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1. Use a plural noun with these expressions:
several There are several large buildings on my campus.
one of One of the buildings is new.
different My classes are in different buildings.
numbers There are three cafeterias in the Student Union.
2. Use a plural noun and a plural verb form
OR
use a noncount noun and a singular verb form after these expressions:
a lot of There are a lot of chairs in my classroom.
There is a lot of furniture in my house.
most of Most of my classes are in the same building.
Most of the furniture in the classroom is new.
some of Some of the chairs are green.
Some of the chalk is yellow.

D1. Write the correct form of the noun.

1. New York has several (university) ___________
2. Most of the (building) __________ at my university are large.

3. There are a lot of foreign (student) ________ at UCLA.
4. Students from different (country) ___________ speak different (language) _________

5. Six (student) __________ in my class are from Malaysia.
6. I spent most of my (money) _________

7. One of my (friend) _________ is from Canada.
8. Some of the (bread) ___________ is hard.

9. We drank a lot of orange (juice) _________
10. Some of the (orange) _________ are not sweet.

D2. Use four of the expressions in D in sentences.

E. Prepositions: from … to

Use from … to for time and places.

We were in Canada from July 1 to August 15.
We drove from Barcelona to Madrid.

E1. Write two sentences using from … to. Write one about time and one about
places.
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