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    o Nouns / Word Formation / Articles

    7 Fill in the gaps with an appropriate noun + of to indicate quantity. More than one
    answer may be possible.
    1 a ........ .bolt /. f/;:Jf;(J. of. . . . . . . .. lightning 5 a ................................... sugar
    2 a ................................... chalk I 6 a .................................... meat
    3 a ................................. football 7 a ................................. thunder
    4 a .. .............................. trousers 8 a .................................. advice

    8 Complete the sentences using the nouns in their singular or plural form.

    hair 4 work
    a Lisa has got short, dark ... ..h~ir. ......... . a The museum holds over a thousand
    b Keith brushed off the dog ..... .t;~ir:s. ...... . . .................. of modern art.
    from his jacket. b Paul travels to by bus
    2 experience every morning.
    a Anna gained some work . 5 custom
    by helping in her father's shop during the a It is a ................... in Japan to take
    summer. I your shoes off when you enter someone's
    b John 's trip around Asia was full of memorable : house.
    b Frank was asked to open his bag at
    3 glass
    a Dan couldn 't read the menu because he had I 6 wood
    forgotten to bring his .. . .. .. .. .. . .. .. . a Pam took her dog for a walk in the
    b She offered me a ................... of :
    I

    orange juice. b This toy is made of ................ , .

    9 Make the following uncountable nouns plural, as in the example.

    furniture - two .... pj~c~p' o.f. fl,JrnJt(..Jr~. ..... . 5 yoghurt - two ........................... .
    2 pasta - two ... . ........................... . 6 oil - three ............................... .
    3 paper - four ... . ......................... . 7 toothpaste - two ......................... .
    4 lemonade - three ................ .......... . 8 salmon - five ............................ .

    • A couple of, several , a few, many, a (large, great, good) number of, both , are followed by a
    countable noun. (Too) much , a little, a great/good deal of, a large/small amount/quantity of
    are followed by an uncountable noun. A lot of, lots of, hardly any, some, no, plenty of are
    followed by a countable or uncountable noun.

    10 Underline the expressions which can be used with the nouns, as in the example.
    She has bought a couple of, several , too much, a few, a little, lots of dresses.
    2 She's got a little, a lot of, hardly any, several, a few experience in the clothes business.
    3 He drank two, both , some, several , too much glasses of juice.
    4 She is wearing several, too many, hardly any, too much , no jewellery.
    5 The fire is going out - you 'll have to fetch a little, several, a couple of, some, plenty of wood .
    6 I've been shopping and I've got no, a few, a little, hardly any, too many money left.
    7 Steve has already made too much , a little, a few, a couple of, a number of friends.
    8 Flowers need plenty of, a number of, too many, a great deal of, a lot of water.

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