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Exercises
51.1 Complete the sentences with words from A opposite.
1 Ittakesac onsiderable amountoftimetolearntoskiwell.
2 As quantityoffoodisthrownawayeverydaybysupermarkets.It’sascandal.(two
possible answers)
3 Thescientistsfoundonlyam amountofthechemicalinthefoodandsaiditwassafe
toeat.
4 Weateane amountoffoodatdinnerlastnight!(twopossibleanswers)
5 V amountsofmoneyarewastedbygovernmentdepartmentseveryyear.
6 Thenumberofstudentsregisteringforourcoursesisabouta fortheautumnsemester.
7 At amountofwaterhadgotintothekeyboardanditstoppedworking.
8 Lastyearwedidn’treallynoticeanincreaseinprices,butthisyeartheincreasehasbeen
s .
51.2 Use words from A to fill the gaps. More than one answer may be possible.
1 Evena tiny / minute amountofsandcandamageacamera.
2 I’vehadanabsolutely amountofworklately.I’mexhausted!
3 Oh,you’vegivenmea amountoffoodhere!Imustn’teattoomuch.
4 Ittakesa amountofmoneytostartabusiness.
5 An amountoffatinyourdietisdangerous.
51.3 Circle the most suitable answer. More than one may be correct.
1 Tons/ Scores /Bagsofpeoplecameontothestreetstohearhisspeech.
2 We’vegotloads/scores/dozensoftime.Thetraindoesn’tleavetill2.30.
3 Therewas/weretonsoffoodleftoverafterthedinnerparty.
4 I’vegotheap/loads/dozensofCDsthatIneverplayanymore.
5 Therewas/weredozensofpeoplewaitingoutsidethebuilding.
51.4 Using intensifiers from C, write what you could say in the following situations.
1 You thought someone’s views were completely ridiculous. His/Her views were utterly ridiculous.
2 Youreadtwonovelsbythesameauthorwhichwerecompletelydifferent.
3 Youthoughtsomeone’sbehaviourwascompletelyunacceptable.
4 Youthoughtaparticularwayofworkingproducedchaos.
5 Youlistenedtosomeone’sstoryanddidnotbelieveawordofit.
6 Youthinkthereshouldbeacompletebanonusingmobilephonesincinemas.
51.5 Over to you
Write sentences that are true for you using these collocations:
wholly dependent utterly confused totally unexpected utter nonsense
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