IV. Underline the correct word.

1. A: I have a Physics exam tomorrow.

B: Oh, dear. Physics is / are a very difficult subject.

2. A: My office is three miles from my house.

B: Three miles is / are a long way to walk to work.

3. A: My little brother has got measles.

B: Oh, dear. Measles is / are quite a serious illness.

4. A: Jane looked nice today, didn’t she?

B: Yes. Her clothes were / was very smart.

5. A: The classroom was empty when I walked past.

B: Yes. The class was / were all on a school outing.

V. Complete the sentences using the noun in brackets in the singular or plural form and “a/an” where necessary.

1. He gave me a box of my favourite _____ (chocolate).

2. His favourite food is _____ (chocolate).

3. She bought _____ on her way to work (paper).

4. He placed all the important _____ in his briefcase (paper).

5. I need some _____ to write this massage on (paper).

6. Hurry up! We don’t have much _____ (time).

7. She has visited us several _____ this month (time).

8. He has no _____ , but he is keen to learn (experience).

9. She had a lot of exciting _____ during her travels (experience).

VI. Choose the correct item.

1. This is not my _____ car, this is _____ car.

a). my wife, my wife’s parents

b). my wife’s, my wife parents’

c). my wife’s, my wife’s parents’

d). my wife’s, my wife parent’s

2. _____ meeting has been cancelled.

a). tomorrow’s

b). tomorrow

c). the tomorrow’s

d). tomorrows’

3. It’s only _____ walk from my house to work.

a). ten minutes’

b). ten minutes’s

c). a ten minutes’

d). ten minutes

4. Hardly _____ missed his presentation, but he refused to say _____ on UFO.

a). anybody, anything

b). somebody, something

c). anybody, something

d). somebody, anything

5. _____ time I speak with him, I think he knows _____ .

a). every, all

b). every, everything

c). all the, all

d). all the, everything

VII. The following paragraph is an extract from a story. Read it and punctuate it.

as I crept into the house I knew id probably get into trouble suddenly the living-room door flew open where on earth have you been shouted my mother its after midnight sorry mum i said we just got talking and i forgot the time well ive been worried sick she said you could have at least phoned to say youd be late with that she left the room and closed the door with a sigh i slowly made my way upstairs to bed

VIII. Put the adjectives in the correct position.

1. lace / blue / beautiful / handkerchief.

2. a(n) stone / ancient / small / cottage

3. a(n) English / huge / wooden / wardrobe

4. a(n) Chinese / amazing / old / story

5. a(n) American / new / exciting / film

6. a pair of / wire / old / reading / glasses

IX. Make compound adjectives to describe the following.

1. a walk that takes ten minutes

2. a story which is written well

3. a building which has twelve storeys

4. a train which moves fast

5. a student who works hard