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We gave her a box of chocolates (____). ❚You shouldn’t eat too much chocolate (____). 

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How many times (____) did you visit Rome? ❚We have no time (___) to lose!

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A lot of wolves live in the woods (___). ❚The table is made of wood (____).

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He had a few unpleasant experiences (___) while living abroad. ❚Mr Davis has a lot of experience (____) in accounting.

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How many people (____) were at the meeting? ❚ This series is about the European tribes and peoples (____) from their origins in prehistory to the present day.

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Nouns such as: clothes, ____ (поліція), stairs, surroundings, outskirts (____), earnings (____), wages (____), cattle (____), poultry (____), etc.

e.g. Designer clothes are rather expensive. ❚The police are looking for the bank robbers.

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Nouns which refer to objects that consist of two parts: trousers, binoculars, shoes, shorts, earrings, tights (____), pyjamas, gloves, socks, ____ (ножиці), glasses, etc.

○ We do not use a/an or a number with these words.

We use the phrase pair of … instead.

e.g. Where are my glasses?. ❚I need a new pair of glasses.

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Group nouns such as ____ (жюрі), family, team, group, class, crew, ____ (натовп), audience, committee (____), council, company, army, press, club, government (____), etc. when we mean the group as a unit.

BUT we use plural verbs when we mean the individuals who make up the group.

e.g. My family is very important to me. ❚My family are going away next weekend.

○ School subjects: economics, physics, maths, politics, etc.

○ Sports: gymnastics, athletics, bowls, etc.

○ Games: billiards, darts, dominoes, draughts, etc.

○ Illnesses: measles, mumps, flu, pneumonia, etc.

○ news

e.g. I think physics is very interesting to study. ❚The bad news is we have to deal with it.

● Plural nouns when we talk about an amount of money, a time period, weight, distance, etc.

e.g. Four thousand dollars was donated to develop this school. ❚Two years is a long period of time.