Exercise 16. Give the correct tag to these sentences
1. There's a restaurant in the park, __?
2. There're a lot of mistakes in his test, __?
3. There isn't much time left, __?
4. There's no milk in the fridge, __?
5. There isn't any tea in the pot, __?
6. There are 26 letters in the English alphabet, __?
7. There aren't many old buildings here, __?
Exercise 19. Put in a/an, the, a lot of, many, much, some, any.
Mrs. Smith's kitchen is modern, nice and clean, with___(1) cupboards. There's___(2) washing machine, _(3) fridge and___(4) electric cooker but there isn't___(5) dishwasher. There are___(6) lovely pictures on___(7) walls of___(8) kitchen, but there aren't___(9) photos. There's___(10) radio near___(11) cooker on___(12) left. There is___(13) table in___(14) middle of___(15) room. On___(16) table there's___(17) vase with___(18) flowers in it. There are also___(19) apples and oranges on___(20) kitchen table. Oh! And there are___(21) cups and plates next to___(22) sink.
Exercise 20. Read the text about Glasgow. Put in a, the,-- , some, any, much, many, a lot of.
Glasgow is certainly___(1) good place to study___(2) architecture. Everywhere there are___(3) wonderful buildings like the School of Art designed by _ (4)Charles Rennie Mackintoch. There are___(5) museum sand art galleries. ___(6) city is rather cosmopolitan. There are___(7) good Greek, Chinese and Italian restaurants, though there aren't___(8) Russian ones. It is not difficult to travel in___(9) city. There isn't___(10) traffic.___(11) underground is very cheap, and even___(12) taxis are not expensive.___(13) centre of___(14) city is well planned, with___(15) good shopping mall. There are___(16) eight theatres, as well as___(17)concert halls and cinemas, and if you are fond of live music, there are___(18) pubs and clubs where you can hear it. There is___(19) beautiful countryside not far away and you can play golf if you are interested. There are not___(20) bad points. But it's probably
not___(21) very good place to improve your English because of___(22) local accent.
Exercise 21. Complete each sentence. Write There're, They're or Their in the blank.
1. __ actresses.
2. __ names are Claudia and Jose.
3. __ a lot of theatres in the city.
4. __ some nice cafes on that street.
6. __ son is at school now.
7. __ a lot of books and magazines on the table.
8. __ nice and sociable people.
Numbers
Exercise 22. Read the numbers.
| 1st – first | 4th – fourth | 20th – twentieth |
| 8th – eighth | 12th – twelfth | 76th – seventy-sixth |
| 16th – sixteenth | 19th – nineteenth | 6th – sixth |
| 17th – seventeenth | 65th – sixty-fifth | 14th – fourteenth |
| 43rd – forty-third | 32nd – thirty-second | 21st – twenty-first |
| 3rd — third | 2nd – second | 87th – eighty-seventh |
| 10th – tenth | 9th – ninth | 7th – seventh |
| 18th – eighteenth | 5th – fifth | 15th – fifteenth |
| 54th – fifty-fourth | 13th – thirteenth |
Possessive – ’S/S’
| -'s | -s' |
| for people: 1. with singular nouns Lucy's camera the manager's office 2. with nouns not ending in -s the men’s dogs the children's toys the people’s choice 3. with names ending in -s Mr. Jones’s cat in time expressions: yesterday's newspaper | 1. with plural nouns ending in -s my brothers' house her parents’ car the Smiths’ cottage |
NOTE: for things:
noun + of + noun: the roof ofthe building
with Common Nouns (e.g. car, school, town, garden, kitchen, bedroom, sea, country, hotel) of is not necessary: the bathroom door
Exercise 24. Write the sentences again using the words in brackets.
Example: These are her books. (Anne) – These are Anne's books.
1. Where is his coat? (Andrew)
2. Is that his car? (your brother)
3. It's on her desk, (the teacher)
4. Its dinner is here. (the dog)
5. Her children are at school now. (Judy)
6. It's her idea. (my wife)
7. His new bike is really good. (Jeff)
8. Here's her telephone number. (the doctor)
Exercise 25. Write the sentences with the apostrophe (') in the correct place.
Example: These are Susans keys. – These are Susan's keys.
1. There is a teachers meeting on Mondays.
2. Are the childrens coats in the car?
3. The mens clothes are upstairs.
4. Alices mother is very ill.
5. This is my mothers dress.
6. My parents flat is rather small.
7. Emma and Pauls car is outside.
8. Annes paintings are beautiful.