Grammar 1 Choose the correct answers. 1 We have some / a lot of students at our school this year. 2 A few / A little friends are coming round to dinner this evening. 3 I haven’t got much / many time before I catch the train. 4 Do you like some / any songs on their new album? 5 Terry can speak a few / a little words in Greek! 6 I hope you like black coffee. There isn’t some / any milk! 7 I haven’t seen much / many films this year. Have you? Choose the correct answers. 1 There isn’t / aren’t a lot of young people in the village now. 2 The scenery isn’t / aren’t very nice around here. 3 There is / are a lot of pollution in the city centres. 4 There is / are several car parks in the town. 5 The entertainment in towns is / are usually better than in the country. 6 There is / are always a lot of traffic on Fridays. Complete the sentences with a, the or – (no article). 1 Do you want to speak to Mum? She’s in ____________ kitchen. 2 ____________ fast cars can be dangerous. 3 I would love to live in ____________ country. 4 There is ____________ beautiful lake near our house. 5 Did you see ____________ Queen on TV last night? 6 My sister hates ____________ dogs. 7 We don’t buy a lot of food from ____________ shop in the village. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. rural tiny lonely extraordinary silent 1 I didn’t have many friends at university and I was very ____________. 2 It’s sometimes difficult to get jobs in ____________ areas. 3 The school is ____________ when the children go home. 4 My room is ____________. I have a small bed and a table in it and that’s all! 5 Debby’s story about her holiday is ____________. I don’t believe her. Mark / Complete the sentences with the correct answers. 1 There are going to be traffic jams tomorrow because of the ____________. A bus stops B traffic lights C road works 2 In winter the ____________ get very icy. A fields B gates C pavements 3 We live in a lovely ____________ in the countryside. A cottage B lake C field 4 The ____________ aren’t working today. A road signs B pedestrian crossings C traffic lights 5 There’s a ____________ along the river. A gate B footpath C post box Reading 7 Read the text. Busy roads Drivers in the UK are very angry at the moment! This is because they are soon going to have to pay more to use the roads. In the UK, as in many countries, there are more cars on the roads every day and this is causing problems. People want to live in the country and travel to work in the towns and cities but the result is busier roads and more traffic jams. One way to help the problem is for drivers to pay for the different roads they drive on. For example, a driver on a motorway will pay more than a driver on a country lane. But drivers are not happy. One driver, Harry Smith, says, ‘We have to use these roads to get to work. The trains and buses aren’t very good so we don’t have a choice. We have to drive. We already pay a lot for petrol. The government just wants more!’ Busy roads are definitely a problem but drivers certainly don’t think that this idea is the answer. 8 Are the sentences true or false? 1 Cars are going to be more expensive. ___ 2 More people are using country roads. ___ 3 A lot of people travel a long way to work. ___ 4 Drivers think paying to use roads is a good idea. ___ 5 The government is going to increase the price of petrol. ___ 31.01.2011

1-a lot of
2-A few
3-much