Extra grammar practice: challenge Unit 3

some, any, much, many, a lot (of), 4 Complete the second sentence so that it means
the same as the first. Use three words and add
a few, a little; Countable and commas where needed.
uncountable nouns; Defining and
1 A Turkish woman helped me.
non-defining relative clauses
The woman is Turkish.
1 Cross out the alternative that is wrong. 2 In Brazil, around three million people speak
German. The main language is Portuguese.
1 A lot of/A lot/Many gestures mean different things in
different countries. the main language is Portuguese,
2 I’m afraid I don’t have a little/much/a lot of time to around three million people speak German.
revise for the exam. 3 I support a Japanese football team.
3 Many/A few/Lots of Canadians speak French. The football team is Japanese.
4 Teens spend a lot of/lots of/much money on their 4 Smuggling was common in the UK in the 1700s and
phones and tablets. is still illegal.
5 Do you know many/some/any words beginning with still illegal, was common in the UK in
the letter ‘X’? the 1700s.
6 Some phrasal verbs have a few/a lot of/few different 5 My mum speaks five languages. Her parents are
meanings – that’s why they’re so difficult to learn. Japanese and Argentinian.
7 She can speak a little/some/little Arabic because she parents are Japanese and Argentinian,
lived in Morocco for a year. speaks five languages.
8 Do you have any/many/much homework to do?
5 Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete
2 Look at the nouns in the box. Write C (countable) the text.
or U (uncountable). Then complete the text
with the words in the box. Add a or an where Recent studies say that there are now over 400 million
necessary. mother-tongue speakers of English, but there are
(1) more people (2) use English as a second
exercises • fluency • homework language – around 500 million. However, estimates
• magazine • mistake • practice vary because there aren’t (3) official figures.
• subject
English is still the main language in countries like
When you are learning a language, you should try to Nigeria or Ghana, (4) were once ex-British colonies.
get as much (a) as you can. To improve (b) , you People need to use English in (5) official situations,
should try to speak in the language every day. Don’t such as in the government and education. Why don’t
worry when you make (c) . One way to improve these countries use a local language instead? Because
accuracy is to do grammar (d) . Students often do it’s too difficult to choose between the (6) other
these for (e) . You can also become more accurate languages (7) belong to the local people!
by reading a lot in the language you are learning. You
However, it’s difficult to know the number of
could start by reading (f) or a blog about (g)
second-language English speakers in these countries
you find interesting.
because (8) the ex-British colonies are in poor
3 Complete the second sentence so that it means parts of the world, (9) people don’t often get an
the same as the first. Use between two and four education. This means that only a small percentage of
words, including the word given. the local population can speak English really well, but
1 There aren’t many old monuments. some (10) can say a few words in English.
There old monuments.
2 Pedro is the new student. His parents are whose 1 A many B a lot C much D both A and B
Bulgarian. 2 A which B who C when D 0
3 A little B a few C any D a lots
Pedro is the new student .
4 A which B where C that D both A and C
3 Last summer I went to Greece. I met Alex. where
5 A any B some C many D both B and C
Last summer I went to Greece, . 6 A a lot B many C a lot of D both B and C
4 My bedroom is quite small. much 7 A which B who C 0 D both A and C
There space in my bedroom. 8 A a lot of B much C any D a lot
9 A 0 B which C where D that
10 A a few B many C much D few

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