Упражнения на закрепление лексики по теме числа и количество.

Упражнение 1. Вставьте пропущенное слово c предлогом или фразу, используя слова по теме количество.

1) Some scientists believe that some moons around gas giants may be ____________ life and __________ many complex species of animals.

2) A _____________ mustard can definitely improve the flavour but __________________ it can spoil the whole dish.

3) Cats are ___________ in every country of the world.

4) We earned _____________ in the sale, but at the same time we made ___________________ promising contacts and clients.

5) There were _________ people at the party despite Jo's prediction who said there would be only a ____________ them.

6) The most common reason why people change their job is because they earn ____________ in it.

7) Being aware of the danger of too much food for a starving cat, he gave it only ________ meat and some broth first.

8) The area we live in is wonderful despite the fact that we have a __________ mosquitoes and just a ___________ trees around.

 

Упражнение 2. Исправьте ошибки в предложении, если они есть.

1) This magazine comes out every fortnight, three weeks is too long for such an interesting periodical!

2) During a business trip you are entitled to $40 per diems.

3) We receive this bimonthly newsletter every week.

4) Ben easily organised this year's biannual Christmas corporate party.

5) During the meeting all sport stars of yesteryear were present to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the sports centre.

6) Equinox is an occasion when day and night are of different length.

7) The amount of money a person earns per annum is called a biennial salary.

8) Dozen is an odd number.

9) A gross is twelve dozens.

10) The arithmetic mean is the sum of all the values in a list of numerical values divided by the number of items in the list.

11) Five is an ordinal number, fifth is a cardinal number.

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