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1. Money can’t buy happiness, and it certainly can’t buy health. Years ago Blackie told me that money was meant to be spent and he was correct. Whoever said that money doesn’t buy happiness was misinformed, in opinion. It buys a lot of happiness for a lot of people. 2. English money is not accepted here. 3. All Bess’s money goes on clothes. 4. Her linen comes form Holland. 5. We’ve got a fascinating piece of news for you. 6. News travels pretty fast. 7. I’m sorry to say that there are ‘friends’ who delight in breaking bad news. 8. They want advice on how to do it. 9. We got an advice note from the firm. 10. The scout brought valuable information. It helped a lot. 11. What hard work! But it is rewarding. 12. I like all Chopin’s works. 13. The works is closed now. 14. It is perfect weather for flying today. 15. She’s wearing galoshes in all weathers.
Ex.23. Use the appropriate form of the verb.
1. “There ____ money in my pocket,” I said to the porter. (is, are)
2. I know my hair ___ beautiful, everybody says so. (is, are)
3. The works ___ has country, his home, his reason for being. (was, were)
4. These white swine ___ not live. (do, does)
5. Means___ easily found. (was, were)
6. … this watch ___ a special favourite with Mr. Pickwick having been carried about for a great number of years than we feel called upon to state, at present. (was, were)
7. “Good,” I said. “No one shall tell me again that fish ___ no sense with them. (has, have)
8. The deer ___ ravaging the man’s field. (was, were)
9. Money ___ so scarce that it could fairly be said not to exist at all. (was, were)
10. I was here before the gates ___ opened, but I was afraid to come straight to you. (was, were)
11. The papers ___ dull, the news ___ local and stale, and the war news ___ all old. (was, were)
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12. At Capracotta, he had told me, there ___ trout in the stream below the town. (was, were)
13. Her hair ___ loose and half-falling and she wore a nurse’s dress. (was, were)
14. And the baggage ___ apparatus and appliances (contain, contains)
15. The china ____ good, of a delicate pattern. (was, were)
Ex.24. Explain the difference between the following pairs of words and use them in the sentences of your own.
1. air – an air
2. beauty – a beauty
3. coffee – a coffee
4. cloth – a cloth
5. dinner – a dinner
6. fire – a fire
7. glass – a glass
8. youth – a youth
9. lemon- a lemon
10. light – a light
11. nature – a nature
12. oak – an oak
13. paper – a paper
14. play – a play
15. power – a power
16. rubber – a rubber
17. ice – an ice
18. stone – a stone
19. study – a study
20. will – a will
21. tin – a tin
22.iron – an iron
23. justice – a justice
24. yoghurt – a yoghurt
25. cake – a cake
26. residence – a residence
27. room – a room
28. work – a work
29. success – a success
30. hair – a hair
31. experience – an experience
Ex.25. Make up exclamatory sentences according to the model.
Model: competent advice – What competent advice!
1. original advice
great idea
2. beautiful nature
difficult character
3. fashionable furniture
big refrigerator
4. modern equipment
ancient fortress
5. unexpected money
great fortune
6. wonderful music
sentimental tune
7. hitting news
strange call
8. good progress
big success
9. heavy traffic
busy line
10. miserable weather
nasty day
11. deep knowledge
excellent certificate
12. difficult work
pleasant job
13. Russian linen
linen towel
14. leafy foliage
beautiful leaf
Ex.26. Explain the difference in meaning between two plural forms of the following nouns:
- genius
- index
- cloth
- penny
- appendix
- staff
- brother
Ex.27. Choose the appropriate noun from the list below for each sentence. Add an article (a/an/the) or plural (s/es) where necessary.
