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A. Match the idioms in Column A with their meanings in Column B.
Column A Column B
1. feel under the weather a. do something in the easiest and
cheapest way
2. a piece of cake b. make a situation worse
3. add fuel to the fire c. be unwell
4. cut corners d. very rarely
5. once in a blue moon e. something that is very easy to do
B. Now, use the idioms from Exercise A to make sentences of your own.
Grammar
Countable Nouns
Read the following sentences.
The same day a customer came in and bought the shoes.
The elves were delighted to see the clothes and the shoes on the table.
The highlighted words are examples of countable nouns.
Countable nouns refer to things that can be counted. They may be singular or plural. For
example:
house houses
book books
bun buns
plate plates
With countable nouns we use words like a, an, few, a few, many, several, etc. to indicate
number or quantity.
an elephant a few girls many cities
A. Fill in the blanks with the singular or plural forms of the countable nouns
given in brackets.
1. Atul has five _____________. (cousin)
2. There are many beautiful _____________ in this town. (building)
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