1.

Decide whether these nouns are countable or uncountable:

1. The children are playing in the garden.
2. I don't like milk.
3. I prefer tea.
4. Scientists say that the envirenment is threatened by pollution.
5. My mother uses butter to prepare cakes.
6. There are a lot of windows in our classroom.
7. We need some glue to fix this vase.
8. The waiters in this restaurant are very professional.
9. My father drinks two big glasses of water every morning.
10. The bread my mother prepares is delicious.
11. Drivers must be careful; the road is slippery.
12. Some policemen are organizing road traffic to avoid any accidents.
13. I bought three bottles of mineral water for our picnic.
14. I'd like some juice please!
15. Successful condidates will join the camp later this year.
16. A rise in oil prices is inevitable since there is more and more worl demand for energy.
17. The exercises on this website are interesting.
18. Dehydrated babies must drink a lot of water.
19. Adult illiterates learn through a special government programme.
20. I met some nice people when I was walking along the beach.
2. Choose the right answer (much, many, a lot, a lot of, lots)
1. We have _____ oranges.
2. We don't have __________ bananas, and we don't have ________ fruit juice.
3. Do you have any cereal? Sure, there's _________ in the kitchen."
4. How __________ is this? It's ten dollars.
5. How ___________ do you want? Six, please.
6. He's very busy; he has _____________ work.
7. David has ____________ rice, but Tyler doesn't have ____________.
8. London has _____________ beautiful buildings.
9. They eat ___________ apples.
10. I wrote _____________ poems.
11. I have got_____________ money.
12. I visited _____________ European cities.
13. Do you like soccer? Yes _____________.
14. Were there _____________ guests in the wedding? Yes, there were _____________ .
15. Leila is popular. She's got ___________ friends. Nancy does not have ____________ .
16. She hasn't got _______________ patience.
3. Decide whether you have to use "a little" or "a few".
1.
2.
3.
4.

We had ___________ snow last winter.

____________ people were interested in the exhibition.
I speak ____________ French.
There are _____________ students in the classroom.

5. She has ____________ relatives.

6. There is _____________ water in the pond.
7. The professor spends ______________ time playing tennis on Sundays.
8. We have ______________ knowledge of this phenomenon.
9. There are _____________ mushrooms in my mushroom soup.
10. _____________ animals can survive in the desert.
4. Use the correct form of the given nouns to complete the following sentences.
language party fun vegetable
information fruit money hair
advice sleeve
1. We can buy fresh _______________ from the supermarket.
2. Mrs. Lee went to the travel agent for some _______________ about the tour to Japan.
3. I cant wear this shirt. The _______________ are too long.
4. How many _______________ does Jenny speak?
5. Miss Ng spends a lot of _______________ on clothes.
6. I dont know what to do. Please give me some _______________.
7. Karen has beautiful _______________.
8. We had a lot of _______________ at the party last night.
9. Susan enjoys going to _______________.
10. Alan eats a lot of _______________.
5. Choose the correct answer.
1. She burst into _______________ (tear/ tears) when she heard the bad news.
2. Peter and Jack shake _______________ (hand/ hands) and become friends again.
3. She cant see what is written on the blackboard without her contact _______________
(len/ lens)
4. The two sisters took _______________ (turn/ turns) at sitting up with their sick mother.
5. Quite a number of _______________ (DJ/ DJs) have extended their careers to singing.
6. If you want to get well, you should take the doctors _______________ (advice/ advices).
7. Mary never does her _______________ (homework/ homeworks)
8. Johnny has lost his _______________ (luggage/ luggages).
9. The factory workers stopped working and took (a rest/ rest).
10. The children sat on the _______________ (grass/ grasses).
6. Underline the incorrect word in each sentence and write the correct word in the space
provided.
1. He takes part in a lot of extracurricular activitys.
______________
2. I always put three teaspoon of sugar in my coffee.
______________
3. The field is full of sheeps.
______________
4. The thief was wearing jean.
______________
5. Money cannot buy happinesses.
______________
6. They want to finish the job themself.
______________
7. How many piece of cheese would you like?
______________
8. A mice was hiding under the table.
______________
9. Three passer-bys were shot in the raid.
______________
10.Put on more cloth or you will get a cold.
______________

7. Rewrite the following sentences replacing the words in bold with phrases from the list.
kick the bucket, as blind as a bat, grinned from ear to ear, there's life in the old dog yet, run
out of steam
Without my glasses I can't see anything.
................................................
If I don't have a cup of coffee with my lunch, I become weak and faint by three o'clock.
................................................
Everyone thinks that Mr Jones is about to die, but he's still alright in spite of his age.
................................................................
When Cathy heard that she had been promoted, she had a huge smile on her face.
................................................................
8. Fill in the gaps with phrases from the list:
one foot in the grave, touch and go, alive and kicking, writing was on the wall, held his own
John: I was amazed to see Gerald back at work. David: Yes, me too. When he was in hospital
it was 1) .......... for a while, according to the doctors. John: That's right. Two weeks ago it
looked like the 2)...........; he had 3)............. . David: Apparently it was just a virus. All he
needed was a long rest. John: Well, he 4) .......... didn't he? David: I'll say! He's certainly 5)
.......... now!
9. Fill in the gaps with phrases from the list:
ripe old age, held our own, there's life in the old dog yet, touch and go, up and about, at
death's door, take it with a pinch of salt, as strong as an ox, writing is on the wall, a shadow
of his former self
The patient might not survive: it's .......... for now. I'm afraid.
The .......... for the factory. It will probably close next year.
We lost the debate although we .......... in all the arguments.
After the take-over we were told to expect a pay rise but we .......... .
We were surprised to see James .......... only two weeks after his operation.
Bill isn't weak at all; in fact, he's .......... .
Mr Marshall has recovered unexpectedly, so it seems .......... .
Matthew never really got over his road accident. He's been .......... ever since.
She survived until the .......... of 92.
When the old man realised he was .........., he asked to see a priest.
10. English often uses prefixes to create opposites. There are several different prefixes
that are used. Choose the right prefix for each of the adjectives below:
active adequate coherent compatible complete conscious controllable dependent digested
direct fertile fit healthy hygienic legal movable operable palpable pure qualified reducible
regular sanitary soluble stable well
11. The words listed below are nouns. What are the verb forms of these nouns?
1. abuse

2. admission

3. bandage
4. blood
5. breath
6. coagulation
7. consultation
8. convalescence
9. fertilisation
10. identification
11. immunisation
12. implant
13. maceration
14. management
15. occurrence
16. perspiration

17. preparation
18. provision
19. reabsorption
20. regeneration
21. registration
22. regurgitation
23. rehabilitation
24. reproduction
25. resuscitation
26. sedation
27. stammer
28. stitch
29. suppression
30. sweat

12. There are 20 nouns connected with medicine below. Use them to complete the
sentences - in some cases you will need to make them plural.
accident allergy ambulance biopsy consent course examination excess exercise injection
intake overdose paroxysm progress rash recurrence surgery tendency treatment vaccination
1. He developed an ________________ to penicillin.
2. He suffered _______________ of coughing in the night.
3. She went into a coma after an _______________ of heroin.
4. The patient will need plastic _______________ to remove the scars he received in the
accident.
5. She took a _______________ of steroid treatment.
6. He had a _______________ of a fever which he had caught in the tropics.
7. There is a _______________ to obesity in her family.
8. From the _______________ of the X-ray photographs, it seems that the tumour has not
spread.
9. The doctor gave him an _______________ to relieve the pain.
10. He doesn't take enough _______________: that's why he's fat.
11. The injured man was taken away in an _______________.
12. She was advised to reduce her _______________ of sugar.
13. The _______________ of the tissue from the growth showed that it was benign.
14. The parents gave their _______________ for their son's heart to be used in the transplant
operation.
15. The doctors seem pleased that she has made such good _______________ since her
operation.
16. This is a new _______________ for heart disease.
17. Her body could not cope with an _______________ of blood sugar.
18. Three people were injured in the _______________ on the motorway.
19. _______________ is mainly given against cholera, diphtheria, rabies, smallpox,
tuberculosis and typhoid.
20. She had a high temperature and then broke out in a _______________.

The human skeleton consists of 206

bones. We are actually born with
more bones (about 300), but many
fuse together as a child grows up.
These bones support your body and
allow you to move. Bones contain a
lot of calcium. Bones manufacture
blood cells and store important
minerals.
The longest bone in our bodies is the
femur. The smallest bone is the
stirrup bone inside the ear. Each
hand has 26 bones in it. Your nose
and ears are not made of bone; they
are made of cartilage, a flexible
substance that is not as hard as bone.
Joints: Bones are connected to other
bones at joints. There are many
different types of joints, including:
fixed joints (such as in the skull,
which consists of many bones),
hinged joints (such as in the fingers
and toes), and ball-and-socket joints
(such as the shoulders and hips).
Males and females have slightly
different skeletons, including a
different elbow angle. Males have
slightly thicker and longer legs and
arms; females have a wider pelvis
and a larger space within the pelvis,
through which babies travel when
they are born.