FE102 _LIFE2_UNIT1 REVIEW

​UNIT 1 review

​Passive, Article and Quantifiers

​Passives

​Articles

​We use a/an the first time we mention something.

  I’ve just bought a new washing machine.

We use the when we mention something which is known (because it has already been mentioned, for example and when there is only one of something.)

  I bought a shirt and a tie. The shirt was quite cheap.

  It was warm and the sun was shining.

We use no article (zero article) to talk in general about uncountable or plural nouns.

  Tourism brings a lot of money to the country.

​Quantifiers

​We use a lot of, lots of, loads of and plenty of with uncountable and plural nouns to talk about large quantities. We often use plenty of to mean ‘more than enough’.

  There are a lot of shops in my neighbourhood./ This is a lot of food to eat.

  We don’t need to go to the supermarket. There’s plenty of food in the fridge. (= more than enough food)

​Quantifiers

​we use too much with uncountable nouns and too many with plural nouns in both spoken English and formal writing to say there is more than we want.

  -There’s too much noise here – I can’t work.

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We also use much and many to ask questions about quantities.

  -Were there many nice clothes in the sale?

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​Quantifiers

​We use some to talk about neutral, non-specific quantities with uncountable and plural nouns.

  -I’ve got some food. (= not a lot, not a little)

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​We use little + uncountable noun and few + countable noun to say ‘not much’ and ‘not many’ in formal, written English.

​-We’ve got a little money left. Let’s get some ice cream.

​-I have a few things to say.

Multiple Choice

___ cash machine in ___ New York had to be switched off because it was giving out too much money.

• A/A

• A/the

• A/ -

• - / -

Multiple Choice

The machine, in one of ____ busiest underground train stations, was giving ____ ten-dollar notes instead of ____ five-dollar notes.

• a/the/the

• the/a/a

• the/the/the

• the/-/-

Multiple Choice

  There’s more traffic than we want in this town.

  There’s _______ traffic in this town.

• too much

• too many

Multiple Choice

  We won’t be late – we’ve got more time than we need.

  We won’t be late – we’ve got _______ time.

• a bit of

• plenty of

• many

• much

Multiple Choice

  There are one or two good shops in this street.

  There are _________good shops in this street.

• loads of

• a couple of

• too many

• plenty of

Fill in the Blank

This new Mexican restaurant has advertised / has been advertised quite a lot on the radio recently, so I decided to try it.

Fill in the Blank

We arrived at the Mexican diner at around 8 pm. It was really busy,

but we gave / were given a table after just five minutes. (continue)

Fill in the Blank

While our table was being prepared, we 4 looked / were looked at the menu. (continue)

Multiple Choice

After we had ordered / we had been ordered, our food was brought / brought quickly.

• had ordered/was brought

• had ordered/brought

• had been ordered/was brought

• had been ordered/brought

​Rewrite the information in the passive.

Passives: Steps for changing Active to Passive and Example

​Our regular customers used online shopping. (Active)

​Online shopping was used mainly by our regular customers. (Passive)

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​1. Identify subject /verb/object

​2. Put the object from the active sentence in the beginning of a passive sentence

​3. Be (is,am,are,was,were,been) <tense, subject

​4. conjugate V.3

​5. think about the object of the sentence

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Fill in the Blank

The supermarket has just delivered the shopping. (active)

  The shopping ________________________________________. (passive)

Fill in the Blank

The technician is fixing my computer. (active)

  My computer __________________________. (passive)

Fill in the Blank

Will you invite Sonia to the party?

 __________________________ to the party?