Exercise 23. Insert the article where necessary

Exercise 22. Insert the article where necessary.

Exercise 21. Choose the correct variant.

1. How ___ hours of community service was the man ordered to do?

A

many

B

lots of

C

several

D

number

2. The teacher gave us ___ pieces of good advice about the examination.

A

every

B

much

C

any

D

several

3. At first, I didn't understand ___ of what people said to me.

A

little

B

much

C

several

D

lot

4. Eastbourne really does have a large ___ sunshine, compared with most other British towns.

A

lot of

B

number of

C

ray of

D

amount of

5. The mugger was easily identified because he had been seen by ____ witnesses.

A

several

B

number of

C

every

D

much

6. I'm sorry but I really don't have a great ___ time.

A

many

B

deal of

C

much

D

number of

7. There were too ___ people in the disco. It really was overcrowded.

A

much

B

many

C

full

D

deal

8. You can see quite ___ swans on the lake in Princes Park,

A

much

B

a number

C

a large

D

a lot of

9. The policeman couldn't give us ___ information about our brother's whereabouts.

A

any

B

some

C

an

D

a

10. He didn't have ___ time but he managed to finish the job.

A

Amount of

B

many

C

much

D

several

11. With the money he was given for his birthday, he was able to buy ___ CDs.

A

lots

B

a large number of

C

A large amount of

D

much

12. This is not an awful ___ questions, is it?

A

Lot of

B

deal

C

number

D

amount

13. I phoned the hospital but they couldn't give me ___ news.

A

little

B

many

C

few

D

much

14. The shop decided to close early because there weren't ___ customers.

A

any

B

lots

C

some

D

much

15. How ___ items of luggage do you have, Sir?

much

B

number

C

many

D

a lot of

1. At … beginning of … twentieth century, East Los Angeles became … popular immigrant destination. 2. In … early 1900s, Russians, Jews, Japanese and Mexicans all had … significance presence in … area. 3. Living east of … river and working in nearby factories, or traveling by electric rail into downtown Los Angeles, immigrants and their children helped fuel … prosperity of … growing metropolis. 4. By … onset of World War II, East Los Angeles had almost become … exclusively Latino community, soon reinforced by … influx of Mexican workers who arrived to man the machines in … area's burgeoning war industries.

1. I am … international student from … Philippines. 2. I decided that if I wanted to improve my English skills I should study English in … English speaking country. 3. First of all, I researched all … English speaking countries and considered many factors including tuition fees, cost of living, approval to work part-time and climate. 4. I decided that I would like to study in … Australia. 5. Then, I applied for … student visa. 6. … application process was complex and I had to wait … long time for … decision. 7. However, it was worth … long wait because finally I was approved. 8. Once I received … visa I made my arrangements: airfare, accommodation, institution and start date. I was so excited. 9. Before too long I was on … aeroplane flying to … Australia. 10. I arrived on … glorious sunny day. 11. I took … taxi to my accommodation. 12. … taxi driver was very friendly and welcomed me to … Australia. 13. He said “G’day mate” just like Crocodile Dundee! He even looked like him.

14. … family I am staying with is very nice. 15. They are … Australian family and they usually have two international students staying with them at any one time. I had two days to explore my new city and then I started this course today. 16. Today is … very special day for me. I am nervous but I am happy!

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