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Additional exercises

Nouns UNITS 37-39

Complete these sentences using the following nouns. Use each noun twice: once as a singular
countable noun (with a) and once as an uncountable noun (with some or zero article^.
business competition land sight thought time war
1 If the countries do go to , many people will die needlessly.
2 As he stared at the locked door, struck him. 'Perhaps Jim has left a key with a
neighbour.'
3 We've bought near the coast and we're going to build a new house on it.
4 With the recession in Asia, is terrible at the moment.
5 Although Sarah is rich now, I remember when she worked in a restaurant washing
dishes.
6 Major complications in treating this eye disease are very rare, but these can sometimes
impair
7 The class is having for the best short story. The prize is £20 in book tokens.
8 Many people emigrated to the United States because they saw it as of opportunity.
9 The government claims that in the telecommunications industry will mean lower
prices for customers.
10 The conflict in 1967 was that changed the Middle East for ever.
11 In the field, a farmer was using two horses to pull his plough, I had not seen since
my childhood.
12 I've given your proposals , but I don't think they would be appropriate in our
company.
13 The work has to be finished by the end of the week, so is very short.
14 He'd always wanted to work for himself, so last year he left his job at the bank and is now
running making garden tools.

Articles UNITS 57-62

9 All the articles (the and a/an,) have been taken out of these texts. Replace them where
necessary.
1 School classrooms have changed very little over last century. Walls may be a little more
colourful and chairs may be more comfortable, but school-child of 100 years ago would
have no difficulty in recognising today's classroom. There are still rows of desks, perhaps
blackboard, and shelves of books. However, these days there is something found in
classrooms that would bewilder them - computer. And it is this that is completely changing
way we learn at school, at college and in home.

2 When crime is first discovered, police often don't know who has done it or why. Usually,
though, person who has committed crime will have left some evidence of their identity at
scene such as footprint, blood, or fibres from clothing. This evidence often forms basis of
any case against suspect who police may take to court.

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