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9.I invited _________ my friends to the party.

10.Michael spends _________ his money on books on astrology.

Ex.15. Explain the difference in the use of other, another and the other.

1.I don’t like this colour. Can you show me some other shoes?

2.There must be another road that leads to the centre of the city.

3.My brother has another two years to finish his university course.

4.Jane, you’ve come at last! And where are the other students?

5.I’ll take this topic for the presentation, and you take the other one.

6.Now that Pete is working in Boston we don’t see each other very often.

7.Mary came to see me the other day. I think it was Wednesday.

8.We have business meetings every other Monday.

9.I didn't leave you. It was the other way round.

10.I like what you are suggesting. On the other hand, it will cost us much.

Ex.16. Complete the sentences using other, another and the other.

1.Only three students in our group like the new subject. _________ students say it’s boring.

2.Some people like jazz, _________ people like pop music, still _________

people like rock.

3.We’ve made a very good team at out department. We work well with each

_________ .

4.He is waiting for us on _________ side of the street.

5.Here is only one shoe. Where is _________ one?

6.I haven’t got time to go to the fitness centre every day. I go there every

_________ day.

7.Do you know that Jane’s got married? I heard some rumours _________day.

8.I’ll finish the translation soon. Give me _________ twenty minutes and you’ll get the translated text.

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9.I read The Financial Times more or less regularly. I don’t read any _________

British newspapers.

10.Do you like the biscuits? Take _________ one!

Ex. 17. Choose the correct variant.

1.Nick has lived in Glasgow and Dublin but he doesn’t like either/neither city.

2.I can get to Edinburg by plane or train but either/neither way is very expensive.

3.You can keep one of the photos. Either/Neither of them – whichever you like.

4.Either/neither of the examples is wrong. You cannot use any in your report.

5.They offered a couple of variants but we accepted either/neither offer because they didn’t meet our requirements.

6.I haven’t met either/neither of the twins – how could I recognise them?

7.Luckily, neither/either passenger was hurt in the crash.

8.If you see either/neither of these men, contact the police immediately.

9.You can use either/neither method in your research. Both have proved effective.

10.The game wasn’t exciting and either/neither team played well.

Ex.18. Join the sentences with both … and; either … or: neither nor, as in the

model.

1.John repairs cars. He repairs motorbikes. → John repairs both cars and motorbikes.

2.I don’t know Ann. I don’t know her husband.

3.We can do it today. We can do it tomorrow.

4.My uncle collects paintings. He collects rarities.

5.His wife doesn’t speak English. She doesn’t speak German.

6.The film was funny. It was very moving.

7.She didn’t call me. She didn’t write to me.

8.You can stay with me. You can stay with Janet.

9.I can drive to the airport. I can take a taxi.

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10.We had no umbrella. We had no raincoats. So we got wet. 11.When she was a student, she played basketball. She played tennis.

Ex.19. Choose the correct variant: A, B, C or D.

Ex.20. Can you spot mistakes in the following sentences? Be attentive: some

sentences are correct.

1.Give me few minutes and I’ll be ready.

2.Sorry, I can’t come to your party because I’m meeting a friend of me tonight.

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3.I was too tired to do any work.

4.John’s got a pain in his stomach. I’m taking him to the doctor.

5.I didn’t say nothing. I just left.

6.Garry is very busy with his job. He has little time for anything else.

7.Did it cost much to rent a cottage for summer?

8.I can neither accept nor reject your proposal yet. I need little time to consider it.

9.Not many people live in the countryside. Most of people live in large cities and towns.

10.Jane said she would be in touch. But she neither phoned nor wrote to me.

11.How often do you drive your car? – Each day.

12.These cakes are so delicious! Could I have other one?

13.She is unhappy because she doesn’t have some friends.

14.His speech was so confusing. We understood no of his arguments.

15.For this job you must speak both English or German fluently.

Ex. 21. Translate into English.

1.Тут так багато людей. Нам потрібен ще один стілець.

2.Ніхто з нас не знав, що трапилося.

3.Вибач, я не можу тобі допомогти. У мене немає часу.

4.У мене є декілька книжок з цієї проблеми. Можу дати тобі будь-яку.

5.Більшість студентів у нашій групі здали свої курсові роботи. Решта здадуть роботи завтра.

6.Обидві мої сестри закінчили економічний університет, але жодна з них поки що не працює.

7.Мені не сподобався цей фільм. Взагалі-то мені не подобається жоден фільм цього режисера.

8.На днях я зустріла Ліз. Ні я, ні вона не знали про подію.

9.Ми всі прийшли о 8 ранку, і кожний приніс квіти.

10.Пан Міллер прийде за декілька хвилин. У Вас є небагато часу, щоб зачекати?

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11.В екзаменаційному білеті було багато питань, і я встиг відповісти лише на декілька.

12.Допоможіть один одному в цьому проекті. Вам багато потрібно зробити,

щоб вчасно його закінчити.

13.Хочеш чаю? Я тільки-но заварила свіжий (to make/brew fresh tea).

14.Дзвоніть мені у будь-який час. Я буду вдома чи за містом, але зможу відповісти на всі ваші запитання.

NUMERALS

Ex.1. Write the numbers and practise saying them.

1.seven hundred and fifty (BrE) = seven hundred fifty (AmE)

2.nine hundred and ninety-nine

3.one thousand four hundred and forty six

4.nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine

5.seven hundred and fifty thousand

6.two hundred and sixty thousand, one hundred and twenty-seven

7.ten thousand and one

8.seven and a half million

9.one million, two hundred and twenty-five thousand

10.three hundred and three million

11.three point nine per cent

12.twelve point five per cent

Ex.2. Write the figures in words, then practise saying them.

1. 100; 101; 175; 210; 777

2. 1,000; 1,040; 1,100; 2,400

3.100,000; 260,127; 500,000; 999, 900

4.1,000,000; 1,225,375; 2,666,300; 4,385,567

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7.nought point oh one

8.nought point oh oh one

Ex.6. Compare and read the following numbers out.

1.3,141 and 3.141

2.15.001 and 15,001

3.26.012 and 26,012

4.1.125 and 1,125

5.7,010 and 7.010

Ex.7. Read the sentences aloud.

1.The most common item of lost property on London transport is the umbrella. 23,250 umbrellas were handed in to London transport lost property offices last year.

2.The country with the most telephones in the world is Monaco. It has 733 telephones per 1 000 population.

3.The smallest country in the world is the Vatican City with an area of 1.14 square kilometres and a population of 826.

4.We opened our new office on 5 April, 2000.

5.Visits to our website have increased to 82,000 daily. We now have over 400,000 regular users.

6.Sales increased from €5m to €5.8m. And we expect to increase our sales target by at least 50% and become the leading on-line designer clothing company.

7.We can usually offer a discount of 1/3 off the list price.

8.$1,000,000? But that’s over €1,090,000!

9.For more information, call free phone 0800 521 382.

10.You can also fax on 1569 242 677.

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11.Call me at the office. You can usually catch me there after 8.30. 12.It takes me 3/4 of an hour to walk to the office.

13.14% of land is privately owned, which is a small percentage. 14.It’s either 0.431 or 4.031, I can’t remember.

15.No, it’s 14,236, not 14.236!

Ex.8. A hundred, one hundred, or hundreds of?

Complete the sentences, using the words in brackets in the correct form. The first two sentences have been done for you.

1.I’ve told you __________ times. (hundred) - I’ve told you a hundred times. (which means ‘many times’)

2.I still have ______things to do. (thousand) – I still have a thousand things to do.

3.__________ refugees are flooding into the neighbouring country. (thousand)

4.We’re prepared to sell the item for a sum of __________ pounds. (hundred)

5.He wants __________ dollars for his car. (thousand)

6.I’ve heard that excuse __________ times. (million)

7.There were only half __________ people at the party. (dozen)

8.We received __________ of applications for the job. (hundred)

9.Wow! You look like __________ dollars tonight! (million)

10.Los Angeles has a population of over three __________ . (million)

Ex.9. Use the numbers as adjectives. Be attentive with all the necessary

changes.

1.forty five minutes, a lesson – a forty-five-minute lesson

2.two hours, a trip – a two-hour trip

3.twenty minutes, a walk – _________________________

4.seventy-five dollars, a price cut – ___________________

5.twelve weeks, a semester – ________________________

6.twenty degrees, a fall in temperature – _______________

7.twenty thousand pounds, a car – ____________________

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8.forty thousands, a loan – __________________________

9.fifteen percent, a discount – ________________________

10.ten tons, a truck – ______________________________

Ex.10. Samantha Baretti has just returned to the office after her marketing trip to Malaysia. She turns on the answer phone and hears the following messages. Complete her notes in a numerical form.

Marketing meeting scheduled for the tenth of April at two o’clock in room three. Expected to last two hours. Please confirm you can attend by phoning extension sixty-five, double six.

Marketing meeting on ______ at ______. in ______ . Call ext. ______ .

New shelving for your office to be delivered on the eleventh of March after ten o’clock. Dimensions are four point five metres wide, two point eight metres in length and forty centimetres deep. Please ring two six two seven three one if this time is not convenient.

Delivery on ______ after ______ . Dimensions: ______ . Ring ______ .

Don’t understand your marketing expenses. Your receipts are for one hundred and fifty pounds, five hundred euros, one thousand fifty Indonesian rupiahs, and seven thousand four hundred and sixty Malaysian ringgits. This does not convert to eight hundred sixteen pounds. Please ring accounts.

Marketing receipts: _____________________________________________

Ex.11. List your three biggest monthly expenses. Say how much you spend each month on rent, food, shopping, transportation, and/or entertainment.

Ex.12. Ask each member of your mini-group about their expenses. Compare group averages. You can start your questions in the following way:

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A:Susan, how much do you spend on __________ (telephone, electricity, room payment, food, entertainment)?

B:Oh, I spend about __________ . What about you?

C:Nothing, I live with my parents but every month I spend _______ on _______.

Ex.13. Someone is querying some invoices. Give them the information using

the data below.

e.g. Invoice number fifteen, dated December the seventeenth two thousand and eleven, is for five hundred and twenty six pounds, seventeen pence.

Ex.14. Make a brief presentation of the company.

Nike, Inc.

(founded in 1964 as Blue Ribbon Sports, officially became Nike, Inc. in 1978)

Ex.15. Find the required information on the economy of the United Kingdom.

Then, using the data, make a brief report.

GNP:

Labour force:

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