Boost grammar 2 TB

CampingAdventures

SUBJECT

Nature / Leisure

GRAMMAR SKILL

Pastcontinuous

GRAMMAR TASK

Talk about the things happeningon a camping trip.

Past continuous
The past continuousis usedto talk aboutactionsthat were in progressat a specifictime in the past
llwas eatlngat 6:3Ol or when anothenaction of shontduration happenedfl was eating when she
ca//ed.l.
The past continuousis fonmedby usingthe verb be in the past tense [was, werel with a main venb
with -ing. Wasis used with singular subjects l/, he, she, rb]except you. Were is used with plunal
subjectslwe, theyl as well as you,whether it is singularon plural:
y'He/She/t/Jeff
You/We/They/Jeff

was eating at 634
and Jim were eating at 6:3O.

Negativestatements are made in the past continuousby rnsentingnot betweenthe be verb and the
main verb with -ing.
/ was not eating at 6:3O.

They were not eating when he ca//ed.

Yes/no questionsin the past continuousare formed by placingthe verb be at the beginningof the
sentence,followedby the subject,then the main verb with -ing.
Was she eatrng at 6:3O?

Were you eating when he ca//ed?

Theyare
Heneare some nulesabout how to add -lngto the mainverb when usingthe past continuous,
the same as those appliedto the formationof the pnesentcontinuous[seeGramman1, Unit'1J.
1
2

two consonants lwa/k],on a voicedvowel
lf the venbends with two vowels+ one consonanEl/pgikl,
lng
is
added
walking,
doingl.
simply
ldo.l,
llooking,
lf the verb ends with a consonant+ a silent elma[e.],the -e is dr"oppedbefore -ing is added
lmakingl.

3

lf the venbendswith a short vowel+ a consonantlraol,the finalconsonantis usuallydoubled
before adding -ing lrunnlngl unless itis a w, x, or yfthrowing, mi4ing,playingl.



Fast continuous
The past continuousis used to talk about an action that [1]started at a specifictime befonenow
lAt 2:3O / was feelinghungry.l,or [2] happenedat the same time as another past action [/ was
eating when she ca//ed.).
Statements

Ouestions

he / she/ it / (Name) doing?
playing?
you/ we / they
drinking?

Whatwas
He/She/lt/(Name)
\Vhatwere

You/We/They
Negatives

6&*.e99*,!,s!!

lf the verb ends with e, deletethe e beforeadding €

wasncl

He/She/lt/(Name)
You/We/They

ffi

werenOl

playing.
eatinE.
sleeping.
runnrnq.

clnnle
theeorrect
ar?swer.
I

somesoup when my cell phone rong.

4

Whot

a were preporeing b om preporing

a you ore doing

c prepored

c ore you doing

@ *or preporing

cl
cl
I
?-

c is putting

@ *"r" you doing

b wos putting

a tokes

d puts

C

were tokeing

b were toking

@ t"or toking

0
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We
cold eorly this morning so we
mode o fire.

The wind blew strongly while Jin and
Tom
the compfire.

il!
{11

a feel

a mokes

u

s*

lt)
_J

@ o"'

b you did

sow Cloro just minutes ogo. She
o wolk neor the loke.

Therewos ctn extro condy bor in my

bockpock.Who
it there?
i

ot 10 o'clocklost night?

c feeling

@ *"r" feeling
d were feel

c wcrsmokino

@ *"r" moking
d were mokeing


ReadAnna"sblog and correctthe eight mistalses.
Then listen and
checkyour answers.

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*;ad
We hovesome scory moments lost night! A1
wa5

obout 10 o'clock,

I^nlavinc
cordswith Yun-F
' / Iploying
+
wast-alking
ond Clorotalk
orodk to
to-her
her mom on the phone. fi
Ti
was2 feaatnq
readinq
reading
were
were
-mogozine,
+eedso
ond Ben ond Tom^ployir
Tomnployir
was
jurned
on their PSPs.Suddenlythere*s o Ioud voice outsideosking, "Is onyone here?" It tu#+
made
out to be the pork ronger, but his visit wos so unexpectedit reolly+eeJus iump. The
next scorewcrseven worse.An hour loter, there wos o beor ...

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Look at the pieturesfrom the campingtrip. llUorkwith a elassmateand talk

about eaclrpictuneusing the past continuous"

Yun-llee

Youcanstartbv askinoeachother
questlonslikeWhatwasClaradoing?

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CompleteAnna'sblog using the correctform of the verbsgiven.Then listen
and checkyour answers.
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cook

decide

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peel

cut

go

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fu n e2 1

The next morning we hod somemore beor odventures.We
{r}

were gettinq

busy.Tom ond Ben {z}
ond Jin {a}
{4}

our breokfost reody.Everyonewos
were co-okin!

yas_!yt_tQ!-i7g;

y49-c1utt'ing

somebreod. Yun-Hee

somehom. Clora wosn't hungry,

went

so she {S}

somesqusoges,

for o wolk insteod.I
somefruit. Thot's when the beor

{?}

decided

'

to come bock. But this time,

it brought o much bigger beor ...

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{Weo@

Listento Anna'sstory and circlethe correctanswer.
Jin (r)(@
-were preporl

/ wos seeing ) the boby beor while we {2)( prepored,
) breokfost. He yelled, "Beor!" ond dropped his breqd

on the ground. Then Ben sow onotherbeor ond shouted,"Big beorl"
Bothbeors{3}(wolked/@)rightintoourcompsite.It
wos terrifyingl AII the boys {a}( run / @ ) owoy. Yun-Heeond I
up
{s}((i"mpeD / were jumping ) into our tent ond {6}( do / @;
the zipper.A few minutes loter, I rol(@

/ wos heoring ) Clora

soying, Whot hoppened?Where is everybody?"

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Wort with a classmate.Think of an ending for Anna's story. Then tell the class.


PracticeBook Answer Key

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1

circlethe correctanswer.
o horror
Jin ond Cloro
suddenly, the phone rong
a

@
<
d

2

Ben

o stronge

a

wos heoring

were wotching

b

heors

wotched

a

children

Some

3

Hanrw

on the

is moking

a

leod

b

orc moking

b

leods

were moking

@
d

wos moking
him,

he wos very

D

meet

@
b

ffi

could not onswer the phone

4

were meetlng

Som

wos toking

o big coke for lunch

when

eol

c

hod eoting

@

wos eoting

when

I sow you yesterdoy?

form

of the

where

Mqx:

We

Poul:

whot

cino:

She

Jdke:

It

Kim:

Are you sure? How come the roods ore dry this morning?

Nino:

My friend's

Liso:

Reolly? She

Pete:

He did not study ot oll lost night

Jeffr

I know

were goinq
wos Wendy

doing

given.

verb

(go) to the museum
when she cut her finger?

@

c
d

wae culting

(cut) poper with

wasraintng

o shory

knife

(roln)heovllywhenlwokeupotmldnight

boby sister ls wolking

now

wa5 crawnnq

(crowl)

werePtaytng

He ond I

lost time I sow her

(ploy) on online

gome oll night

correctthe mistakein eachsentence.
waat
h+oing

Tell me whot

2

oid
\Afu+you

3

havinq
Tino wosl€*4,dinner

4

Lynn

5

qo
My sister did notgeh4to

5

Simonj6hoving

o greot time in Howoii

My boby brother

9leeptnq
wos slep+ii the crodle while

toking

Whot
a

eots

o

correct

1

took

d

I went out
a

the

Tim:

o both

@ met
d

using

were you going

is leoding

She

wos meeting

5

wos leoding

Anno

polite
a

4

thp rn.a h,,i hp Fpll

sondcostles

I first

dialogue

heor

a

When

2

@ neora

wotch

Therc were mony

@
d

noise more thon

each

twice lost night

wos wotching

beoch

3

movie

Complete

when

I colled?

did you doing
were you doing
dld you did

ot 7:30 lost night

get up lote ihis moming?

||ere
ond I %studylng

wlth

her mother

for the exoms

when

while

I dropped

by to osk obout

homework

our clossmotes were out shopping

school lost w€ek becouse she wos sick

were you drd

7

when he colled me

I wos doing my homework

1

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Circle the correct answer.

Som iri( wos going /@)

Look at sally's and John's camp schedules for yesterday. Then wriie a
paragraph comparing their activities. Use the past continuous.

to comp lost summer ond hod o grcot time

solly's schedule

John's schedule

He especlolly liked seerngwild onimols ot the comp One time he sow thot o few
.oUUitr t:t{@i

6:30
7:3O
8:00
10 00
12 00
2iOO

fropFliD/ ore hopping ) orcund the compsite He tried to cotch on€

but the rdbbits i3)(@/

ore running ) owoy when they sow him Then he noticed

thot o deer {a)(climbea l6ii
u" rtt{6o1?oiig)/

ai-uii-g))

t}r" fence to get inside the comp

r"nt ) over to seethe deer when his teocher colled him

get up
hove brcokfost
pjck up trosh olong the streom
90 rofting
hove lunch
suwey wild plonts

teammates
in the mountoins

lirst time to 90 hikrng
gfriling
he wos6mileos
the top

While

It wos hord work,

he wolked

lour

his closs He wos excited becouse it wds his
looK
but he did notl@khg.

hours lotet

were
his clossmotes#ill
ddmidng
Suddenly,

he rcolized

In foct,

tired ot oll

could not find his woy bock
But no one come

do when

the view

John wos wondering

oround

90 rock climbing
hove lunch

vlslt o shelter for iniured

wlld

ond stofred shouting

obout
John wos siting on o rock ond*thinking
wa9 cofrtng
he sow thot somebodyetoword
him It wos his teocherl

But he
for

whot

5ally an^ John we@ havinglunch the last activity

shelter for inited wila anifral5

toking

ond stofred to wolk bock

he wos lostl He ponicked

meet wrth teommotes

was at 2:OO Sally wao ,urveyinq wild planIq, whileJohn wao visiling a

.eacnea
he ond his clossmotes+e€+e€hi*g.

thot he wos olone

hove breokfost

John went rock clinbinq after lhe neeting At IO:OO Sally went

ralting Atlzoo,both

The view wos beoutifull

pictures

heip

with

get up

Solly ond John got up ot 6:30 ond hod brcokfost ot 7:3o After thot, Solly wos
picking up trosh olong the streom while John wa5 meetinq with his

Corre(t the seven mistaker in the pasrage.

Johnffihiking

6-30

7.30
8i00
9.00
12.00
2:OO

to

t::tal


loving Nature

SUBJECT

Nature

GRAMMAR SKILT

Presentperfect

GRAMMAR TASK

Write a paragraphabout a forestranger'sjob.

Present perfect
The pnesentperfectis used in sevenalways.First,it is usedto talk aboutan actionthat beganin the
past and is continuingup to the present ll have known her since last summer.. Second,it can be used
times [He has seen
to descnibesomethingthat happenedone or moretimes in the past at unspecified

the doctor severaltlmes.].Third, it can be usedto describesomethingthat happenedin the past, but
continuesto affect the present lThe exam has started a/readyl.
The pnesentperfect statementsanefonmedby usinghas andthe past participleform of the mainvenb
[has he/ped]with singulansubjectsfhe,she,/4. With the plunalsubjectslwe, theyl as well as /and you,
however,the panticiplefor"mis pnecededby have. Yes/no questionsare fonmedby movinghas or have
to the beginningof the sentence:
He/She/lt/Andy has helped you a /ot.
Has he/she/it/Andy helped you a lot?

parents have gone to town.
l/You/We/They/My
Have l/you/we/they/my parents gone to town?

Negativestatements in the present penfectanefonmedby insertingnot between has/have and the
past participleform of the mainverb:
He/She/h/Andy

has not helped you a /ot.

/You/We/They/My

parents have not gone to town.

The past participlefonm of a negulan
verb is conjugatedexactlythe same as it is in the simplepast fonm
[seeGramman1, Unit 1O]:
Present
+-d

rescue

+ -ed

help

+ -ied

STUdV

Past
rescued
helped
studied

Past panticiple
TCSCUCO

helped
studied

Present
invite
start
manny

Past
invited
started
marneo

Past participle
invited
started
mannied

verbs:
however,aneformed irregularly.
Someof the commoninr"egulan
Manyof the past participles,
Present
oe

nave
say
nFr
. Y""

Past
Past participle
was/were been

Present
oo

Past

had

had

[aKe

said
gor

said
gotlgotten

nun
neao

book
nan
reao

did

Past participle
oone
[at(en

run
neao


Loving Nature

Readthe passages.T'hen
answer the questioms.

The forestrongersot Glorywood Notionol
lark hove@some
new woys to protect
onimols from compersond hikers. They
hove@speciol
zonesfor comping thot
ore for owoy from the oreoswhere most
qnimols live. They hove olso(puDspeciol
signson hiking troils to worn peoplenot
to go off the poths.

Chris hosGEil)q forestrcrngerfor more thon
15 yeors.As port of his job he hos@mony
interestingexperiences.HehqsGscFil)sict< lW
onimols ond he bg!@hikers
who were
Iost in the forest.He hos even(helped)firefighters
put out forestfires.

1
2

ffi
1

Whot two things hove the forestrongersdone to protect the onimols? They havemade
_speciplzonesfor campingand they haveput sVecialeigneon hikingtrails.
Whot kinds of peoplehhs Chris helfed?
Hikers who were lost in the foreet and firefight ers.
Followrthe imstnuetionamd answer the questiom.

In the pcrssclges,
underline the words haveand has.Then circle the verb thot goeswith
eqch word.
Which sentencetells us thot Chris is on experiencedforestronger?
"Chris has beena forest ranger for more than 15 years."


Present perfect
The present perfect is used to talk about an action that [1] stanted in the past and is still continuing
'/O
kilometers.l,[2) happened at some unknown time in the past [/ have been
ll have already walked
to Canada once], or [3J happened in the past but still affects the pnesent (/ have eaten a /ot.l.
0uestions

Statements

stopped....

l-lave

I

H e / S h e / l t / ( N a m e )h a s

ealen.

Has

he / she/ it / (Name) started ?

You/We/They

found...

f'{ave

you/ we / they

have

have

made. ?

lrregular verbs

Regular verbs

rescue
help
stop

replied...?

rescueo
helped
stopped

rescueo

helped
stopped

i stoy

out

stort

find
eaI
see
go
come

odvise

be

found
ate
SAW

went
came

found
eaten
seen
gone

come

ctrnve I

July?4

July25

We havecampedmany irmes be{ore,
bul lh;s iime is really special.We
are st'aYing
near lhe Grand
ii]

has advised
The {oresl ranger {5}
us lo watch oul {o, snakes.The wealher
haslggn
hol, so lhere
{6} ,

Canyonl

are more of lhe^ around. we havelo be

we t23

arc'rued

at l:00 p.m.

Now everylArngis ready.My mom and I
haveput
up lhe lenl and dad
{x}
{4}

has started

a nic,efre.

c,arefal!


and sayeaehsentence.
Thensayit aEainusing
ffi " wort with a elassnnate
the wordsgivenand by changingthe verbformswhereneeded.

**"@ffi

1

The foresfrnnger hos alreody orrived.

students / tencher / bus / cnmpers

2

I hove stortedo fire.

m*ke/light/l:uild

3

He hosn't seeno wild beor before.

I/She/They/You

4

They hove been to el.:n*ti&&$r:.'p*rrk

He, &*d&1 / we, th$',aaacx I l, r*,'l$i6;l.;omc
She,t ,,i**

5

Wr hove comc buck eorly.

vnu,,ni e, / t*e, flxliih / An:y, **Ue.'*p I
Tliey, i*tlr*ff,

/

Fretend you are a forest ranger.Write a paragrapl'l
about how you have helped hikers.
Useful plan organizegivea talk lookafter injured
mrords
fieldtrips outdoorskills environment

Ae 4 loye7t ranger,I havehad many different
ex?e\9!-999'o.n-e-o;;f-m;u-j19.!eist9h9]p\1,i]1kere'.]haue|earne
outdoor skillsbefore,andwiththis usefulknowledge,l
canlookafter campersand
wh9 g9;!,lost 9_riyjuyg-din Nheforegt I o_nce
saueda ten-year-9td loy who was
llkg;.y19
,
almost dr ownedin the rapids.We have becomegood f riends eincet hentI have also
oyg31izedmgre than 50 different field t rips for hikers eo f ar. I havegiven :',alkson
w?Vet9_?19!ect w'lldlifeand advised peopleabout how t o help preserve naiure.

i\
t.1

io
:6

:m
i*
:*

Youcan usethe presentperfectwith
time wordssuchasalreadv,
beforeandonce

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A

the passage.
etdflO'o'@ListenamdcompNete

We'reon q schoolcomping trip. We {1}
notionol pork. It's fontostic! We {2}

11

us into groups

set up comp, ond the teochers{}}
to shore tents.The forestronger {4} , ,
explained

Ond {s}

(6,

warned

{73

hauefo-llqye-!

o ploce to

91me

to visit us

how to look ofter the fire. He olso
US

not to moke too much noise. We

oll
all the rules so forl

Listento the forest ranger'sintroductionand take notes.
@[r@

CD scripton p. 107.
-

ip cha;rqeo,f na;!1ional
payk

-

biS notice al entrance-rules t o follow

-

don'i starl campfire outsidethe epecial
camotnazoneS

don't, make too much noise-disturb

wildlife

put all lr ash in t r ash bags

Useyour motesfronnAetlvity G to telXthe classwhat rules to follow in threparlc"
Then add one rmorerule of vour ovun.

c)
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PracticeBookAnswerKey

ffi
1

circlethe correctanswer.

ffi
1

you met Jennifer before?
a
b

The weother

b

how to use inine
them beforc

I

wos not trred

d

leorned

4

yet?

ffi

d

went

b

hos knowing

Hos she finrsh

a

is knowing

@

hos tcno*n

She hos finrshed
ond I

in Conodo

two

ogo

hove hved

wos living

be

I

ond Koren 11)
every summer

ogree

speoking

storted

leorning

English when

I fi$t

it

a

do not hove hked

b

wos not llklng

hove not liked

nothing

There were not mony

Nino:

yeoh,

Joke:

Areyousoying

haveioined

Louro
before

I know

misiakes

for yeors

They 90 to the

na5
My dod h*known

3

finishea
My mom ond dod hove {ii+'hhg. pocking

4

gone
I hove not €ehiking becouseI hurt my leg yesterdoy

5

haa not
She# done ony volunteer work so fo.

Hey therel I hove been herc for o week ond so for everything
hos been grcot
I did not write to you eorlier becouse I hove been very busy I hove leorned so
mony things herc obout wildlife
This week, we leorned how to roft os well ds

How is it going

thot hove lost their mothef,

Con you beheve it?

ot your comp?

See you soonl
comp

ond porticipote

Most ofthe

while

she

Liso

comments

in o noture-protection
from

peopie who

ore positive

They both (6)

Louro

quickly

?qree

Hithere, Lisal

to 90
greatto

hearlrcm

baby aninalelWell,

you

lell fre froft

I have iust

ever atten^ed

aboutwhatyouhavelearnea

come backfron
Welearnea

abt

camp

this

camp is

aboutplantg,goil

and

dialogue,

Louro:

nave
Koren, +es you seen the fist-oid

Koren:

pacKed
Ye\ And I hoveolrcodif€++lr

Louror

rocket, boots ond comero

Koren:

I think

Louro:

OK

Karen:

Check your bockpock

Whotdo

vou hovponyourlist.

Oh, ond mosquito

repellent,

but l€€t4ndit

Seen

hove youffig-my

counter

sunblock?

ranger showed

Ds aifferentkinas

as I had never oeen a bia's

lhave attached
yet
Kalie

on the shelf obove the ktrchen

By the wot

theforest

amazea

kit?

have not lound

I will get thot loter

Mr Lee for two yeors

Read Lisa'semail and write a reply Usethe present pedect.

birds

5aw
l+ffiing'it

hos been

I

toke core ol boby onlmols

lnmogozinesondnewspopers

reods the comments

in th€

thot our comp

No, I hove not

the greateollhave
five

(you / hove / heod)

2

Itig

the

(seen/he/hosnot)Timfor

Itisunbelievoblel

Haveyouheara

Tinor

about

Correct

hehasnolseen

ltisocompwherepeoplecon

colls Koren ond tells her obout the comp

q#

but look nowl

(hos/it/chonged)olot

l

surf

so for

ond rofting,

ol the some time

trees in this town lost yeot

tthaschangea

Correct the mistake in each sentence.
have
The studentshsfollowed the comp sofety rules, so no one hos been hurt so for

&ff

to 9o to o comp thot ptomotes

obout o noture

thelnternet

enjoy sports, such os hiking
compoign

they wont

sees on odvertisement

issurtinq

taj

look

navelooKea

&

did not hke

best friends

This yeot

havefound

One doy, Louro

join

find

naveveen

protecungnotureTheyf)

but l:)

Three times

Poul:

Complete the passageusing the correct form ot the verbs given

6)

(opplied/you/hove)to

conceled?

I

O
d

did not lived

5

Tony for two yeors

Hos she fimshed

som€ comp

Liso:

Mike:

Kim:

known

Lduro

haveyouappliea

three yeors?

Solly

@ tivea
d

vlslted

a

yeo$

(

Howmonytimes

(you / been / hove) in Conodo?

three yeors

to Europe?
4

(

Hove not she finished

Annie

a

Tony:

@ u""n

her homework

d

3

hove been

490

donotwonttotry

c

@
C

For olmost

hos ueen

Hove you ever

hov€ never tried

3

did

@
d

I do not know

a

How long

Gina:

Were

skotes
O

b

2

haveyoubeen

Deon:

this comp?

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@
dDo
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cool since it

storted roining

Did

nearrangethe words given to Gompletethe dialogues.

some pictureshere

nestbefore

Have alookl

o+bira'5

nests

I was so


Cinelethe correct answer.
ofternoon,Poul
At 2:OOyesterdoy
his bike.
b is riding

a hos riding
c rides

@ *or riaing

She
someone yell while she
wos moking dinner.
a

b wos heoring

heored

@ heord
Sorry,but I
so for.

is heoring
enough firewood

a wos found
G) horr..t't found
c is finding
d hosn't finding

you ploying chesswith Som
lost night?
b Hos

a Are
c Hove

@ w"re

this kind of bug before.
We
It is common in the summertime.
a hove sow

hou" t..tt

e

b were seeinq

d seeing

I didn't cotch the boll becouse I
the thrower.
a

hoven't wotch

(!,) wosn't wotching
c

wotched

d

wotches

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when the
Whot
he
occidenthoppened?

a is, do
@ wos, doing
c hos, did

_J

to

Ca) Hove, been
b Hos, went
c Did, going

d were,done

d Are, go

Were you
, when the teocher
the rules to us?

Ann
the loptop this morning,
on the phone.
but now she

a listened,exploining

a is using,is tolk

b listen,exploins

b did use,tolked

O tistening, exploined
d listen, hos exploined

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,, Fredond his fomily
South Africa?

c is using, tolking
@ *ot using, is tolking



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SUBJECT

Culture and People

GRAMMAR SKILL

Countableand uncountablenouns

GRAMMAR TASK

Talk abodt a birthday party using nouns.

Countableand uncountablenouns
Countablenounscan be eithen
SomeEnglishnounsanecountablewhileothensare uncountable,
singulanonplunal.We

usuallyuseaon anbeforesinglecountablenouns,and add qualifierslikesome,
severalo? many befonepluralcountablenouns.The plunalformof most countablenounsis fonmedby
adding-s,-esor -iesto the end.Howeven,
all uncountablenouns haveonlyone fonm and most of them
plurals.
nouns,but use some if a
no
We
do
not
normally
use a/an with uncountable
are singulan
with
is
needed.
oualifier
While many uncountablenouns nefer to types of food or bevenagesfrice, cheese,meat, tea, milkl, some
commonnounsare also uncountable:
mai/
news
advice
history
information
power
homework
wool
traffic
luck
oolice

nounsare singulan
and cannotbe made into plural,theneanesome
Althoughmost uncountable
uncountable
nounswhichanealwaysin pluralfonmsand haveno singularforms with the same meaning
lclothes, pajamas, jeans, trousers, groceries, scissors, spectaclesl.
Oftenuncountable
nounscan be made countablethroughthe use of a unit of measunecalleda partitive.
Partitivesusuallydescribea container,an amountor measurement,or the shapeof something.Hene
are some commonoantitives:
a pair a/[jeans, scissors]
a sllce of lbread/pizzal
a plece of lpaper/advice/informationl
a cup of[coffee)
a bag of lrice)
a block of licel
a bar of [chocolate/soap]
a stroke a/fluckJ
a can oflsoda)
dependingon whethenthe speaken
Finally,
some nounscan be usedas both countableand uncountable,
is referringto an entireobjector a portionof a largerobject.
Entineobiect[countableJ
a cake
a pzza
a salad
a chicken

D

Portion[uncountablej
some cake/ a piece of cake
some przza/ a s/ice of ptzza
some sa/ad ,/ a bow/ of sa/ad
some chicken/ a piece of chicken



C o u n t a b l ea n d u n c o u n t a b l en o u n s
Countablenouns anethings that can be counted.We can use a/anwith singularcountablenouns.
Uncountablenouns are the things that cannot be counted as separate obiects.
Uncou,ntable noun6
fruit
a list
a cake
a candle
a balloon
a slreamer
aCD
a game
anappre
an orange
a cookie
a milkshake
a sandwich
a snack

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lists
caKes
candles
balloons
streamers
CDs
son'le games
apples
oranges
cookies
milkshakes
sandwiches
snacKS

@ to-" money
c 0 money
He put in four

muslc
money
paper
toothpaste
information
advice

for her

4

Dovid popped _, ,, ot the porty ond it

mode everyonejump.

b somemoneys

a somebolloon

d monies

c o bolloons

to moke the fruit solod.

Could you possme

b bolloon

@ o balloon
. , Pleose?
@ ro-" breod

a breods

d rice

c somebreods

It's fun to ploy

ot o porty.

Most peopledronk juice, but I hod

a g0me

@ to*" gomes

O

a-;

IOOO

b opple

a bqnono

s:
61j
q.

Hereare someways
to makeuncountable
nounscountable:
. a bowl of fruit
. a g/assofjuice
. a piece of paper
. a tubeoftoothpaste

answer.
cir.l" thecorrect

Soro's dod hos given her
birthdoy.

(::
*;

some

JUrCe
water
milk
bread
flce
sugar

bo.to.tot

d breod

9l

Cn:

6:

5

c 0 gomes

d somegome

@ o glossof milk
c somemilks

b on milk
d o glossof milks


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Answerthe questionsusimgeeumtable6r um€ountable
mauns.

Whot did Kin hove for
lunch?

Whot hos Alex prepored
for the party?

gome sandwiches,an

S o m e m i l k s h a k easn da

appleand a glasoof

cake.

Whot did Louro get for
her birthdoY?
gomeflowersand a

teddY bear.

oranqejuice.

Looleat the picture sf Sara'sbirthday panty"Work with a classmate.Talkahor*t
vuhat$reueamsee usir-rg
ceermtable
or uneountablen6ums.
lJsefu!words

present potatochips poster streamer

R e m e m b et or u s ed o r a n w i t h s i n g u l acro u n t a b l ne o u n sa n ds o m ew i t h
uncountabn
l eo u n sa n dp l u r acl o u n t a b l ne o u n s .


ReadElla"spassageand correetthe ten naistakes.
Themlistemand eheek
vour ansvuers.

I've been invited to my friend |ulie's house for o
friends
slumber porty. All our friffid ore coming'-it's
going to be exciting! I'll tokes#se sleepingbog.
SOme

an

Also, I'll need to toke+ food-maybe+ opple ond

snackg
aames
some snsek. Moybe we'll ploy someleme, so I
of
should toke o pocklcordsiust in cose.Oh, ond I'll
paiamas
CDs
need to pock my pdjemal I'd better toke some€E,
music
too-|ulie's m+siesis not so good.

t\

k#

Pretendyou are goimgon a picniefon your friend's birtlrday.W$rite
fiwethings
you will take with you. Thenask a elassmateand write his/herideas.
My clossmote'sthings
I'll toke ...

a bottle of drinkingwat er

2

I'll needto toke ...

some gnacks

somesandwiches

3

I shouldtoke ...

a pack of cards

a picnicblanket

4

I'll needto pock ...

someinsect repellent,

a mini board game

5

I'd better toke ...

an umbrella

some jelly beans

, a digital camera

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et;

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rt:

sri
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PracticeBook Answer Key

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a
@
c
q

look ot those

Reodrng
good hobit

I

present

a

Presents

@
b

3

book

b

oi6

<

on otr

o
like to hove

ofmilk

mony

orrs

I weor

Therc is o

Mom bought me o poir of

fruit in his bockpock

5

Isento

big pie on the toble

correct the mistake in each sentence.

1

There esome

2

We do not hoves

3

beef
I need some beplfor

o plece

eyesl9nr

b

o slice

a

gloss

o gtoss

b

some gloss

some

c

o glosses

obout the porty

informotion

time to prepore

dinner

the soup I om moking

4

You should

5

I like leomingffi

Engljsh

of
o piece^coke for dessert

@ glo..".

5

I wont

how to study better

I om hungry

7

GoU
€€+dsis

a

mony

a

b

much

8

Swimming

9

tucK
I wish you goodlu€l€on

the exom

10

afe
There+ o lot of bononos

1n the bosket

11

qla.5
I drink o^oforonge

My teocher gove me

odvice on
Con I hove o

?

@ ro-"

expensive

ond so ore diomonds

breod'

@ -"tr

of

on the cord

veqetables
eot some*g€*le
to keep you heolthy.

becouse I hove poor

a

@
d
4

juice

I would

live without

O oi.

money

pionos in the music room

3
4

ffi
We connot

coins

d

postcord to my frrend

mony

on the toble

orc they?

c

shoesfor my birthdoy.

He hos some

o,

some presents

Therc ore some
Whose

Therc ore o couple of

2

some

b much

one present

d

2

book every doy is o

Maich the two parts of the sentence.

1

c

piece of cokes

d

cheese

12

My grondmo

13

Would

is^good woy to keep fit

juice every doy

lives jn the country

chickeng
where she keeps o few€hi€ke+

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you like to listen to someffi?

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q# Read the re(ipe for chocolate cookies. Circle the countable

circtett e .orrectaniwer.

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.

Yesterdoywos my birthdoy. My dod, mom ond I went to $(@/ on ) populor
restouront for dlnner We ordered o shdEp solod, three sewings of ir( steos /
@!1,

thee 1:11gtosr /@)

or rrott l.nch

coke We woited for olmost t:t( some /@)

ond o big ta(66-oiJiti)/

chocotdtes)

hour to get our food! Until our order

orived, oll we hod to eot were d few pieces of t.t( u."od. /6rlli)

\ry'ewere so

onnoyedl

Ingredientsl

Instructions:

. r@trn".
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.r@!e!r

Pre'heot the6o
o@

to 350'F. Put the bu

''z64")

ct'ocotote o.d6ili)

' 1Q9of chocoiote

Put the g9g9! jnto o squ""r"6f,[id

.1{cupj{lorsrns)

u u r i n s 6 D o n a o u r r o i lo n r h F G A s q u e e / p, h Fd o u s h
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onto the foil Boke theGilili)in
th"6"iio.
rs6il"G\

Completethe dialogueusing the phrasesgiven.

Removethe bokedGilili)from
Het

(ote:

Iomthinkingofll)

oie you so quiet? Whot

Kotie! Why

aPreoenl

ore you thinking

formymom

abifihday

Jeon: Howoboutmoking(:)
Koter

Well, I om not good otboking

Jeanr

It is not thot difficult
Reollyl fhonlsl

leonl

well,weneed{31
creom

Whol

*rir" you, o.n recipe for a food item

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Jeon:

Oh
(;!

Kote:

O(, we will

sugar

moke my mom

flour

4eggo

, such os strowberries

1/zcup cocoa powaer

or gmp€s

i

Instructions:

i

?re-heatthe oven to 35O'F.geat the egge in a

l

larye mixing bowl Aaa srear ana mix well 9tir

:
':

cocoa ?owaer anaflour into Ithe egg nixlture Then
ada \eftea

buaaer

Yacupbutte.

aloto+

, buttei

Ingredients:

1c u p l l o u r

floutbuttetmilk,eggsondwhipping

Well, we con moke chocolote
sone

'

lcupeuear

somelauil

We olso need {4)

Kote: Thotwillcostmeist

wont

do we nped.'
abaqol

serve them on

Herbirthdoyiscoming

i

kote:

the6ili

obout?

coke?

I con help you jfyou

P."po." o

or until golden brown

o bog of / o borof / o birthdoy I o lot of I o prcsent / some sugor / some ftuit

Jeon:

, !!9g!ond

ona *ir them thoroughly Add the

@in
fl(M dnd mix well to moke dough Blend in melted

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nouns and

underline the uncountable nouns.

f
Yactp sliced alnonas I

money.lonlyhove$10
cookies insteod
ond lil

chocolote

We need

abar

cookres, then

ol

Spread the mi\tu.e in a cake pan tsake lor 3O
ninuLeo Let Lhe cake cool lor 5 frinuleo before

chocolote

putting almonde onlop

Thonksl

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Sptcial Events

SUBJECT

Culture and People

GRAMMAR SKILL

Linking verbs

GRAMMAR TASK

Write a paragraphabouta specialevent.

Linkingverbs
Linkingvenbsaneverbsthat do not expressactions,but natherconnecta nounto informationaboutit.
Often,a linkingverb is followedby an adjectivethat descnibes
the subjectprecedingthe venb.
She is angry.
The sky became dark. '
Theyseem frlend/y.
Somevenbsaneonlyusedas linkingverbs [be seem,becomefwhileothers sometimesserveas linking
venbsand sometimesas actionverbs.The latter is especially
true for verbsthat nelateto senses[/ao(
feel taste, smell soundl.
Actionverbs
She looks at the dress.
He felt the cup.
They taste the pizza.
We smell the flowers.
Theyappeared onstage.
He remained in the room.

Linkingverbs
The dress looks beautiful.
The cup felt hot.
Thepizza tastes dellcious.
The f/owers smell nice.
They appeared scary/
He remained ouiet.

Some verbs can senveas linkingvenbswhen they mean become.
The sky got/

turned/

grew dark. = The sky became dark.

Studentsmay confusean actionverb followedby an advenbwith a linkingvenbfollowedby an adjective:
Actionverbs
She looked angrily at her sister.
His old dog can't smell well.
The racehorses appeared guickllt
He remained in hrs seat quietly.

Linkingverbs
She looked angry.
Hls old dog doesn't smell good.
The racehorses appeared quick.
He remained quiet in hts seat.


SpecialEvents
Linkingverbs

Readthe passage.
Then answenthe
questions.

Holloweenis o populor event in
mony countries.In oncient times,
peoplebelievedthot it wos the night
when evil spirits come out. These
doys it is o fun event for kids. They

dressup in costumesso they oppeor
scory.They go trick or treotingknocking on doors ond osking for
snocksthot usuolly toste sweet.They
olso corve pumpkins to moke them

:ip

look like the heods of scory monsters. Kids
olso do other fun octivities like bobbing for opples.
Holloween hos been celebroted for mony centuries, ond it
remoins o populor event in North Americo qnd Western Europe.

1
2

Accordingto the possoge,which ports of the world like to celebroteHolloween?
North Americaand Wesiern Europe.
Why do kids corvepumpkins?
To make th em Iook like th e heade of ecary moneLer e.

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&#,ftllatehthe three parts to complete the sentenees.
1

Holloween

remcllns

the heods of scory monsters.

2

Holloween

look like

scory in Hqlloween costumes.

3

Kids

t0ste

the night when evil spirits come out.

4

Snocksusuolly

wos

sweet.

5

Pumpkins

oppe0r

o populor event.

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Linkingverbs
Linkingverbs are venbsthat do not expressactions.What they do is to connectthe subjectto its
related information.The venbs be, become and seem function as linkingvenbs only.Othenvenbs
like appea7 feel look, remarn, smel sound taste and turn can function as eithen linking verbs or
action venbs.
Linking verbs only
h*llowesnis a {unevenifor kids.

Wc becomecxcitedwhehthe fireworksstart.

All theseNewYeartreatsseemeJelicious.

Linkingla,ction ve'rbs
Linking

Nowllalloween
feelsmorelikea funevenl

Action

He feelshis hatto checkthatit is OK

Linking

Kidsdressup so theyappear$cary.

Action

A rainbowsuddenly
appearsin the sky

Linking

Theywantto get treaisthattastegnod.

Action

lt is the firsttimetheytastethesespecialtreats.

Then listen and checkyour answers.

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-l};

Soint Lucio'sDoy used to be celebrotedoll over Europe,ond it fil( @
/ feels )
populor in countrieslike Sweden,Norwoy ond Denmork. To honor Soint Lucio, o girl
weors o white dressond hos condleson her heod. This rz)(@
but a speciolcloth protectsthe girl's heod ond she doesnot {c}(@

t::q

wox. When oll the lights ore off, the girl
/-\
the symbol of Soint Lucio.
t+)( feels /@Sqq9)
AII the other girls sing o songthot {u}(@/

V;

t:

(a:
q:

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t:
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v;

c;:
ai:

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:it,

smells ) very peoceful.

/ smells ) dongerous

/ sound ) the hot