I. Complete he conversations. Choose the correct form.

1 I think sport/a sport is boring. – Me too. I hate it.

2 We ought to buy some potato/some potatoes. – OK, I’ll get them.

3 Did you hear noise/a noise in the middle of the night? – No, I don’t think so.

4 Is there cheese/a cheese in this soup? – Yes, a little.

5 I had conversation/ a conversation with Vicky last night. – Oh? What about?

6 Shall I put a chicken/some chicken in your sandwiches? – Yes, please.

7 Are you a pacifist? – Well, I don’t believe in war/ a war, so I suppose I am.

8 It isn’t fair. – No, life/a life just isn’t fair, I’m afraid.

9 What’s the matter? – You’ve got some egg/some eggs on your shirt.

 

II. Complete the conversations. Put in these nouns: business (x2), experience (x2), glass, iron, light, paper, space, time. Put a/an or some before each noun.

Model: - Did you manage to park in town?

- It took me ages to find a space. And all I wanted was to buy some paper to wrap this present in.

1 - Are you busy tomorrow?

- I’m meeting someone in the office. We’ve got _________________________ to discuss.

2 - Do you think I need to take _______________________________ with me for my shirts?

- Oh, surely the hotel will have one.

3 - I’m going to have some juice, but I can’t find __________________________________.

- If you turned ______________________________ on, you might be able to see properly.

4 - I’ve never met your brother.

- Oh, he’s usually very busy because he runs _________________________. But he’s been ill recently.

The doctor has ordered him to spend __________________________________resting.

5 - How did your interview go?

- Well, I didn’t get the job. I think they really wanted someone with __________________________ of the work, and that’s what I haven’t got. So it was a bit of a waste of time. And the train coming back was two hours late. That’s ____________________________ I don’t want to repeat.

 

III. Complete Claire’s postcard to her sister. Choose the correct form.

The island is very peaceful. Life/a life is good here. Everybody moves at a nice slow pace. People have time/a time to stop and talk. It’s experience/ an experience I won’t forget for a long time. There aren’t many shops, so I can’t spend all my money, although I did buy painting/ a painting yesterday. Now I’m sitting on the beach reading paper/ a paper. The hotel breakfast is so enormous that I don’t need to have lunch. I’ve just brought orange/an orange with me to eat later. I’ve been trying all the different fruit/fruits grown in this part of the world, and they’re all delicious.