B)Complete the sentences with a, an, or nothing (-).

Rita bought ____В dress in the sales.

I need ____В milk.

Lawrence has _____ new furniture.

Have you ever seen ____В elephant?

We ate _____ sweets for breakfast.

There is – there are

1. Use of there is, there are in sentences and questions

	Singular	Plural
Affirmative sentences	There is a cat in the room.	There are two cats in the room.
Negative sentences	There is not a cat in the room	There are not two cats in the room.
There is no cat in the room.	There are no cats in the room.
Questions	Is there a cat in the room?	Are there two cats in the room?

2. Contracted forms of there is, there are

• Contractions are only possible from there is – there's
• The form there're is not used.
• Do not form contracted forms in questions with is there/are there.

	Singular	Plural
Affirmative sentences	There's a cat in the room.	There are two cats in the room.
Negative sentences	There's not a cat in the room.	There are not two cats in the room.
There isn't a cat in the room.
There's no cat in the room.	There are no cats in the room.
Questions	Is there a cat in the room?	Are there two cats in the room?

There was - There were

We useВ there was/there were when:

Singular	Plural
There was...	There were...

To make the negative, add "not" to "was" or "were"

Singular	Plural
There was not...	There were not...
There wasn't...	There weren't...

To make a question, put "was" or "were" before "there"

Singular	Plural
Was there... ?	Were there... ?

Exercise

a)Complete the sentences "There is/are or there was/were"

1) __________________ three apples on the table yesterday.

2) __________________ three apples on the table today.

3) __________________ a cat near the school today.

4) __________________ a cat near the school yesterday.

5) __________________ some people in this street 3 days ago.

6) Yesterday __________________ only one banana in my bag.

7) __________________ only 15 people in this bus today

8) __________________ three thieves in the bank yesterday.

9) __________________ no policeman in the bank yesterday.

10) __________________ some games in this shop now.

Quantifiers: little, much, many, few, a few.

We use much and many when:

• much: uncountable nouns (milk, marmalade, money, time etc.)
• many: countable nouns (bottles of milk, jars of marmalade, dollars, minutes etc.)

Examples:

• How much money have you got?
• How many dollars have you got?

In informal English these questions are often answered with a lot of, lots of.There is no much difference between the two phrases.

We use a little and when a few?

• a little: non countable nouns (milk, marmalade, money, time etc.)
• a few: countable nouns (bottles of milk, jars of marmalade, dollars, minutes etc.)

Examples:

• He has a little money left.
• He has a few dollars left.

Exercises

a) Fill in the blanks using “little” or “few”.

1.ВВВВВ There is _____ money in the wallet.

2.ВВВВВ I’ve got a ____ books.

3.ВВВВВ My mum has got a____ cigarettes in the packet.

4.ВВВВВ I can’t wait for you. I’ve got ______В time.

5.ВВВВВ Fred has got a _____ English books.

6.ВВВВВ Brenda has got _____aВВ friends.

7.ВВВВВ There is ______ butter left. We need to buy some.

b) Fill in the blanks using “much” or “many”.

В1.ВВВВВ How _____books did you buy?

2.ВВВВВ How _____money do you have

3.ВВВВВ How _____did the car cost?

4.ВВВВВ How ______apples are there in the basket?

5.ВВВВВ How ______ times have you been to the dentist?

6.ВВВВВ How _______ butter do you need?

7.ВВВВВ How ______ oranges do you want?

 LISTENING GAP FILL Divorce”( One A Minute.com)

Divorce ______________________ increase around the world. It seems divorce rates are rising in ______________________ every country you read about. I know in my country, divorce ______________________ unusual. More than thirty per cent of marriages ______________________ . I suppose it’s easier nowadays to get a divorce, and it’s ______________________ acceptable. I know it was more ______________________ divorced 50 years ago. People thought that there was something wrong with you ______________________ a divorcee. Today, it’s common to get through two, three, even more marriages. Perhaps people should ______________________ more before they get married. Divorce is ______________________ children. When a divorce gets ugly, the kids really suffer. Sorting out divorce settlements ______________________ business.

Reading

Making a budget

Sara is married to Adam and they have three children who are all at primary school. Adam works as a postal delivery worker and gets ВЈ1,266 take home pay per month. He gets the bus to work which costs him ВЈ25 per week and he eats lunch in his work canteen which costsВЈ15 per week. Sara works as a teaching assistant in a school and gets ВЈ742 take home pay per month. As the school is near her house, she walks to work and on the way home, she buys some take-away food for her lunch. This costs ВЈ20 per week. They don't have a car, but they would like to get one in the future. The three children all take packed lunches to school. Sara buys their school uniform at the supermarket as the clothes there are good value. One of the children does extra maths and English tuition after school, which costs ВЈ7 per week and another one learns the violin, costing ВЈ4.50 per week. These lessons take place all year round. Sara does most of their weekly shopping in the supermarket, but sometimes gets fresh fruit and vegetables at the local market. She looked through her shopping receipts and worked out that she spends about ВЈ520 per month on food and other household goods. Sara and her husband both have mobile phones on a contract and together they costВЈ60 per month. They also have a house phone and an internet connection which costsВЈ30 per month. Their other household bills are paid monthly, by Direct Debit. As a family treat, they like to go to the cinema once a month which costs ВЈ30 for the tickets and ВЈ10 for drinks and popcorn.

ВAre these statements true or false?

1. Adam works as a postman.

2. Sara makes her own lunch at home.

3. Adam and Sara both take the bus to get to their workplaces.

4. All three children do extra activities during the week.

5. They only use mobile phones and don't have a land line.

6. Sara goes to the Post Office to pay all their bills.

Answer the questions

1. You want to work out a monthly budget. Your wages are ВЈ220 pounds per week. How much do you get in one month?

2. You want to work out a weekly budget but your Child Benefit (ВЈ136) is paid monthly. Work out how much Child Benefit you get per week.

3. You earn ВЈ150 per week and your partner earns ВЈ200 per week. How much is your total income per month?

4. You pay ВЈ10 per week for your water bill and ВЈ40 per month for your gas bill.

a.В How muchВ do you spend per week for water and gas?

b. How much do you spend per month for water and gas?

Speaking

In small groups, you are going on holiday together. The budget is given. You must agree the details of your holiday

Destination

Transport

Food

Accommodation

Entertainment

You must keep to your budget( for the poorest group estimate how much youВ will need for a hitch hiking, camping trip, richest group make sure that you have than you could possible spend)

Writing