Underline the proper item to complete the sentences

GRAMMAR IN USE

WRITING

Use the Internet or magazines to find information about new or improved engines. Choose one and make a list of the features it has and share the information with your group mates.

SPEAKING

11. Work in small groups. Imagine that you are a graduate student and the topic of your degree work is «Types of Engines». Read the text again and be ready for the defence of your diploma and for the questions the State Exam Board members may ask you (student A – a graduate student, students B, C, D – members of the State Exam Board).

13. Imagine that you are an engineer working at the plant and you have to explain the functions of different engines to your new colleague. Make an outline of your explanation (write 60-80 words). Describe:

- where it is used

- how it works

- its capacity

- its efficiency

- its main parts.

These exercises can help you to practise the Pronouns: few / a few / little / a little. (See Appendix 1 p. 200 – 202) and do the following exercises.

14. Fill in the blanks with little / a little or few / a few.

1. I don’t think I can lift this box on my own. I need ….. help.

2. ….. tourists visited Northern Ireland in the 1980s because of the terrorism there.

3. The postman doesn’t often come here. We receive ….. letters.

4. He isn’t finding it’s easy to fix the shelves. He’s having ….. trouble.

5. I can speak ….. words of Swedish, but I’m not very fluent.

6. There were ….. new words in the text. Ann spent ….. time learning them.

7. I would like to stay here ….. longer, it’s such a nice place.

1. Come about 11 o’clock. I’ll have little / a little time then.

2. There was little / a little water on the mountain and we all got very thirsty.

3. Foreign languages are difficult, and few / a few people learn them perfectly.

4. I’m going to the USA with few / a few friends next week.

5. I’ve brought you few / a few sweets.

6. I have little / a little time to read news on the Internet and no time at all to read books.

7. Did you buy any furniture? “ A little / a few. ”

16. Fill in the gaps with little / a little or few / a few.

1. I'm afraid it's rained ….. times this summer, and that is why the grass is turning brown and dying. Farmers are very upset.

2. We're close to the project deadline, but there is still ….. time left.

3. There are still..... minutes left, so we can wait for Maria.

4. Hurry up! We can miss our train;..... time is left before the departure.

5. I can see..... English magazines on the table. Are they yours?

6. Could you buy a ….. bottles of water for me?

7. Could I have ….. sugar for my tea, please?

17. Fill in the gaps with little / a little or few / a few.

1. I have ….. questions about engines.

2. The assembly hall was almost empty: there were ….. people in it.

3. I bought a new engine ….. months ago.

4. If you have ….. spare time, look through this book. You will find….. stories about history of engines which are rather interesting.

5. She gave him ….. water to wash his face and hands.

6. My bus goes in ….. minutes.

7. We have ….. knowledge of this phenomenon.

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