Grammar Unit 2

Past simple and past perfect

1 Match the sentence beginnings 1–5 to the enough, (a) few, (a) little, lots of, plenty of,
endings A–F. too many, too much
We only knew about the website E 3 Choose the correct answer, A, B or C.
1 By the time I got to the auction, ____
There isn’t ____ space in here for more people.
2 I had forgotten to buy milk, ____
A plenty B few C enough
3 All the shoppers had left the shop ____
1 My brother spends too ____ money on clothes.
4 Olivia went to the police station ____
A many B few C much
5 Mark hadn’t been to a fundraising event ____
2 I have very ____ money, so we can’t go
shopping.
A so Mum was angry with me.
A plenty B enough C little
B until his uncle took him to one.
3 Emily’s only got ____ friends, but they’re all
C they had sold all the paintings.
great!
D after she had lost her bag.
A enough B a few C a little
E because a friend had told us about it.
4 There were ____ of paintings at the auction, but I
F before it closed for the day.
didn’t really like any of them.
2 Correct the underlined parts of the story. A lots B few C many
5 It was a good party, but there were ____ people
On Friday, Amber got up early to go shopping. She there.
heard the day before that there was a sale at the A too much B a little C too many
shop Games Are Us! (1) She set her alarm clock for 6 There are ____ sandwiches on the table – help
6 a.m. the night before because (2) she wanted to yourself!
buy the game that she played with a friend at the A plenty of B few C lots
weekend. (3) After she had had breakfast, Amber
had left for the shop. (4) By the time she arrived at 4 Correct the underlined mistakes in the
sentences.
the shop, it had already opened and had been full of
shoppers. Amber had been worried she’d get to the 1 The shop was very expensive, and it wasn’t
shop too late to find the game. But then she saw popular. Very little people went there.
one at the back of the shop. (5) It was the last one, __________
and Amber had been there in time to buy it! She 2 I’ve packed too much clothes, and now I can’t
was very happy! close my bag. __________
3 It’s 5.58 p.m., and the shop closes at 6 p.m. That
had heard 3 ______________ isn’t few time to buy everything I need!
1 ______________ 4 ______________ __________
2 ______________ 5 ______________ 4 Shopping online is quick and easy. A few of
people do it these days. __________
5 ‘Would you like some sugar in your coffee?’
‘Yes, please. Just a few.’ __________
6 There’s too plenty to see in the museum in a
day. I’ll have to come back again. __________
Vocabulary Unit 2
Verbs: advertising
1 Find eight more words connected with Shopping
advertising in the word snake. 3 Complete the sentences with the words in
the box.
promotemjrecommenddfeadvertisek
lappealojinformweexaggeratez bargain bid charge
qappearbnmbroadcastu purchase refund selection
tponvinceplclaim
Let’s go into that shop – it’s got a huge selection
of computer games.
1 The advert says that if you __________ one
promote 5 ______________ T-shirt, you get another one free!
1 ______________ 6 ______________ 2 The hotel has a gym, but you have to pay a
2 ______________ 7 ______________ small __________ to use it.
3 ______________ 8 ______________ 3 These boots are too big for me. Can I get
4 ______________ a __________ , please?
4 You liked the painting at the auction, so why
2 Complete the text with the correct form of words
from exercise 1. didn’t you __________ on it?
5 In some countries, you can __________ with the
Most people have heard of Greenland, but not many sellers in the shops and get a discount.
people know how it got its name. Some people claim
that Eric the Red, a famous Viking from Iceland, went Describe personal skills and qualities
to Greenland because he had killed someone. He 4 Complete the dialogue with the words in
wanted to (1) __________ the country so people the box.
would go there, so he gave it a name that
absolutely consider experience impressed
would (2) _________ to them. Of course, by calling it passionate picked up
‘Greenland’, Eric (3) _________ because Greenland
A So, Jordan, tell me a bit about yourself.
isn’t very green! It is a land of snow, ice and very cold
B Sure! I consider myself to be reasonably
temperatures! If you don’t like extreme weather, I
well-qualified for the job. I hope you have been
wouldn’t (4) _________ the place!
(1) __________ with my qualifications.
A Yes, we have. Your exam results are great. Have
you had any work (2) __________ in a
restaurant like this?
B Yes, in London. I loved the job, and
I (3) __________ a lot of valuable experience
there.
A And how do you feel about being a chef here?
B I’m (4) __________ about cooking. It’s my life.
I (5) __________ love learning new recipes and
sharing ideas with other chefs.
A Great! If you want the job, it’s yours!