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Grammar: nouns, pronouns, articles and quantifiers

36 marks. Use Practice to check each answer as you go, or Exam to answer everything first. The questions follow UASA Paper 1 Part 1 and Part 2 and Paper 2, using the contexts of Pulse 2 Units 6 and 9.

Section A: choose the best answer

12 marks
Choose the best answer A, B or C.
1

Question 1

The sun is one of ______ biggest dangers in the Australian Outback.
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A
A superlative adjective (biggest) takes the.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Articles: superlatives
Textbook p. 98
2

Question 2

You must take ______ water with you on a hike in the desert.
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A
Water is uncountable, and enough means as much as you need. Many and a few go with plural countable nouns.
For the teacher: Remembering, low difficulty, standard Uncountable nouns
Textbook p. 98
3

Question 3

Molly hates shopping. ______ prefers playing computer games.
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B
Molly is the doer, so a subject pronoun is needed: She (textbook p.70).
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Pronouns: subject and object
Textbook p. 70
4

Question 4

Dear Grandma, thank you for my new trainers. I'm wearing them right now!
What does "them" refer to?
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A
Them is plural and is the thing being worn, so it refers to the trainers.
For the teacher: Understanding, low difficulty, standard Pronoun reference
Textbook p. 70
5

Question 5

You change 200 euros into dollars. How ______ dollars will you get?
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C
Dollars are countable and plural, so how many is correct.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Quantifiers: much / many
Textbook p. 67
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Question 6

Which sentence is correct?
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B
Half a kilo of bananas is the pattern used in the p.67 maths problem: unit + of + noun, and the unit stays singular after half a.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Units of quantity: a kilo of
Textbook p. 67
7

Question 7

Be careful with the sharp knife. You may cut ______.
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C
The doer and receiver are the same person (you), so the reflexive yourself is needed.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Reflexive pronouns
Textbook p. 98
8

Question 8

Which sentence is correct?
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C
News is uncountable and takes a singular verb: was.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Nouns: collective and uncountable
Textbook p. 98
9

Question 9

Few people live in the Outback. What does this sentence tell us?
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A
Few (without a) means hardly any, a negative idea. A few would mean some.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard few and a few
Textbook p. 98
10

Question 10

A tarantula is a big spider ______ lives in hot places.
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C
A spider is an animal (a thing), so which is used. Who is for people and whose shows belonging.
For the teacher: Analysing, medium difficulty, standard Relative pronouns
Textbook p. 99
11

Question 11

Which sentence has an article mistake?
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B
Most countries take no article (Australia) and by + transport takes none (by plane). The other two are correct.
For the teacher: Evaluating, high difficulty, standard Articles: no article
Textbook p. 98
12

Question 12

Paul says: "The trainers on the shelf are ______." The trainers belong to him. Which word is correct?
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B
No noun follows the gap, so a possessive pronoun (mine) is needed. My needs a noun after it.
For the teacher: Evaluating, medium difficulty, standard Pronouns: possessive
Textbook p. 70

Section B: error correction

8 marks
Read the text. Correct the underlined word in each gap. Write one correct word.
13

Question 13

A trip to the Outback
My friend and (0) me went to the Outback last year. (a) Us took (b) a enough food and water. The guide gave us (c) many useful advice about snakes. He is (d) best guide in the town and he knows the desert very well. We saw (e) much kangaroos near (f) an river. Several (g) tourist were taking photographs and one of (h) they fell into the mud.
Example: (0) me → I
[1 mark] (a)Us
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Subject pronoun for the doer.
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[1 mark] (b)a
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Enough is already a quantifier, so the article is not needed.
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[1 mark] (c)many
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Advice is uncountable.
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[1 mark] (d)best
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A superlative takes the.
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[1 mark] (e)much
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Kangaroos are countable and plural.
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[1 mark] (f)an
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River begins with a consonant sound.
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[1 mark] (g)tourist
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Several is followed by a plural noun.
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[1 mark] (h)they
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After the preposition of, use the object pronoun.
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For the teacher: Analysing, low difficulty, standard Part 2: nouns, articles, pronouns, quantifiers
Textbook p. 98

Section C: short answers and writing

16 marks
Answer all questions.
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Question 14

[1 mark] (a)Change the words in bold to a pronoun.
If I find some cheap DVDs, I'm going to buy the DVDs.
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[1 mark] (b)Write the plural of child, tooth and species.
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[1 mark] (c)Join the sentences with who or which: The pilot found the car. The pilot was flying over the desert.
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[1 mark] (d)Complete: We don't have ______ (enough / many) food, so we must buy ______ (a few / a little) rice.
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enough ... a little
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For the teacher: Applying, medium difficulty, standard Pronouns and plurals
Textbook p. 70
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Question 15

[4 marks] (a)Think of a remote or hot place in your country. Write four or five sentences (about 40 words) of advice to visitors. Use enough, one other quantifier, the with a superlative, and two different pronouns.
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Model answer: If you visit Gunung Mulu, take enough water because the jungle is very humid. Bring a few warm clothes, because the nights can be cold. The caves are the biggest in Malaysia, so you should hire a guide who knows them well. Look after yourself and do not leave your group.
Any 4 points
Tick each point you got.
For the teacher: Creating, high difficulty, standard Paper 2: nouns, articles, quantifiers and pronouns in writing
Textbook p. 98
16

Question 16

I'm going to have my birthday party tomorrow. Ten of my friends are coming, but my brother isn't going to come because he hates bowling. I think that's because he isn't very good at it! I'll invite him to join us later though.
What do the words refer to?
[1 mark] (a)he (first one)
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[1 mark] (b)it
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[1 mark] (c)him
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[1 mark] (d)us
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For the teacher: Understanding, medium difficulty, standard Pronoun reference in a letter
Textbook p. 70
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Question 17

[1 mark] (a)There is too much sun in the afternoon.
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Correct
Sun is uncountable, so too much is right.
[1 mark] (b)There are too much tourists at the lake.
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Wrong
Tourists are countable: too many tourists.
[1 mark] (c)Few tourists visit the desert in summer, so it is quiet.
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Correct
Few means hardly any, which fits quiet.
[1 mark] (d)Please bring a big water bottle enough.
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Wrong
Enough goes before the noun: enough big water bottles / a big enough bottle.
For the teacher: Applying, low difficulty, standard Quantifiers and articles in context
Textbook p. 98