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E1. Put a or an before each singular count noun. Put some before each noncount
noun or plural count noun.

1. We live in _________ old house.
2. There is __________ fruit on the kitchen table.
3. Please put ________ bananas on the plate.
4. We need ____________ fresh air in this room.
5. There is _________ chalk on the chalkboard.
6. They have _________ new furniture in their living room.
7. We need to buy _______ food at the supermarket.
8. Is there _________ orange in the refrigerator?
9. There is ___________ water on the bathroom floor.
10. She has __________ new sofa and _________ new chairs.

E2. Use these words in sentences: apple, orange juice, chairs, and furniture.

F. Combining sentences

A good composition has some short sentences and some long ones. This makes the
composition more interesting. You can combine two short sentences to make one long
sentence.

Method 1:

I got up. I took a shower.
I got up and took a shower.
In the afternoon he went home. In the afternoon he did his homework.
In the afternoon he went home and did his homework.

F1. Combine these sentences. Write the subject only once.

1. Tom collects stamps. Tom plays the guitar.
2. We watch television in the evening. We read in the evening.
3. She is from Venezuela. She speaks Spanish.
4. After class Ann went home. After class Ann had lunch.
5. In the morning she drives to the university. In the morning she has breakfast in the
cafeteria.

F2. Write five sentences like the ones in F. each sentence will have one subject and
two different verbs.

WRITE

A. Write a composition about what you did yesterday. Use the past tense. Write some
short sentences and some long sentences.

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