english grammar

Practice 2 Practice 2 P.312P.312

1.1. mistakemistake

2.2. abbreviationabbreviation

3.3. dreamdream

4.4. interesting dreaminteresting dream

5.5. empty boxempty box

6.6. boxbox

7.7. uniformuniform

8.8. unionunion

9.9. untrue storyuntrue story

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10.10. urgent messageurgent message

11.11. universal problemuniversal problem

12.12. unhappy childunhappy child

13.13. hour or twohour or two

14.14. hole in the groundhole in the ground

15.15. hillhill

16.16. handsome manhandsome man

17.17. honest manhonest man

18.18. honorhonor

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1.1. I bought one chair for my apartment.I bought one chair for my apartment.OK (no change)OK (no change)

2.2. I bought one furniture for my apartment.I bought one furniture for my apartment.I bought I bought some furnituresome furniture for my for my apartment.apartment.

3.3. I bought four chairs for my apartment. I bought four chairs for my apartment. OK (no change)OK (no change)

4.4. I bought four furnitures for my apartment.I bought four furnitures for my apartment.I bought I bought four chairsfour chairs / / some some furniturefurniture for my apartment. for my apartment.


5.5. I bought a chair for my apartment.I bought a chair for my apartment.OK (no change)OK (no change)

6.6. I bought a furniture for my apartment.I bought a furniture for my apartment.I bought I bought some furnituresome furniture / / a chaira chair for my apartment.for my apartment.

7.7. I bought some chair for my apartment.I bought some chair for my apartment.I bought I bought a chaira chair / / some chairssome chairs / / some furnituresome furniture for my for my apartment.apartment.

8.8. I bought some furnitures for my apartment.I bought some furnitures for my apartment.I bought I bought some furnituresome furniture for my for my apartment.apartment.

1.1. I often have I often have fruitfruit for for dessert.dessert.

2.2. I had I had bananabanana for dessert. for dessert.

3.3. I got I got letterletter today. today.

4.4. I got I got mailmail today. today.

5.5. Anna wears Anna wears ringring on her left on her left hand.hand.

6.6. Maria is wearing Maria is wearing jewelryjewelry today. today.


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7. I have homework to finish.

8. I have assignment to finish.

9. I needed information.

10. I asked question.



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1.1. grammar grammar

2.2. nounnoun

3.3. traffictraffic

4.4. automobileautomobile

5.5. sceneryscenery

6.6. mountainmountain

7.7. informationinformation

8.8. factfact

9.9. wordword


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10.10. vocabularyvocabulary

11.11. songsong

12.12. musicmusic

13.13. suggestionsuggestion

14.14. adviceadvice

15.15. literatureliterature

16.16. novelnovel

17.17. sandsand

18.18. beachbeach

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1.1. I made some I made some mistakemistake on my algebra test. on my algebra test.

2.2. In winter in Alaska, there In winter in Alaska, there (is, are)(is, are) snowsnow on on the ground.the ground.

3.3. Alaska has a lot of cold Alaska has a lot of cold weatherweather ..

4.4. We have a lot of We have a lot of stormstorm in the winter. in the winter.

5.5. There There (is, are)(is, are) some some chalkchalk in this classroom. in this classroom.

6.6. Be sure to give the new couple my best Be sure to give the new couple my best wishwish ..

7.7. I want to wish them good I want to wish them good luckluck . .


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8.8. ThunderThunder and and lighteninglightening can be scary f can be scary for children and animals.or children and animals.

9.9. GoldGold (is, are)(is, are) expensive. expensive. DiamondDiamond (is, (is, are)are) expensive too. expensive too.

10.10. I admire Prof. Yoo for her extensive I admire Prof. Yoo for her extensive knowledgknowledgee of organic farming methods. of organic farming methods.

11.11. Prof. Yoo has a lot of good ideaProf. Yoo has a lot of good idea and strong and strong opinionopinion . .

12.12. Teaching children to read requires Teaching children to read requires patiencpatiencee ..

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13. Doctors take care f patient .

14. Mr. Fernandez’s English is improving. He’s making a lot of progress .

15. Automobiles are the biggest source of pollution in most cities.

16. Engineers build bridge across river . and other body of water .

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1. Ignorance is A. the best teacher.

2. Honesty is B. the best medicine.

3. Time is C. power.

4. Laughter is D. bliss.

5. Beauty is E. in the eye of the beholder.

6. Knowledge is F. money.

7. Experience is G. the best policy.

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1. Jack bought several furniture.Jack bought some furniture.

2. He bought several chairs.OK (no change)

3. Ted bought a lot of chairs.OK (no change)

4. Sue bought a lot of furniture, too.OK (no change)

5. Alice bought too much furniture.OK (no change)


6. She bought too much chairs.She bought too many chairs.

7. Dr. Lee bought a few furniture for his new office.Dr. Lee bought a little furniture for his new office.

8. He bought a few chairs.OK (no change)

9. He has several new furnitures in his office.He has some new furnitures in his office.

10.He has several new chairs in his office.

OK (no change)

11.There is a lot of desk in this room.

There are a lot of desks in this room.

12.There are a lot of furnitures in Dr. Lee’s office.

There is a lot of furnitures in Dr. Lee’s office.

3.3. A: How A: How on a on a soccer team?soccer team?

B: Eleven. B: Eleven. (There are eleven players on a soccer team.)

4.4. A: How A: How to to do tonight?do tonight?

B: Just a little. B: Just a little. (I have just a little homework to do tonight.)


many players are many players are therethere

much homework do you much homework do you havehave

5.5. A: How A: How in the in the baskets?baskets?

B: A lot. B: A lot. (There are a lot of apples in the baskets.)

6.6. A: How A: How in the in the baskets?baskets?

B: A lot. B: A lot. (There is a lot of fruit in the baskets.)

7.7. A: How A: How in in Canada?Canada?

B: Ten. B: Ten. (There are ten provinces in Canada.)

many apples are many apples are therethere

much fruit is much fruit is therethere

many provinces are many provinces are therethere

3. time It took a lot to write my composition.

4. time I really like that movie. I saw it three .

5. paper Students in Prof. Young’s literature class have to write a lot of .

6. paper Students who take thorough lecture notes use a lot of .


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7. paper The New York Times is (a, some) famous .

8. work Rodin’s stature of “The Thinker” is one of my favorite of art.

9. work I have a lot of to do tomorrow at my office.

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1. a of olives

2. a of crackers

3. a of mineral water

4. a of jam or jelly

5. a of tuna fish

6. a of soup

7. a of sugar


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bag/bag/boxbox

bag bottle box can (tin) jar

8. a of wine

9. a of corn

10. a of peas

11. a of flour

12. a of soda pop

13. a of paint

14. a of breakfast cereal

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15. a of green tea

16. a of cereal

17. a of candy

18. a of bread

19. a of apple pie

20. a of orange juice

21. a of soup

22. a of cantaloupe

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23. a of beer

24. a of noodles

25. a of mineral water

26. a of popcorn

27. a of cheese

28. a of rice

29. a of strawberries and ice cream

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1. A: A dog makes a good pet.

B: I agree.

2. A: I saw a dog in my yard.

B: Oh?

3. A: Did you feed the dog?

B: Yes.


4. A: Dogs make good pets.

B: I agree.

5. A: I saw some dogs in my yard.

B: Oh?

6. A: Did you feed the dogs?

B: Yes.

7. A: Fruit is good for you.

B: I agree.

8. A: I ate some fruit.

B: Oh?

9. A: The fruit in this bowl is ripe.

B: Good.

1. A: Did you have a good time at . party last night?

B: Yes.

A: So did I. I’m glad that you decided to go with me.

2. A: What did you do last night?

B: I went to party.

A: Oh? Where was it?


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3. A: Do you have car?

B: No. But I have bicycle.

4. A: Do you need car today, honey?

B: Yes. I have a lot of errands to do. Why don’t I drive you to work today?

A: Okay. But be sure to fill car up with gas sometime today.

5. A: I bought table yesterday.

B: Oh? I didn’t know you went shopping for furniture.

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6. A: Have you seen my keys?B: Yes. They’re on table next to . front door.

7. A: Is Mr. Jones graduate student?B: No. He’s professor.

8. A: Where’s professor?B: She’s absent today.

9. A: Would you like to go to zoo this afternoon?B: Sure. Why not?

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10.A: Does San Diego have zoo?

B: Yes. It’s world famous.

11.A: Let’s listen to radio.

B: Okay. I’ll turn it on.

12.A: Does your car have radio?

B: Yes, and CD player.

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13.A: Did you lock door?

B: Yes.

A: Did you check stove?

B: Yes.

A: Did you close all windows downstairs?

B: Yes.

A: Did you set alarm?

B: Yes.

A: Then let’s turn out lights.

B: Goodnight, dear.

A: Goodnight, dear.

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14.A: Where’s Dennis?

B: He’s in kitchen.

15.A: Do you like your new apartment?

B: Yes. It has big kitchen.

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4. air is humid today.

5. A: windows are closed. Please open them.B: Okay.

6. windows are made of glass.

7. As every parent knows, children require a lot of time an attention.


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8. A: Frank, where are children?

B: Next door at the Jacksons’.

9. paper is made from . trees or other plants.

10. paper in my notebook is lined.

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3. I have desk and bed in my room. desk is hard. bed is hard, too, even though it’s supposed to be soft.

4. I forgot to bring my things with me to class yesterday, so I borrowed pen and paper from Joe. I returned pen, but I used paper for my homework.

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5. A: What did you do last weekend?

B: I went on picnic Saturday and

saw movie Sunday.

A: Did you have fun?

B: picnic was fun, but .

movie was boring.

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6. Yesterday I saw dog and cat.

dog was chasing cat. cat

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hole, so it ran up tree. dog tried

to climb tree too, but it couldn’t.

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2.2. Kathy bought Kathy bought radio. She likes to listen to radio. She likes to listen to music when she studies. music when she studies.

3.3. A: Would you please turn A: Would you please turn radio down? radio down? music is too loud. music is too loud.B: No problem.B: No problem.

4.4. good book is good book is friend for friend for life. life.

5.5. Last week I read Last week I read book about book about life life of Gandhi.of Gandhi.

6.6. A: Let’s go swimming in A: Let’s go swimming in lake today. lake today.B: That sounds like B: That sounds like good idea. good idea.


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I would like to know more about…1. Amazon River.

2. Korea.

3. Mexico City.

4. Indian Ocean.

5. Ural Mountains.

6. Australia.

7. Mississippi River.

8. Red Sea.

9. Lake Michigan.

10. Mount Fuji.


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1. Rome is in Italy.

2. Rhine River flows through . Germany.

3. Moscow is the capital of Russia.

4. Yangtze is a famous river.

5. Atlantic Ocean is smaller than Pacific.


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6. Rocky Mountains are located in Canada and United States.

7. Doctor Anderson is a good physician.

8. Lake Victoria is located in Africa.

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2. Do you know richard smith? he is a professor at this university.

Do you know Richard Smith? He is a professor at this university.

3. I know that professor smith teaches at the university of arizona.

I know that Professor Smith teaches at the University of Arizona.


4. The nile river flows into the mediterranean sea.

The Nile River flows into the Mediterranean Sea.

5. John is a catholic. ali is a moslem.

John is a Catholic. Ali is a Moslem.

6. Anna speaks french. she studied in france for two years.

Anna speaks French. She studied in France for two years.