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EXERCISES. 78.1 Complete the sentences using a word from Sections A or B
78.1 Complete the sentences using a word from Sections A or B. Sometimes you need a or some. 1. My eyes aren't very good. I need _glasses._ 2. This plant is _a_ very rare _species._ 3. Footballers don't wear trousers when they play. They wear ---. 4. The bicycle is --- of transport. 5. The bicycle and the car are --- of transport. 6. I want to cut this piece of material. I need ---. 7. Ann is going to write --- of articles for her local newspaper. 8. There are a lot of American TV --- shown on British television. 9. While we were out walking, we saw 25 different --- of bird. 78.2 In each example the words on the left are connected with an activity (for example, a sport or an academic subject). Write the name of the activity. Each time the beginning of the word is given. 1. calculate algebra equation: mathematics. 2. government election minister: p--- 3. finance trade industry: e--- 4. running lumping throwing: a--- 5. light heat gravity: ph--- 6. exercises somersault parallel bars: gy--- 7. computer silicon chip video games: el--- 78.3 Choose the correct form of the verb, singular or plural. In one sentence either the singular or plural verb is possible. 1. Gymnastics _is/are_ my favourite sport. ('is' is correct) 2. The trousers you bought for me _doesn't/don't_ fit me. 3. The police _want/wants_ to interview two men about the robbery last week. 4. Physics _was/were_ my best subject at school. 5. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine _isn't/aren't_ sharp enough. 6. Fortunately the news _wasn't/weren't_ as bad as we expected. 7. Where _does/do_ your family live? 8. Three days _isn't/aren't_ long enough for a good holiday. 9. I can't find my binoculars. Do you know where _it is/they are?_ 10. Do you think the people _is/are_ happy with the government? 11. _Does/Do_ the police know how the accident happened? 12. I don't like very hot weather. Thirty degrees _is/are_ too warm for me. 78.4 Most of these sentences are wrong. Correct them where necessary; Put 'RIGHT' if the sentence is already correct. 1. The government want to increase taxes. _RIGHT (wants' is also correct)_ 2. Susan was wearing a black jeans. 3. Brazil are playing Italy in a football match next Wednesday. 4. I like Martin and Jill. They're very nice persons. 5. I need more money than that. Ten pounds are not enough. 6. I'm going to buy a new pyjama. 7. The committee haven't made a decision yet. 8. Many people has given up smoking. 9. There was a police standing at the corner of the street. 10. Has the police arrived yet? 11. This scissors is not very sharp.
UNIT 79. Noun + noun (a tennis ball/a headache etc.) A. We often use two nouns together (noun + noun) to mean one thing/person/idea etc. For example: a tennis ball a bank manager a road accident income tax the city centre The first noun is like an adjective--it tells us what kind of thing/person/idea etc. For example: a tennis ball = a ball used to play tennis a road accident = an accident that happens on the road income tax = tax that you pay on your income the sea temperature = the temperature of the sea a London doctor = a doctor from London So you can say: a television camera a television programme a television studio a television producer (all different things or people to do with television) language problems marriage problems health problems work problems (all different kinds of problems) Compare: garden vegetables (= vegetables that are grown in a garden) a vegetable garden (= a garden where vegetables are grown) Often the first word ends in ~ing. Usually these are things used for doing something. For example: a washing machine a frying pan a swimming pool the dining room Sometimes there are more than two nouns together: * I waited at the hotel reception desk. (= a desk) * We watched the World Swimming Championships on television. * If you want to play table tennis (= a game), you need a table tennis table (= a table). B. When nouns are together like this, sometimes we write them as one word and sometimes as two separate words. For example: a headache toothpaste a weekend a stomach ache table tennis There are no clear rules for this. If you are not sure, it is usually better to write two words. You can often put a hyphen (-) between the two words (but this is not usually necessary): a dining-room the city-centre C. Note the difference between: a wine glass (perhaps empty) and a glass of wine (= a glass with wine in it) a shopping bag (perhaps empty) and a bag of shopping (= a bag full of shopping) D. When we use noun + noun, the first noun is like an adjective. It is normally singular but the meaning is often plural. For example, a bookshop is a shop where you can buy books, an apple tree is a tree that has apples. In the same way we say: a three-hour journey (not 'a three-hours journey') a ten-pound note (not 'pounds') two 14-year-old girls (not 'years') a four-week English course (not 'weeks') a three-page letter (not 'pages') So we say: * It was a three-hour journey. but The journey took three hours. For the structure 'I've got three weeks' holiday', see Unit 80E.
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