Complete the sentences. Use either the past simple or the present simple or the present perfect. An example is done for you.

Choose the right version. An example is done for you.

There aren’t much / many / no foreign students at my university.

1. There’s many / any / little traffic at this time of the morning.

2. She’s got a little / much / some friends.

3. I have much / little / many holidays a year.

4. Do you need a lot of / little / much specialists to develop business?

5. There aren’t many / much / some young people in our apartment block.

6. I can’t go out tonight. I haven’t got any / no / many money.

7. A lot of / a little / much people come here on holiday every year.

8. There aren’t some / no / any good night clubs near here.

9. I can’t work here. There’s too many / little / much noise.

10. How much / many / a lot of deals did he have when he started working for that company?

3. Use the necessary form of the adjectives and adverbs given in italics with comparative constructions:

The example is done for you:

The Magistrates’ Court is the lowest low of all the courts in the judicial hierarchy.

1. To pass the just sentence on the case the jury need _________ much evidence than they have studied by now.

2. This young solicitor is by far _________ bad than the rest of the newcomers! He is even _________ bad of all the students of law I’ve ever met!

3. It’s _________ good for you to hire a skilled lawyer than do everything yourself. Your knowledge in legal matters isn’t as _________ profound as any second-rate student of law has.

4. Even after a week there wasn’t _________ hot news in the town than the arson in the local post-office.

5. He has committed something _________ serious than just a mere slander I think.

6. _________ Young the under-aged offender is, _________ mild the sentence.

7. It’s turning _________ difficult and _________ difficult to make the right choice during the election campaign.

8. She is _________ experienced lawyer in our Legal Department. Moreover, I don’t know anybody _________ nice than her here.

Complete the sentences. Use either the past simple or the present simple or the present perfect. An example is done for you.

A company offered (offer) my husband a job but the salary(1)_______(be) was very low and he (2)_______ (refuse) the offer. He (3) __________ (decide) to have his own business and recently (4) ___________ (open) a sports shop. I(5)_______(be) not keen on it. I mean, he (6) ______ never _______ (run) a business before. He says he (7) ___________ (find) a shop for let and now he is going to see the bank manager to ask if he can have a bank loan. The trouble is that the interest rate (8) _____ (be) too high nowadays. He (9) ________ (think) he is going to make a lot of money and then (10) ________ (invest) in stocks and shares. I say he is mad. There won’t be a penny left from the week’s takings after he pay all the bills. Anyway he is very hopeful.