(Un)countable nouns & Quantifiers
Correct the mistake:
I’m so tired of watching the news – they are all so depressing.
- it is all so depressing...
The film makes me want to sleep. It's so ...!
uninteresting
What languages do people speak in these countires:
Japan
Portugal
Switzerland
Poland
Tailand
Japanese
Portuguese
Thai
Swiss
Polish
Is that true or false?
We can omit the relative pronoun in non-defining relative clause.
False
Correct the mistake:
My aunt gave me some money for my birthday, and I used some of them to buy a book.
... and I used some of it to buy a book.
Breathing under water without help is next to .... for most people.
impossible
Approximately 15% of the world population are .... of Mandarin.
native speakers
1989 the Berlin Wall fell is an important year in the history of Europe.
1989, when the Berlin Wall fell, is an important year in the history of Europe.
Rewrite the sentence:
You can get to London quite quickly.
It doesn’t ________________________ to get to London.
It doesn't take much time to get to London.
What you are saing is .... to our discussion - we are talking about something completely different.
irrelevant
My girl-friend went to primary school in Germany, so she .... Germany without any problem.
picked up
Is the sentence correct?
'Snaccident', that is acronym, is quite a modern word.
'Snaccident', which is a blend, is quite a modern word.
I'm not making ... progress in Spanish! I can see very .... improvement. I need to ...
any/ much
little
Make negative forms of these words. Which is the odd one out? Create your context for these words.
possible, formal, polite
informal
Learning a new language by ....demands ... effort.
Learning a new language by self-study demands a lot of effort.
Rewrite the two sentences as one sentence.
A. My grandmother goes for a walk every day. She is 83.
B. History is now my favourite subject. I never used to like it.
My grandmother, who is 83, goes for a walk every day
History, which I never used to like, is now my favourite subject.
Complete the text. Use words in brackets in correct forms. Plus choose suitable quantifiers.
To write and publish a book you don't need ... money. All you need is ... (know) of the subject you write about and .... (imagine). And of course ... (confident).
many, much, any, some, a little, little, a few, few, some
much money
some knowledge
a little imagination
a lot of confidence
Make negative forms of these words. Which is the odd one out? Create your context for these words.
correct, responsible, visible, accurate
responsible
Experts think that 40% of the languages that .... at the moment are in danger of .....
The cause of this is simple: parents in some communities don't speak their .... to their children.
exist, disappearing, mother tongue
South Africa ... the place .... Xhosa is spoken nowadays
Xhosa ... .... ..... you need to use clicking sounds.
Clicking sounds ..... difficult to pronounce for European people.
South Africa is the place where Xhosa is spoken nowadays
Xhosa is the language in which you need to use clicking sounds.
Clicking sounds are the sounds that are difficult to pronounce for European people.