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7 Fumiko: "You live in a very beautiful area."
Jose: "Yes, I do. My ( city I house ) is on many postcards."
8 I want to buy a DVD, but I don't have any ( money I friends ).

B Answer the questions below. Discuss your answers with a partner.

1 You can make friends in a club. What is another way?

2 Do you send emails or text messages to your friends? How often?

3 Do you ever buy things online?

4 Do you think you live in a beautiful area? Why or why not?

A Is each noun singular or plural? Check (II'} the correct answer. Vocabulary Skill
Singular and Plural Nouns
/ Noun singular plural
1 blog Singular means one.
Plural means more
2 hobbies
than one. Plural nouns
3 homepage usually end in -s or
4 message -es. for example, cat is
singular. Cats is plural.
5 videos
6 game
7 movies

8 members
9 actor
10 stories

B Complete each sentence with a noun from A. Use the correct singular
or plural form.

1 Johnny Depp is my favorite ______ . I have all his
______ on DVD.
2 There are two on your answering machine.
3 My brother often plays computer with friends.
4 Every day I write on my ______ . That way my friends know
what I've been doing.
5 Alan is a(n) __ ' ____ of a local gym. He exercises a lot.

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