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Choose the correct answers from the choices given.
Anti-social behavior is frequent at work because
most people have difficult personalities;
we are confused by other people's behavior;
people react against behavior different from their own;
people object to others being inefficient.
The best way to deal with the problem is to:
change people's personalities;
avoid trouble by realizing why the annoy us;
breathe rhythmically;
scratch our heads when we are irritated by them.
The difficulty of Mr. Woolf s solution is that:
we are not tolerant enough to carry it out;
it is likely to get on our nerves;
it is unnatural to copy other people's breathing;
people may be annoyed if they notice we are copying them.
Writing:
1. Write a short biographical account of a well-known person from any field (politics, literature, entertainment, sports or the arts), a grandparent, a former teacher, a friend
2. What are the advantages of being an only child and of having brothers and sisters?
3. What are the qualities you expect in a friend?
Grammar
The Noun
Ex. 1. Choose the correct form, the singular or the plural.
1. The trousers you bought doesn’t/don’t fit you. They are/It is too short for you.
2. Physics was/were my best subject at school. ~ Really? But I think mathematics is/are much easier than physics.
3. Fortunately the news wasn’t/weren’t as bad as we had expected.
4. The police want/wants to interview me about the robbery.
5. Three days isn’t/aren’t long enough for a good holiday.
6. Where does/do your family live? ~ All my family live/lives with me.
7. Does/do the police know about the stolen money?
8. Can I borrow your scissors? Mine isn’t/aren’t sharp enough.
9. I’m going to take a taxi. Six miles is/are too far for me to walk.
10. The danger of the forests fires is/are very serious for the environment.
11. The fear of the murder and robbery has/have caused many people to leave big cities.
12. The effects of that crime was/were very devastating for the city.
13. Fifty dollars is/are too much to pay for these trousers.
14. Mr Smith accompanied by his wife and daughter is/are arriving tonight.
15. The doctor and his assistant have/has already finished their work today.
16. The majority of the people believe/believes him to be innocent.
17. Neither Bill nor Mary is/are going to the party tonight.
18. When is/are the daily news on? ~ They are/It is on every hour on channel A.
Ex. 2. Say the following correctly.
1. Neither Jane nor her parents was/were at home.
2. Look! Two aircraft/aircrafts are flying in the sky.
3. The mass media, TV and the press, have/has enormous power in any society.
4. The police have /has weighed all the evidence and have/ has found the accused guilty.
5. Your advice was/wer e very useful. I usually use your advice/advices when I’m in trouble/troubles.
6. This book contains much/many useful information/informations.
7. Money isn’t/aren’t everything in my life, but it is difficult to live without it/them.
8. Fish/fishes travel long distances and different fish live/lives at different levels of water.
9. Coffee/a coffee or tea/a tea, please? ~ Two tea/teas and a coffee/coffee, please.
10. Could you help me carry my luggage/luggages?
11. The fruits/fruit of nature belong to all mankind.
12. Too much/manyknowledge/knowledges makes the head bold.
13. The jury is/are ready to give a verdict.
14. The number of months in a year is /are twelve.
15. A number of projects was/were suggested to improve the fuel-energy situation in this country.
16. The United States have/has lost all the football matches this season.
17. The wages of a professor is/are higher than that/those of a secretary.
18. Where is/are my glasses? – They/itare/is on your desk.
19. Neither my sister nor my friend is/are going to the South this summer.
20. Reading literature, as well as talking and writing about it, is/are both an effective and cognitive process.
Ex. 3. Open the brackets using the correct forms.
1. Money (be) easy to spend, but it is difficult to save (it/them).
2. Love (be) the reason for (much /many) happiness in the world.
3. He arrived late. All of his belongings (be) in two small (suitcase).
4. The (evidence) of the witnesses (be) very important for the accused person.
5. Aerobics (do) you a lot of good. Sports (be) useful for everybody.
6. Jeans (be) in fashion nowadays, (… …)? – Yes, (… …).
7. Most people (enjoy) Christmas. Majority (spend) a lot of money on Christmas presents.
8. The police (look) for the (thief). £ 50,000 (be) stolen from the bank by a group of (robber).
9. Her good (looks/look) always (get) her what she wants.
10. The young couple (get) married next month.
11. The doctor’s (advice) (be) to stop smoking immediately.
12. Measles, which (be) a children’s disease, (be) dangerous for adults.
13. Yesterday the audience (be) given free tickets to the next show.
14. The economics I learnt at school (be) out of date now.
15. Her death in a car accident (be) a great shock for everybody.
16. (Fish) (be) easy to look after as pets. There (be) ten (fish) in my aquarium.
17. Television news (give) you more (information) than radio news.
18. The stairs to the second floor (be) over there.
19. The (information) I got (be) very helpful.
20. Three weeks (be) a long time to wait for an answer.
21. The classical and light music (have) both (their/its) admirers.
22. The red and the white rose (be) both beautiful.
23. Half of my earnings (go) in tax.
24. Two-thirds of our family’s income (be spent) on food.
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