Section IV
Trying Your Hand
Sentence Writing
Number of Nouns
(Refer to the Workbook for the rules.)
I. Write Through Applying Grammar Rules
Choose the correct answers to fill in the blanks, paying attention to the number form of the nouns given in brackets.
1. Some children are full of __________ about the food. (complaint, complaints)
2. There might be ___________ about his mistake. (much doubt, many doubts)
3 How often do you go to the ________? (movie, movies)
4 A goods train carries all kinds of things, except for ___________. (passengers, passenger)
5 Tom hadn’t had ______________before he joined the army. (much education, many educations)
6 I forgot both of the _______________. (rooms numbers, room numbers)
7. Beijing, the capital of China, has ________________ ( a large population, large populations) now.
8 To their great ____, the roof of their house caught fire. (fear, fears)
9 They have given us a lot of valuable __________. (information, informations)
10 Mary is spreading ________ on her bread. (butter, butters)
Key:
1. complaints 2. much doubt
3. movies 4. passengers
5. much education, 6. room numbers
7. a large population 8. fear
9. information 10. butter
II. Write Through Correcting Mistakes
Correct the errors in the following sentences.
1 All the news are interesting to us.
2 We all like your ideas of using the money to build a primary school.
3 If he refuses to pay, I shall take measure against him.
4 What a lovely hair you have!
5 The Johnsons have just moved into a large house and are planning to buy many new furnitures.
6 Mary likes potato better than tomato.
7 It was such long journey that we felt very tired when we arrived.
8 My father never gave me many advices.
9 Our school bought two pieces of equipments for the lab.
10 In modern age, electronics have been developing very fast.
11 He did too little preparations for his examination.
12 There are a book, two pencils and three notebooks on the desk.
13 Every means have been tried but without much success.
14 Ten dollars are all that I can afford to pay for the recorder.
15 A computer can handle a large number of calculation with a high speed.
Key:
1 All the news is interesting to us.
2 We all like your idea of using the money to build a primary school.
3 If he refuses to pay, I shall take measures against him.
4 What lovely hair you have!
5 The Johnsons have just moved into a large house and are planning to buy much new furniture.
6 Mary likes potatoes better than tomatoes.
7 It was such a long journey that we felt very tired when we arrived.
8 My father never gave me much advice.
9 Our school bought two pieces of equipment for the lab.
10 In modern age, electronics has been developing very fast.
11 He did too little preparation for his examination.
12There is a book, two pencils and three notebooks on the desk.
13 Every means has been tried but without much success.
14 Ten dollars is all that I can afford to pay for the recorder.
15 A computer can handle a large number of calculations with a high speed.
III. Write Through Translating
Translate the following sentences into English.
1我要一杯咖啡和两片面包。
2老师让我们拿出一张纸考试。
3 他买了两瓶啤酒和三块巧克力。
4数学是我最感兴趣的课程。
5 谢谢你给我很多建议。
6 失败是成功之母。
7工厂里的所有设备都是中国制造的。
8 体育有益健康。
Key:
1 I’ll have a cup of coffee and two pieces / slices of bread.
2 The teacher asked us to take out one sheet / piece of paper for the quiz.
3 He bought two bottles of beer and three bars of chocolate.
4 Mathematics is the subject I feel most interested in.
5 Thank you for the much advice you’ve given me. / Thank you very much for the many suggestions you’ve given me.
6 Failure is the mother of success
7 All the equipment in the factory is made in China.
8 Sports is good for health.
IV. Write Through Describing a Picture
Write a short passage of about 100 words to tell a story or about an event related to the picture given. Some useful words and phrases have been provided here to help you.
signs;
on board;
to draw attention;
give warnings;
to direct somebody towards some place;
widely used;
in public places;
to provide people with all kinds of useful information;
for instance;
Check In sign;
at an airport;
lead to;
the check-in counter;
Way Out;
at the subway;
get out;
Wet Paint;
in a park;
to keep away from;
wet with painting;
Visiting Hours;
at the door;
an office;
working time;
for the officers and clerks;
in this department;
of course;
be happy to see;
"Admission Free";
at the gate of; an exhibition hall.
Key：
Signs are marks, pictures or words on a board to draw attention, give warnings or direct somebody towards some place. They are widely used in public places to provide people with all kinds of useful information. For instance, a Check In sign at an airport will lead you to the check-in counter. A Way Out sign at the subway tells you where you can get out. Wet Paint in a park warns you to keep away from a bench which is still wet with painting. Visiting Hours at the door of an office informs you that it is working time for the officers and clerks in this department. Of course, you will be happy to see the sign "Admission Free" at the gate of an exhibition hall.