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Unit
Exercises 70

70.1 Which is correct?
1 a The engine is making strange noise / a strange noise. What is it? (a strange noise is correct)
b We live near a busy road so there’s a lot of noise / there are a lot of noises.
2 a Light / A light comes from the sun.
b I thought there was somebody in the house because there was light / a light on inside.
3 a I was in a hurry this morning. I didn’t have time / a time for breakfast.
b We really enjoyed our holiday. We had great time / a great time.
4 a Can I have glass of water / a glass of water, please?
b Be careful. The window has been broken and there’s broken glass / a broken glass on the floor.
5 a We stayed at a hotel. We had very nice room / a very nice room.
b We have a big garage. There’s room / a room for two cars.

70.2 Which is correct?
1 Did you have nice weather / a nice weather when you were away? (nice weather is correct)
2 We were very unfortunate. We had bad luck / a bad luck.
3 Our travel / journey from Paris to Moscow by train was very tiring.
4 When the fire alarm rang, there was complete chaos / a complete chaos.
5 Bad news don’t / doesn’t make people happy.
6 There’s some lovely scenery / a lovely scenery in this part of the country.
7 I like my job, but it’s very hard work / a very hard work.
8 I want to print some documents, but the printer is out of paper / papers.
9 The trip took a long time. There was heavy traffic / a heavy traffic.
10 Your hair is / Your hairs are too long. You should have it / them cut.
70.3 Complete the sentences using the following words. Use the plural (-s) where necessary.
advice chair damage experience experience
furniture hair luggage permission progress
1 We didn’t have much luggage – just two small bags.
2 We have no , not even a bed or a table.
3 There is room for everybody to sit down. There are plenty of .
4 Who is that woman with short ? Do you know her?
5 Carla’s English is better than it was. She’s made good .
6 If you want to take pictures here, you need to ask for .
7 I didn’t know what I should do, so I asked Chris for .
8 I don’t think Dan should get the job. He doesn’t have enough .
9 Kate has done many interesting things. She could write a book about her .
10 The caused by the storm will cost a lot to repair.

70.4 What do you say in these situations? Use the word in brackets in your sentence.
1 Your friends have just arrived at the station. You can’t see any cases or bags. You ask:
(luggage) Do you have any luggage ?
2 You go to a tourist office. You want to know about places to visit in the town.
(information) I’d like .
3 You are a student. You want your teacher to advise you about which courses to do. You say:
(advice) Can you give ?
4 You applied for a job and you’ve just heard that you were successful. You call Tom and say:
(good news) Hi, Tom. I . I got the job!
5 You are at the top of a mountain. You can see a very long way. It’s beautiful. You say:
(view) It , isn’t it?
6 You look out of the window. The weather is horrible: cold, wet and windy. You say:
(weather) What !

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