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Nouns, agreement and
articles

Compound nouns and noun phrases; subject-verb agreement;
countable and uncountable nouns; articles

Context listening

Eli
Nazim has applied to do a college course in Environmental Science. You are going to listen to part of
his interview for a place on the course. What questions do you think the interviewer will ask?

ElE1 OE Listen and check whether you were right.

1111 CIE Listen again and write one word in each gap to complete the compound nouns.

tho.nge,
I climate -making 3 rain
2

6 lighting
5
4 river -saving
9 mountain

7 8 the arms
scheme
1.4 Which of the following forms do each of the compound nouns from 1.3 take?
form
noun +
noun + noun -ing form + noun
Ela Ignoring the shaded parts for now, complete these pain of sentences from the interview with a,
the or — (=no article).
drought there for a number of months, and river levels are low.
1
a
There's been
The main problem has been the effect of
b drought on food supplies.
a And what are your plans for
2 future?
b future without farming in an area like that.
It's hard to imagine
a What do you want to do after you've left
3 college,
Have you got any questions about the course here at ?
b college
1.6 Can you explain the difference in meaning of the shaded parts of the sentences?
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