https://www.britannica.com/story/why-is-a-bakers-dozen-13
Dozen of eggs
DOZEN = 12
In French 'douze'=12
Health departments have redirected food inspectors, water quality technicians and other staff to make dozens of phone calls to those who have had contact with anyone who tests positive for COVID-19.
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a score of men = 20
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, it's "presumably from the practice, in counting sheep or large herds of cattle, of counting orally from 1 to 20, and making a score or notch on a stick, before proceeding to count the next 20." (to score= bemetsz)
Also: to score a goal
They scored two goals early on in the game.
How did you score?
She scored 18 out of 20 in the spelling test.
BUT!
scores of .... MEANS an indefinitely large number of people!
Scores of protesters = ............
A decade=
A century=
A .......... = 1000 years
Plural?
a leap year= ... days
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No news ... good news
(your friends went on a trip. You haven't heard from them, but it does not mean something BAD happened to them, Not hearing from someone is better than BAD news.
physics, athletics, economics IS or ARE ???
How about ...
a means of transport
The bicycle ... a means of transport.
The bicycle and the car are two means of transport. --- is it correct?
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The police .... -
always
BUT!!!!
government, staff, family, Scotland, team - singular nouns that can be used with plural verbs
Scotland is beautiful.
Scotland are playing France in a football match next week.
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a paper vs some paper
A paper is a newspaper that you can buy at the ...
Some paper - you can buy it at the stationery (or stationer's)
NOT stationary because it means állandó, mozdulatlan!!!
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Are they yours?
Is it yours?
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ROOM: - szoba, hely
I can't give you a lift. There's no room in my car.
we have plenty of rooms vs we have plenty of room
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the flight lasted 3 hours ----) a ......... flight
a three-hour-flight
The book is 200 pages long. It's a ................ book.
We spent 2 hours walking. It was a ............. walk.
My daughter is 21 years old. I have a ................. daughter.
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5000 pouns .... a lot of money
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little patience vs a little patience
little help from my friends vs a little help from my friends
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lots of free time
a lot of free time
plenty of
a plenty of ????
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Member states : the number started to decrease. After Brexit there are ... member states.
US flag has ... stars, each one represents a state.
The name of the flag is: Stars and ...
The nickname of the UK flag is .....
(The EU flag has ... stars?)
Kazakhstan has a population of ... million, whereas the UK has a population of ... million.
Fewer or less people?
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DO YOU THINK?
Correct or not?
What do you think where is Germany?
What do you think WHERE
WHERE do you think Germany is?
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How many people died of covid-19?
When can life go back to normal?
How many people have lost their jobs so far?
How many healthy people have died so far?
How old is Boris Johnson's fiancee?
How many children does Boris Johnson have?
How old is France's oldest doctor?
Some of the following sentences are incorrect:
(Total English page 71/6,7)
6.
1. How many money do you have?
2. We need to buy a new furniture.
3. Sam ate almost all the chocolates in the box.
4. She has a beautiful long blonde hair.
5. I don't have some luggage.
6. Would you like some rice with that?
7.
1. Do you drink more than a .... of cups of coffee a day?
2. How .... vegetables can you name?
3. Do you eat .... meat? Why/Why not?
4. Some people only eat ... meat. Do you think this is a good idea?
5. How ... portions of fruit and vegetables should you eat a day?
6. Some people only eat .... different kinds of fruit. Do you think it's better to eat a larger variety?
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Countable and Uncountable forms:
I'm trying to give up chocolate.
He bought a box of chocolates.
....
1. coffee
.... is produced in Kenya.
Would you like .... ?
2. hair
Waiter! There's .... in my soup!
He has short spiky brown ...
3. noise
I jumped when I heard .... coming from the bathroom.
There's a lot of ... in this street.
4. room
The hotel has 1000 ...
Is there ... for me at the table.
5. chicken
Susie keeps ... in her garden.
I had ... for dinner.
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Correct the mistakes:
1. We went to buy a furniture.
2. In the evening I love listening to amusic.
3. We went out to lovely resataurant.
4. Hurry up! We don't have many time!
5. I don't think I can come to the theatre, because I only have a few money.
6. Would you like a milk in your coffee?
7. I've got a bad news - the show has been cancelled.
8. I'm going to the market to buy some breads.
