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We form the present simple tense with the base form of the verb. We add s or es to form the 3rd person singular:
I play you play he/she/it plays we play you play they play I watch you watch he/she/it watches we watch you watch they watch
When we talk about a specific large number, we do not add s to the number:
200,000 = two hundred thousand (not two hundred thousands) 10,000,000 = ten million (not ten millions)
The noun that follows is always plural: There must have been at least three thousand students at
the protest.
We use the plural form of large numbers + of to give an approximate idea of how many: There
must have been thousands of students at the protest.
We can use a instead of one. One is more formal: If I won a million dollars, I would probably take
a year off and travel around the world. The president promised to increase the health budget by one million dollars.
We usually use numerals for numbers that cannot be written in one or two words: More
than two million people attended last year. But: 2,001,967 people attended last year.
You should write fractions in words: half a (million); a/one third of a (million); three quarters of a (million); one and a quarter (million); one and three quarter (million): According to the
chart, in 2004 over half a million Ukrainians went to the cinema.
We use there to say that something exists. We use there is with a singular subject and there are with a plural subject:
There is an oak tree in my garden. (not It is an oak tree or There have an oak tree) There are some great movies on at the cinema. (not They are some great movies)
We use there is and there are to give new information. We use it is or they are to talk about something that has already been referred to. Compare:
There is a present for you on the table. (the first time the present has been mentioned) Mary: What is that you're carrying? John: It's a present for my sister. (it = what John is carrying) We do not use the auxiliary verb do to form questions and negatives with there is and there are: Are there any clean glasses in the cupboard? There isn't a map in the car. There cannot be left out: There is a pan of soup and there are some bowls in the kitchen. (not There is a pan of soup and are some howls in the kitchen.)
Test 2
A. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Examiner: Can you describe a typical morning at your house? Candidate: Well, my father always (1)____________________________ (get up) first because he
(2)__________________ (start) work at 7 o'clock. The traffic (3) _____________ (be) very bad in my city so he (4) ________________ (have) to leave at 6 o'clock. Before he (5) __________________ (leave), he (6) ______________________ (wake) my brother and me up. I (7) __________________________ (get up) straight away but my brother (8) ______________________ (prefer) to sleep as long as he can, and he nearly always (9) __________________ (catch) the last bus to school. My mother (10) __________________ (make) our breakfast while I (11) ________________________ (get dressed), then I (12) _______________________ (leave) for school at about 7.30.
B. Match each amount (1-5) with its correct written equivalent (a-i). Youll need to read the words carefully.
1. $305,000 2. $35 3. $35,000 4. $3,500,000 5. $305 a. thirty-five dollars b. three and a half million dollars c. three hundreds and five dollar d. thirty five thousands dollars e. three millions and five hundred thousands dollars. f. thirty-five dollars g. three hundred and five thousand dollars h. thirty-five thousand dollars i. three hundred and five dollars
D. Fill in the blanks in the text with numbers from the table. Three of your answers should contain a fraction.
Number of tractors used in agriculture: top ten countries
Rank #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 # 10 Country United States Japan Italy India Poland France Germany Turkey Spain China Amount 4,800,000 2,028,000 1,750,000 1,525,000 1,306,700 1,264,000 1,030,800 905,000 885,000 755,073
The table shows the number of tractors being used by the top ten countries in the world. The United States has the greatest number of tractors with almost (1) _____________________________________. Japan has less than half of this amount with just over (2) _____________________________________, and Italy is ranked third, with a total of (3) _____________________________________. India has just over _____________________________________, while Poland, France and Germany each have over _____________________________________. Of the bottom three countries this list, Turkey has a little under _____________________________________, Spain had less than __________________________ and China has just over _____________________________________ tractors.
E. Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with either it, they or there.
1. _______________ are several reasons why I wanted to talk to you. 2. I have printed out the letters. _______________ are on the desk ready for you to sign. 3. On the next street corner _______________ is an excellent new restaurant. 4. _______________ have wonderful swimming pool in this hotel. 5. We had a lovely holiday in Florence. _______________ really is a beautiful city. 6. _______________ were several robberies in the area last week. 7. Is _______________ going to be a meeting this week?