Much, many, a lot of, some, any 5 Read the sentences. Are the nouns countable or
uncountable? Complete the table with the words in blue.
1 How much chocolate do you eat?
2 How many kilometres do you walk?
3 There aren't many books here.
4 There isn't much toothpaste.
5 Do you use much fuel?
6 I buy a lot of bread, but I don't buy many potatoes or
much pasta.
7 I've got some apples and some milk.
8 There aren't any oranges and there isn't any sugar.

Last January, my boyfriend and I were returning
from our skiing holiday in Switzerland. We were
on a train to Geneva. Suddenly
the train stopped in the middle of a snowy
field. A few minutes later a conductor
came and explained the train was stuck in the
snow. We all got off and walked through deep
snow to a nearby village, where we were put
in a school building. Some friendly people
immediately brought us hot coffee and
food. After that we slept in the
classrooms. Meanwhile, a snow plough
arrived and dug out our train. 
Eventually we got on the train again
and arrived in Geneva the next day.  
Unfortunately, we'd missed our
flight home. At first, the airline
wanted us to pay the full price of a new ticket.
Fortunately, we managed to
persuade them that the situation was special
and in the end they put us on the
next flight at no extra charge. 
Finally, we arrived home a day later, exhausted
but amused by our adventure.

2) Complete the sentences with the verbs in
brackets in the past perfect.

Mike was hungry because he had left_
(leave) his sandwiches at home.
How long had you known_ (you/know) Steve before
you married him?
Jessica was nervous because she__had never flown__
(never/fly) before.
I didn't know who the man was; _I hadn't seen__
(not see) him before.
Everything was ready; they _had brought_ (bring)
all the equipment the day before.

3) Complete each sentence with one verb in
the past simple and one in the past perfect.

When Sophie (came) to the party,
Nick __had___ (already left).
The rescue teams (arrived)
immediately after the accident
__had (happened).
I_ (heard) a lot about John before we
__had (met).
Jack _ (was) annoyed because he
_had (just had) an argument
with his boss.
After we_had (finished) all the work, we
_ (went) bowling to relax.

4) Complete the text with the verbs in brackets
in the correct form (past simple or past perfect).

It was 10 p.m. when Julia finally made
(make) herself a cup of hot chocolate and
(sat) down on the sofa.
It __was__ (be) a long, tiring day. She _had ___
(have) eight lessons at school and
then she (helped) her friend Zoe to
decorate her room. Now she (felt)
really exhausted, but also pleased with herself,
because she _had_ (never painted) a room
before and she _had done_ (do) a good job.
 She _ (took) a long delicious drink
of the hot chocolate and _ (opened) a
magazine. She__ (saw) a mobile phone
advertisement and suddenly she _
(remembered) something. Oh no! She _ 
(had left) her mobile in Zoe's flat!

1. Без артикля, так как music используется в общем значении (не как отдельная песня)

2. a musical instrument (тут не указывается какой инструмент, и тем более есть прилагательное musical; существительное встречается в первый раз), is great pleasure (удовольствие нельзя посчитать)

3. С the так как это указано в правиле сверху

4. a person (неопределенный человек, не указано какой именно человек), the guitar, так как указано в правиле.

5. The happiness (обычно не исчисляемые существительные, стоящие в начале предложения, ставятся с The), of honesty, hard work

6. The flood (то же объяснение, что и в 5), a lot of damage (после a lot of не ставится артикль), to the monuments of the city

7. The pollution (объяснение то же, что и в 5), the greatest (превосходная степень сравнения),  the mankind (так как человечество одно в мире)

8. The food (то же, что и в 5)

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