UNIT 5: NATURAL WONDERS OF THE WORLD

I. Identify the countable (C) and uncountable nouns (U).

1. record ______ 6. TV set ______ 11. bread ______ 16. baggage ______
2. money ______ 7. happiness______ 12. knowledge ____ 17. information ___
3. tree ______ 8. sadness ______ 13. wall ______ 18. window ______
4. Furniture ____ 9. safety ______ 14. garden ______ 19. music ______
5. evidence _____ 10. bottle ______ 15. Advice ______ 20. boat ______
II. Choose the best answer
1. If you want to hear the news, you can read paper/ a paper.
2. I want to write some letters but I haven't got a paper/ any paper to write on.
3. I thought there was somebody in the house because there was light/a light on inside.
4. Light/a light comes from the sun.
5. I was in a hurry this morning. I didn't have time/ a time for breakfast.
6. "did you enjoy your holiday?" - "yes, we had wonderful time/ a wonderful time."
7. Sue was very helpful. She gives us some very useful advice/advices.
8. We had very bad weather/a very bad weather while we were on holiday.
9. We were very unfortunate. We had bad luck/a bad luck.
10. It's very difficult to find a work/a job at the moment.
11. I had to buy a/some bread because I wanted to make some sandwiches.
12. Bad news don't/doesn't make people happy.
13. Your hair is/ your hairs are too long. You should have it/them cut.
14. Nobody was hurt in the accident but the damage /the damages to the car was/were
quite bad.
III. Fill in the blanks with the words given, adding -s/-es if necessary
change river garbage hardware music
traffic junk thunder screwdriver homework
1. I put some banana peels, empty juice cartons in the waste can. The can is full of ____
2. Tools that are used for turning screw are called _______.
3. The children got scared when they heard _______ during the storm.
4. I have some coins in my pocket. In other words, I have some _______ in my pocket.
5.They have a rusty car without an engine, broken chairs and an old refrigerator in their
front yard. Their yard is full of ______.
6. The Mississippi, the Amazon and the Nile are well-known __________.
7. The street is full of cars, trucks, and buses. It is full of ________
8.I like to listen to operas, symphonies, and folk songs. I enjoy __________.
9. Tonight I have to read 20 pages in my history book, do 30 algebra problems, and write a
composition. In other words, I have a lot of ______ to do tonight.
10. I went to store to get some nails, hammers, and screws. In other word, I bought some
______.
IV. Write the plural form of the following nouns
Singular Plural noun Singular Plural noun Singular Plural noun
noun noun noun
rose Potato Foot
Boy Wife City
family photo cliff
tooth Man Child
base mouse Sandwich
child thief brush
V. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences
1. She was drinking ____________ glass of orange juice.
A. a B. the C. Ø D. an
2. It’s important to brush your _____ twice times a day
A. tooth B. teeth C. tooths D. toothes
3. We have a lot of _____ near our house.
A. factory B. factores C. factorys D. factories
4. There are a number of excited ____ in the party.
A. Persons B. people C. peoples C. person
5. She is really afraid of_____.
A. mice B. muoses C. mices D. mouse
6. There are 30 _____ in this class.
A. child B. childs C. children D. childrens
7. Would you like to take a _____?
A. Photoes B. photos C. photo D. photoies
8. Mrs Florida felt that her marriage had become __________ prison.
A. a B. the C. Ø D. an
9. The scientists are working on ________ drug capable of arresting the spread of cancerous
cells.
A. a B. an C. the D. no article
10. Did you see the new _____ in that shop next door?
A. radioes B. radies C. radioses D. radios
11. Peter never feels lonely. He has got _________ friends.
A. much B. so much C many D. a great deal
12. Mr Johnson lived with his three _______ in the countryside
A. child B. childs C. children D. childrens
13. My mother needs _____ milk to make a cake.
Aa B. some C. any D. many
14. I’d like to buy _________
A. a shoes B. a pair of shoes C. the number of shoes Da
shoe
15. Let’s have a break. Would you like to have ______ coffee?
A. any B. many C. little D. some
16. Look! There are _______ left over there.
A. a little B much seats C. many seat D. a few seats
17. __________ necessary.
A. A lot of the information are B. Some informations are
C. All the information is D. Many of the information is
18. There are not _____ in that classroom.
A. any student B. a lot of student
C. a great deal of students D. many students
19. I cannot work because _______
A. there are too many noises B. there is too much noise
C. of some noises D. a number of noise
20. Not ______ teenagers spend ______ time on reading books.
A. much/many B. many/much C. much/much D. many/many
21. _________ has its own private bedroom.
A. All bedroom B. A plenty of bedroom C. Every bedroom D. Every
bedrooms
22. Phuong wants to eat an __________.
A. apple B. apples C. a apple D. some apple
23. I and my girlfriend often drink __________ tea every morning.
A. the B. a cup of C. a D. an
24. There are many _________ on the table.
A. book B. a book C. books D. an book
25. Cuc has ________ blue short hair.
A. # B. an C. some D. any
VI. Much or Many?
1. Have you got _______________________ friends?
2. Stop it! It's too ______________________ for me!
3. I hope to have ______________ presents for Christmas because I was nice this year!
4. No! I don't dive into this water, it's too _________________ cold!
5. Oh my bedroom is messy I have so __________________ things!
6. How __________ money do you have?
8. How ___________________ oranges did you buy?
9. How ___________________ orange juice did you buy?
10. How _________________ books did he write?
VII. SOME, ANY, or NO?
1. Hello miss, do you sell _____________ stamps?
2. Can I have _________________ bread, please?
3. Our pets are causing _________________ damages in the house.
4. Today, we don't have _______________ wooden boards.
5. She’s poor, she has ____________ food to eat for tonight.
6. Are there _____________ soft drinks in your fridge (for the children)?
7. Yesterday, your sister didn't drink ______________ water.
8. I would like to buy _____________ clothes but I don't have enough money
9. Mum and Dad eat _______________ sweets when they are bored
VIII. Fill in the blanks with FEW, A FEW, LITTLE, A LITTLE?
1. She has _____________ money to spend as she is unemployed.
2. I can't wait for you. I've got ______________ time.
3. I've got a ______________ books and I'll buy some more.
4. Sahar has got a __________________ French books.
5. Julien has got a _______________ friends and they meet on Saturdays.
6. There is ________________ food left. We'd better not be hungry then!
7. There are _______________ people at the cinema as the movie is not very good.
8. I have got _______________ magazines. I prefer books.
9. There is a _________________ paella in the fridge if you are hungry.
10. There is ______ LITTLE ______ money in my bag. I won't buy a lot of things!
IX. FEW, LITTLE, A FEW, A LITTLE?
1. I really need to see him. I've got ______________ questions to ask him.
2. Could we have _______________ champagne, please?
3. 'Were you surprised?' '_______________.'
4. They've already been to Spain _____________ times.
5. These plants require _______________ water and it's very handy.
6. At home, the kitchen was a pleasant place. There were always _____________ flowers in
a vase.
7. 'How's your father?' '____________ better, thanks.'
8. 'Sandra is fluent in Italian, French and Spanish.' 'It's quite rare, ____________ people can
speak several foreign languages.'
9. This boy isn't very popular at school. He's got very ______________ friends.
10. They live in a very small flat because they have ________________ money
X. Choose the best answer
1. I have __________ cold water. Do you want me to share it with you?
A. few B. a few C. little D. a little
2. My father has __________wonderful friends. He never feels lonely.
A. little B. few C. a few D. a little
3. Her grandfather has __________information about computer. He can rarely use it.
A. a few B. little C. a little D. few
4. There are __________ doctors in her village. They really need to have more.
A. a little B. a few C. little D. few
5. Her boyfriend has got __________time. They can meet each other at the weekend.
A. a few B. little C. a little D. few
6. When I was young, I had __________ self-confidence. I could not talk to new people.
A. a few B. a little C. little D. few
7. There is __________milk. We cannot make a cake.
A. a little B. a few C. few D. little
8. I have __________ apples. Would you like one?
A. a little B. a few C. few D. little
9. There is __________ meat left in the fridge. It should be enough for our lunch.
A. a few B. few C. a little C. little
10. Unfortunately, __________students could pass their exams.
A. few B. little C. a little D. a few
11. I have __________books about successful people in my bookcase.
A. little B. a few C. a little D. few
12. I think you are lucky because you have ___________ problems.
A. little B. few C. a few D. a little
XI. MUCH, MANY, SOME, or ANY?
1. Dad, I need ________________ money, please.
2. She is always broke, she never has ______________ money.
3. Hurry up! We don't have ___________________ time! they will arrive soon.
4. I don't have _______________ brothers or sisters, but I have many friends.
5. I don't have any brothers or sisters, but I have ______________ friends.
6. How ________________ true friends do you have?
7. We love you so ___________, teacher!
8. Money? I think I have ___________; I am not poor but not rich either.
9. You don't need much time to do this exercise, just _____________ minutes.
10. Do you have ______________ kids?
XII. SOME or ANY?
1. This evening I'm going out with _____________ friends of mine.
2. 'Have you seen _________________ good films recently?' 'No, I haven't been to the
cinema for ages.'
3. I didn't have __________ money, so I had to borrow some.
4. Can I have ___________ milk in my coffee, please?
5. I was too tired to do __________________ work.
6. You can cash these traveller's cheques at ______________ banks.
7. Can you give me _____________ information about places of interest in the town?
8. With the special tourist train ticket, you can travel on _________trains you like.
9. If there are ____________ words you don't understand, use a dictionary.
10. We didn't buy _______________ flowers
XIII. MUCH, ANY, SOME, or MANY?
1. Did the teacher give us any homework? - Yes, but not____________.
A. many B. any C. much
2. Nick never does ____________ work. He is a very lazy boy.
A. many B. any C. some
3. Could you lend me fifty dollars? - No, I haven't got ____________ money.
A. any B. many C. some
4. She has had as ____________ success as her brother.
A. much B. many C. any
5. I bought _____________ bread, but I didn't buy any butter. I forgot!
A. any B. some C. many
6. She is a warm and friendly girl. She has so ____________friends.
A. some B. much C. many
7. I've got ___ interesting things to tell you. Let's meet at seven o'clock and I'll tell you
everything.
A. any B. much C. some
8. How _____________ lessons do you have on Mondays? - Only three, mum.
A. much B. some C. many
9. Kate was very ____________ afraid of ghosts when she was a little girl.
A. any B. many C. much
10. I didn't see ____________white cats in the garden, only the black one.
A. much B. some C. any
11. ____________ dogs can be dangerous. Watch out!
A. Some B. Any C. Much
XIV. Put one suitable into each gap: few, a few, little, a little, many, much, many of, much
of
1. There wasn’t …………………………. snow last night.
2. …………………………. the students in my class enjoy taking part in social activities.
3. He’s always busy. He has …………………………. time to relax.
4. She put so ………………………….salt in the soup that she couldn’t have it. It was too salty.
5. He made too ………………………….mistakes in his writing.
6. How ………………………….students are there in your class?
7. I feel sorry for her. She has …………………………. friends.
8. I spent ………………………….my spare time gardening last year.
9. He doesn’t have so ………………………….friends as I think.
10. There was so ………………………….traffic that it took me an hour to get home.
11. Learning a language needs ………………………….patience.
12. ………………………….the shops in the city center close at 5.30.
13. We had a boring holiday. …………………………. the time we lay on the beach.
14. With only ………………………….hope, Harry didn’t know how to keep going another day.
15. How ………………………….money have you got?
16. There was very …………………………. food at the party but I didn’t eat anything.
17. I think………………………………. you are very tired after your long journey.
18. We didn’t take ………………………….photographs when we were on holiday
XV: MUST or MUSTN’T
1. You _____________ listen to your teacher, John.
2. I ______________ eat French fries and hamburgers every day or I'll get fat.
3. Your children _____________ jump on the bed!
4. Don't phone him now. He ___________ be asleep.
5. I haven't got a lot of money; I _____________ waste it.
6. My mother gave me a present for my son, I ___________ forget to give it to him.
7. This book is very expensive, you ____________ look after it very carefully.
8. You _____________ arrive late, they are waiting for you!
XVI: MUST or MUSTN’T
1. We ____________ run in the corridors.
2. We ________________ respect our teachers.
3. We _________ put papers in the bin.
4. So, we ______________ put them on the floor.
5. We ___________ put our hands up before speaking.
6. We ___________ ask the teacher to go to the toilet.
7. We _____________ speak too loud in the corridors.
8. We ________________ work.
9. We _________________ write on the tables.
10. We _________________ respect the rules.
11. We ________________ stand up when the teacher arrives in the classroom.
12. We ________________ answer our teachers back
XVII. MUST or MUSTN’T
1. You __________________ be fit if you want to become a champion (must/ mustn't)
2. Mum gave me a letter to post. I __________ forget to post it. (mustn't/ must)
3. Whatever you do, you __________ touch that switch. It's very dangerous. (mustn't/
must)
4. My sister __________ go to Spain for her studies next year. (must/ mustn't)
5. The doctor told me that I __________ stay in bed for a week. (mustn't/ must)
6. You __________ unfasten your seat belt during take-off and landing. (must/ mustn't)
7. The boys __________be tired. They have been playing football all afternoon! (must/
mustn't)
8. You __________ smoke when I'm here. I can't bear that! (must/ mustn't)
9. You __________ park here! It's a fire exit! (mustn't/ must)
10. I __________ cook the dinner: the children are very hungry! (must / mustn't)