7. Answer the questions:

1. Why was Churchill the worst student in his class?

2. When was hе finally elected to Parliament?

3. How did hе еsсаре from the prison in South Africa?

4. Why did his father decide that the only саrееr for his son was soldiering?

5. Why did hе lose his first election?

8. Read the text above once more and find the main idea of it.

9. Prepare the retelling of this text. Grammar countable nouns

Nouns can be countable or uncountable.

Uncountable nouns are things we cannot count. They have no plural. Before uncountable nouns you can say the/some/any/much/this/his etc. you cannot use a/an or you can use them alone, with no article.

Some nouns are usually uncountable in English but often countable in other languages:

Accommodation, advice, baggage, behaviour, chaos, furniture, information, luggage, news, permission, progress, scenery, traffic, travel, trouble, weather, work

Note these pairs of countable or uncountable nouns:

I’m looking for a job (countable) but I’m looking for work (uncountable)

What a lovely view! (countable) but What lovely scenery! (uncountable)

Countable nouns are thing we can count. We can make plural. Before singular countable nouns you can use a/an. You cannot use singular countable nouns alone (without a/the/ my etc.).

We often use a/an+noun when we say what something is, or what something, someone is like.

We use a/an for a job.

We also use some=a number of / a few of (we don’t know exactly how many). You have to use some when you mean some but not all/ not many. Don’t use some when you are talking about things in general.

Exercise 10

Complete the following sentences, insert the proper articles or words into the gasps.

1. Alice works in ____ bank.

2. Are you ________ student?

3. We stayed at ____ expensive hotel.

4. United Kingdom is ____ industrial country.

5. I’ve got ______ money.

6. Are you looking for ____ job?

7. Do you like ______ cheese?

8. It’s ____ nice weather today!

9. I need _______ information about hotels in New York.

10. I’ve just have _______ good news about my holidays.

Check youselves! test № 1

Task № 1

Choose the correct word!

Margaret has got very long black … .

a)hair

b)hairs

c)a hair

d) many hair

Task № 2

Choose the correct word!

I want something to read. I'm going to buy … .

a)some paper

b)much paper

c)a paper

d)much papers

Task № 3

Choose the correct word!

It's very difficult to find … at the moment.

a)job

b)works

c)a work

d) a job

Task № 4

Choose the correct word!

Bad news … make people happy.

a)don't

b)do

c)doesn’t

d)have

Task № 5

Choose the correct word!

Carla's English has improved. She has made … .

a)many progresses

b)progress

c)progresses

d)a progress

Task № 6

Choose the correct word!

They'll tell you all you want to know. They'll give you plenty of … .

a)information

b) a information

c)an information

d) informations

Task № 7

Choose the correct word!

Have you got … camera?

a)an

b) a

c)much

d) -

Task № 8

Choose the correct word!

When I was … child, I used to be very shy.

a) -

b) an

c)some

d)a

Task № 9

Choose the correct word!

Bill's got … big feet.

a)a

b) an

c)some

d) -

Task № 10

Choose the correct word!

… birds, for example, penguins, cannot fly.

a)a

b) an

c)some

d) -

Task № 11

Choose the correct word!

The flat is empty. We haven't got … yet.

a)furnitures

b)any furniture

c)a furniture

d)an furniture

Task № 12

Choose the correct word!

I don't think Ann will get the job. She hasn't got … .

a)any experience

b)an experience

c)a experience

d)some experience

Task № 13

Choose the correct word!

I didn't know what to do. So I asked Jack for … .

a)an advice

b) a advice

c) advices

d)advice

Task № 14

Choose the correct word!

If you want to leave early, you have to ask for … .

a)a permission

b)permissions

c) permission

d)some permission

Task № 15

Choose the correct word!

Would you like to be … actor?

a)a

b)an

c)any

d) -

Task № 16

Choose the correct word!

Do you collect … stamps?

a)a

b)an

c)any

d) -

Task № 17

Choose the correct word!

Mary teaches mathematics. She is … teacher.

a)a

b)an

c)any

d) -

Task № 18

Choose the correct word!

What … beautiful garden!

a)a

b)an

c)any

d) -

Task № 19

Choose the correct word!

When we reached the city centre, … shops were still open but most of them were already closed.

a)a

b)an

c)some

d) -

Task № 20

Choose the correct word!

What … lovely children!

a)a

b)an

c)some

d) -