29.10.2020

Ex. 1 page 155

Countable                      Uncountable

bridge                             butter

key                                  air

hamburger                    oxygen

road                                rice

burglar                           fever

fountain                         iron

trial                                 coffee

mark                               vinegar

music

camera

programme

fish

gallery

doll

biology

Ex. 2 page 155

1. A Can you tell me the road to the theatre, please?  B It’s over there, opposite the fountain!

2. Let’s not go to have a sushi! You know I don’t like fish!

3. A There are three dolls on Sissy’s bed.  B Yes, she always plays with them.

4. I can’t eat this salad! There’s to much vinegar in it!

5. A Do you want some rice instead of pasta tonight?  B Yes, and a chicken butter too.

6. Open the window, please! It’s hot here and I need some fresh air!

7. Biology is my favourite subject even if I don’t have good marks in it.

8. The programme for the gallery is next week.

Ex. 3 page 155

1. Correct

2. Sugar is unhealty in great quantities. (sugar è un sostantivo non numerabile e quindi è singolare)

3. Lauren would like to have milk. (milk è un sostantivo non numerabile e quindi non può essere preceduto dall’articolo a/an)

4. My mother uses special low fat butter to make cakes. (milk è un sostantivo non numerabile e quindi non può essere preceduto dall’articolo a/an)

5. Correct

6. Correct

7. Correct

8. Correct

Ex. 4 page 155

1. A Can I have some water?  B Would you like a bottle of water or a glass?

2. A Have you got a sheet of clean paper, please?  B Sure, right by the photocopier.

3. You drink so much tea! That’s three cups today already!

4. When I was a little you couldn’t get a carton of milk. It only came in glass bottles!

5. Sorry to bother you Nadia, have you got a spare packet of tomatoes? I’ve run out!

6. Who ate the last piece of parmesan? I wanted it for the pasta!

7. In the UK, a packet of petrol is five litre or one gallon.

8. A Have you got any tube of mayonnaise?  B No, sorry! Just jars.

Ex. 5 page 157

1. Correct

2. I’d like to continue my studies and I need information about what to do. (information è un sostantivo non numerabile e quindi non può avere l’articolo a/an)

3. Correct

4. Correct

5. Money isn’t everything in life! (money è un sostantivo non numerabile, che ha sempre il verbo al singolare)

6. Correct

7. The awful thing about going to Mandy’s is you always get covered in dog’s hair! (hair è un sostantivo non numerabile e quindi non può avere l’articolo a/an)

8. Correct

9. Correct

10. Can you give me a cloth to dust the bookcase? (cloth con l’articolo significa straccio ed ha più senso nella frase)

Ex. 7 page 157 

The music of the Queen is still a piece of evidence.

In USA, you need money to have a good health.

The boxes arriving from other countries to Europe have customs.

Money nowadays is not widely used in the form of cash.

Ex. 8 page 157

1. are

2. have

3. is

4. fruit

5. Room

6. damage

7. aren’t

8. a paper

Ex. Some – Any – No 

Peter: Let’s make a fruit salad.

Mary: Good idea! What do we need?

Peter: We need an apple, a pear, and some oranges.

Mary: We need some grapes too.

Peter: I don’t want any grapes in it. I hate them.

Mary: Do we have any strawberries in the fridge?

Peter: No, we don’t. We need to buy some.

Mary: We won’t need to add any sugar to it.