Grammar Reference
Grammar Reference
Grammar Reference
Note:
Queen Elizabeth
BUT
the Queen
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English in Use
Grammar Reference
1
Write
the
or
a
where necessary.
Determiners
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2
a. Put the determiners in the box under the
appropriate heading. Some determiners can be
used with more than one class of noun.
every a few a/an many each
either
less any both fewer enough
other
Too / Enough
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3
Complete the sentences in two ways using your
own words. Use
too
or
enough
.
1
I can’t eat this food;
it’s too salty. / it’s not warm
enough
.
2
I can’t carry these suitcases by myself; ..................
3
I’ll never be able to buy my own yacht; .................
4
She won’t pass the exam; .....................................
Partitives / Countable and
Uncountable Nouns
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4
a. Match the partitives on the left with the
uncountable nouns you could use them with.
Then make sentences.
Singular Nouns
e.g.
message, call
every
, .................
Plural Nouns
e.g.
voices, phones
many
, ................
Uncountable
Nouns
e.g.
information,
proof
any
, ...................
Articles
‹
1
At
–
noon,
a
group of workers were sitting at
the
edge of ............ cornfield where they were having
............ lunch.
2
Sometimes you can see ........ sea from my bedroom
window, but ........ atmosphere has to be very clear.
3
He owns ............ house by ............ Thames, which
he bought three years ago for í300,000. Rumour
has it that ............ house is haunted.
4
According to some doctors, ............ people living
in ............ damp climates are twice as likely to
develop ............ arthritis as ............ people living
in ............ warmer climates.
5
For ......... very long time ......... people believed that
......... Earth was ......... centre of ......... universe.
b. Rewrite each sentence using a different
determiner without changing the meaning of
the original sentence.
1
All messages have to be recorded.
Every message has to be recorded.
2
Both girls seem unhappy.
3
Not as many students came this time.
4
Quite a few people called earlier.
5
I'll need some time to check my messages.
6
Each room has a phone.
7
Someone else asked for you after you left.
Let me give you a piece of advice: don’t lend him the money,
because he won’t return it.
1
‘Hair’ is what covers the top of your head, ‘hairs’ are the
separate, countable strands growing from the skin.
I had my hair cut yesterday.
I found two hairs in my soup.
a piece of
a sum of
a teaspoon of
a clap of
a jar of
a drop of
a ray of
sugar
advice
money
rain
sunshine
thunder
honey
1
hair / hairs
2
work / works
3
damage / damages
4
people / peoples
5
wood / woods
6
content / contents
b. Consulting a dictionary, say what the difference
between the words in each pair is, then make
sentences illustrating the difference.
Word formation:
forming abstract nouns
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5
Use the endings below to form nouns from the
verbs given.
-ance -ence -ion -ation
1
create
creation
2
offend ...................
3
form .....................
4
defend ..................
5
allow .....................
6
inspect ..................
7
resist .....................
8
prefer ....................
9
interpret ................
10
inform ...................
