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III YEAR, II TERM

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GRAMMAR SELF-STUDY

THE NOUN + SUBJECT-PREDICATE AGREEMENT

Revise the following sources before doing the tasks given below:

  1. В. Л. Каушанская и др. Грамматика английского языка, М. изд. Просвещение, 1987, стр. 14 – 25; 239 - 244
  2. Гордон Е.М. и Крылова И.П. Грамматика современного английского языка, М. Высш. школа, 1980, стр. 205-212
  3. Н.А. Кобрина и др, Грамматика английского языка, М. изд. Просвещение, 1985, стр. 180-195

TASK 1. Sort out the nouns in the box into the categories given in the table below.

research travel sheep accommodation mice hair

furniture advice people information work beauty

news police politics scissors sun music

secrecy teeth health difficulty talk ice-cream

traffic money watch technology time success

weather sky experience funeral talent dust

 

Always countable Always uncountable Both
     

 

TASK 2. Revise the use of quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns given in the table and choose the right word in brackets to fill in the gaps in the sentences below.

Plural countable nouns Uncountable nouns Both countable in plural and uncountable Singular countable nouns
· both · (a) few · fewer · the fewest · a/the majority of · (not) many · a minority of · a (great/good) number of · several · a bit of · a (big/small) amount of · a great deal of · a good deal of · (a) little · less · the least · (not) much   · some of (the) · any (of the) · enough · a lot of/lots of · hardly any · more/most (of the) · plenty of · no · none of the   · all (of) the · any/some of the) · each · either · every · most of the · neither · no · none of the

 

1. We have imported ___________ videos this year than last year. (fewer/less)

2. There has been __________ demand for videos this year than last year. (fewer/less)

3. ________ vehicles have just been recalled because of a design fault. (a lot of/a great deal of/a big amount of)

4. ________ effort has been put into this project, (a lot of/many/a great number of)

5. There isn't ________ hope of finding the wreck, (a great deal of/many/ a great number of)

6. There aren't _________ dictionaries that can compare with this one. (few/many/little)

7. ________ book was written by someone else (most/most of the/the majority of)

8. ________ magazines carry advertisements, (most/most of/a great amount of)

9. ________ metal is liable to rust. (most/most of/ a great amount of)

10. I'd like _______ milk in my coffee, please, (little/a little/few/fewer)

11. This room needs ________ pictures to brighten it up. (a few/few/ a great amount of)

12. _______businesses have gone bankrupt this year, (a good deal of/several/a small amount)

13. There aren't _______ chocolates left! (any/some/little)

14. There isn't ________ time to waste, (any/some/no/none)

15. We've had _________ trouble with this machine already. (enough/hardly any/none of the)

16. There have been ________ accidents on this corner this year. (a good deal of/hardly any/ a small amount of)

17. We can't accept the estimates. ________ estimate is low enough. (either/neither/both)

18. _______ examples prove that I am right, (both/neither/either)

19. There have been _________ changes in the new edition. (no/any/none)

20. There has been __________ change in the new edition (no/any/a great number of/a great deal of)

 

TASK 3. Fill in the gaps with the quantifiers given in the box. The first one is done for you. You can use some words more than once.


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