven.
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1. Steve’s car was stolen. He went to the police. (whose) 2. A friend met me at the station. He carried my bags. (who) 3. Rachel cooked the food. It was delicious. (that) 4. A friend is staying with Peter. He comes from Paris. (who) 5. I found a man’s wallet. He gave me £ 10. (whose)
Nouns. Plurals, Countable Versus Uncountable
1. Choose the correct option: noun-verb agreement.
1. Of these papers, less than a half deals / dealwith this issue. 2. A number of authors has / haveclaimed that x = y. 3. The number of publications per year is / arereported in Table 3. 4. The majority of articles only covers / covermarginal issues. 5. This group of tables contains / containall the relevant results. 6. Ten kilos is / areenough to ensure a good performance. 7. Several thousand dollars is / are required. 8. The police is / are present in heavy numbers. 9. Fifty per cent is / are certainly a good rate. 10. A variety of articles has / haveinvestigated this business sector. 11. None of the instruments work / works. 12. There is / area bathroom and a bedroom.
2*. The following sentences contain mistakes regarding uncountable nouns that have mistakenly been used as if they were countable. Identify the mistakes and correct them.
1. Such feedbacks are vital when analyzing the queries. 2. The time depends on the efficiency of each equipment and the number of equipments. 3. Several software packages were developed with many attentions to eradicating all bugs. However, in several situations, the results obtained from these softwares are still erroneous. 4. Special hardwares are required in some situations. 5. Many informations on the structure and function are being gathered. 6. This causes many traffics on the network. 7. There are few knowledges about the best way to do this. 8. These researches have achieved many progresses in this fields. 9. Nuclear power causes a pollution for people and the environment. 10. Solar power do not cause damages to the environment. 11. The students are doing a large number of researches. 12. The Careers Service at the university gives helps to both British and international students. 13. The government should give useful advices to young unemployed people. 14. The children’s behaviors is unacceptable. 15. Some very expensive equipments were used in the experiment.
Nouns. Genitive: The Possessive Form of Nouns
3. Authors, theories, companies, products. Choose the correct form. If both are correct, underline the both forms.
1. Petrov / Petrov’spaper was the first to … 2. Petrov’s et al. / Petrov et al’spaper was the first to … 3. Jones / Jones’s / Jones’ most recent investigation into … 4. We have addressed all the referee / referee’s / referees’requests. 5. A Boolean / Boolean’s operator may refer to one of the following … 6. In our work, Fourier / Fourier’s analysis was used to derive the … 7. They used a Turing / Turing’s machine simulation to obtain their result. 8. Turing / Turing’s / The Turing’soriginal thesis was that … He then went on to reformulate this thesis by … 9. Beer / The Beer’s / Beer’sfindings, together with those of Johann Heinrich Lambert, make up Beer-Lambert / the Beer-Lambert / Beer-Lambert’s law. 10. Apple / Apple’s / The Apple’s initial decision to make iPods solely compatible with iTunes caused … 11. IBM’s / IBM first computer. 12. Burger and Wilmar’s / Burger’s and Wilmar’s document. 13. These are the results of ten year’s / years’ / yearstudying, which was divided into two five-year / five-years / five years’ periods. 14. A mile’s / mile walk. 15. I’m taking six month / month’s sabbatical next year.
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