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Inventories<br />

b) Functional<br />

Ordering<br />

Promising<br />

Offering<br />

Arranging<br />

Predicting<br />

Requesting<br />

Certainty<br />

Willingness<br />

<strong>Handbook</strong> <strong>telc</strong> English A2·B1<br />

I’ll have the chicken pie with French fries, please.<br />

As soon as it is ready, we’ll deliver it to you.<br />

You must be tired. I’ll do the washing up.<br />

I know … we’ll collect the picnic and then we’ll go to Anne’s place.<br />

It’s going to rain tonight.<br />

Will you do me a favour?<br />

He’ll be there. He won’t want to miss it.<br />

Don’t worry. I’ll see her home.<br />

I am not going to tell anyone. Your secret is safe with me.<br />

c) others<br />

About to They were just about to get changed into their swimming suits.<br />

2 Expressing Quantity<br />

A Plurality<br />

1) Plurals I’ll need six eggs and four slices of ham.<br />

Make sure the children are ready for school.<br />

I’ll be ready when I have cleaned my teeth.<br />

2) Nouns always plural I need a new pair of trousers.<br />

Please pass me the scissors.<br />

They live on the outskirts of town.<br />

You are advised to keep your valuables in the safe.<br />

3) Nouns always<br />

singular<br />

They never have any soap in the bathrooms.<br />

I’ll give you a hand moving the furniture.<br />

So much baggage for such a short trip!<br />

If it wasn’t for music then I don’t know what I’d do.<br />

I don’t think I have the courage to face him.<br />

4) Concord He always smiles when he walks into the room.<br />

They are coming tomorrow.<br />

They all like Mozart.<br />

b Countability<br />

1) A / an<br />

(countable)<br />

2) Some / any<br />

(uncountable)<br />

Do you want a biscuit to go with that?<br />

Actually, I’d prefer an apple.<br />

Do you have any cheese?<br />

I’d like some sugar on it, please.<br />

I don’t have any experience in dealing with that sort of thing.<br />

Actually, any advice at all would be useful.<br />

I’d like some information about boat trips.<br />

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