E n g L i s h jenni Currie Santamaria

verb
adjective
noun
B.
Use the new words
Complete the sentences with the boldface words from Exercise A.
1.
She did not choose to ________________ his approach to feeding children 
unhealthy food.
2.
The ________________ guidelines provide nutrition information and advice 
on healthy foods to eat.
3.
He tries to ________________ his students into thoughtful and caring 
people.
4.
The things we like to do most, and the foods we like to eat most, are our 
________________.
5.
I have many different ________________ that I follow daily.
6.
After feeding children healthy foods for a while, it becomes less of a 
________________ to get them to choose healthy foods on their own.
7.
A ________________ is a series of events that happens repeatedly.
8. 
There is nothing ________________ in soda pop.
C.
Idioms
Go-to = 
reliable
This idiom is often used with a person or thing that is most trusted
.
The 
go-to person
on a sports team is someone that can be relied upon to 
perform well.
The 
go-to source
for online hotel reviews would be the most trusted site 
for the reviews.
Copy the sentence from the text that uses this idiom.
V. UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR: 
count and 
noncount nouns
A.
Read about vount and noncount nouns
Knowing the difference between count and noncount nouns will help you to use 
the noun plural ending -s correctly; use the appropriate article, that is, 
the
, 
a
, or 
an
;
 
and use words that express quantities, such as 
many
,
 several
,
 a few
,
 few
,
 
and 
many
.

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Count nouns:
Count nouns are nouns that can be counted. They can be either singular or 
plural nouns:
one 
car
four 
cars
A
,
 an
,
 the
,
 a number
, or 
no article
can come before count nouns.
Count nouns are pluralized by adding
 
-s
 
or
 
-es to the singular form.
Noncount nouns:
Noncount nouns are nouns that cannot be counted.
Noncount nouns are always singular. They cannot be pluralized, and therefore 
they cannot have an -
s
added to the end.
The 
or 
no article
can come before noncount nouns.