English 4 - Week 4 Review Unit 8
English 4 - Week 4 Review Unit 8
English 4 - Week 4 Review Unit 8
Review Unit 8.
CHAPTER 9.
Grammar Noun Phrases.
Countable and uncountable nouns.
1 If a noun is countable:
a) We can use a/an in front of it: I bought a book. (Not *I bought book. ')
b) It has a plural and can be used in questions with How many?: How many books ... ?
c) We can use a number in front of it: one book, two books.
2 If a noun is uncountable:
a) We do not normally use dan in front of it: I bought some bread. (Not *a bread')
b) It does not normally have a plural and can be used in questions with How much?: How much bread.. . ? (Not
'How many breads?')
c) We cannot normally use a number in front of it.
3 We need to know whether nouns are countable or uncountable in English to be able to use a/an, some, any, much,
many, a few, a little, etc. correctly. Compare: It was a marvellous experience. (countable = something that happened)
We need someone with experience. (uncountable = skill and knowledge).
How to use some, any, much, many, a few, a little.
1. The words some and any are used when the exact number or amount of something is not known, or when it’s not
important. Some and any are both used to refer to an indefinite quantity or number. You use some with uncountable
nouns and plural countable nouns: some music, some cups. They are used to modify nouns, specifically to tell us that
the noun phrase is general (rather than specific).
2. Many is used with plural, countable nouns (e.g. dogs, dollars, tables, children). Much is used with singular,
uncountable nouns (e.g. happiness, music, water, time).
3. Little and few are “quantifiers”. When they are used on their own they have a negative meaning to suggest ‘not as
much or not as many as might be expected’.
Little is used with singular, uncountable nouns and few is used with plural, countable nouns to mean ‘not as much’ or
‘not as many’.
4. A little is used with singular, uncountable nouns and a few is used with plural, countable nouns to mean ‘some’.
When little and few are used with an article – a little or a few– both words mean ‘some’ and have a positive
meaning.
5. A lot of and lots of = 'a large number or amount'. We use a lot of or lots of with both countable and uncountable
nouns.
1) Put in some, any, a, the, a lot of or '-'.
1 I'd like some information, please. 11 Can you give me .......... description of it?
2 The tree was struck by lightning. 12 I'd like .......... tomatoes, please.
3 Is there any toast, please? 13 Would you like .......... spaghetti?
4 There's a slice of toast left. 14 There was .......... traffic this morning.
5 What's the weather like today? 15 John's gone to bed with .......... flu.
6 Can I have some potatoes, please? 16 Have you made .......... progress with Chinese?
7 1 need some/a lot of new clothing. 17 I've got .......... permission to park here.
8 I'm tired. I've just done the shopping. 18 Our teacher has given us .......... homework.
9 I've done the housework. 19 There's .......... rubbish in our garden.
10 I've just received a letter from John. 20 I'm going to plant .......... tree in the garden.
ANSWER KEY WEEK 3.
Reading Text: JUMPING SPIDERS
1. E (prey spiders did not respond to them in any way)
2. D (the researchers allowed various prey spiders to spin webs in the laboratory an then introduced Portia spiders)
3. F (lions hunting at night)
4. D (to simulate the shaking effect of a breeze the zoologists used either a model aircraft propeller or attack a tiny
magnet twice their own size)
5. B (they will attack something about twice their own size)
6. A (for jumping spiders that sneak onto other spiders’ webs to prey on their owners, it can be difference between
having lunch and becoming it)
7. B (Portia humid)
8. B (the fifteen known species of Portia jumping spiders)
9. F (Portia spiders are clearly intelligent and they often learn from the prey as they are trying to capture it.
10. A
11. A
12. C
13. B
Put in the conjunctions as, as soon as, as if, before, that, the way (that), when, which.
CAUGHT BY THE HEEL!
Mr Boxell was just shutting his shoe shop at the end of the day (1)…WHEN……….. a man in a well-cut suit walked
in and asked for an expensive pair of shoes. There was something about (2)....THAT............... the man walked that
made Mr Boxell suspicious. He felt (3)....AS IF............... he had seen him before somewhere, and then remembered
that he had -on TV! The man was a wanted criminal! The man tried on a few pairs of shoes (4)...BEFORE................
he bought a pair (5).....WHICH/THAT............. Mr Boxell strongly recommended. 'They're a bit tight,' the man
complained. 'They'll stretch, sir,' Mr Boxell said. (6)....AS............... Mr Boxell had expected, the man limped into the
shop next day to complain about the shoes.(7) ..AS SOON AS.......... he entered the shop, he was surrounded by
police. Mr Boxell had deliberately sold the man a pair of shoes (8)......WHICH/THAT............. were a size too small,
knowing he would return them the next day!
Test 1.
1. (0.36)
2. (0.2)
3. (0.5)
4. (0.5)
5. (0.36)
1. Yes
2. No
3. No
4. NG
5. Yes
6. Yes
7. Yes