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G quantifiers
V electronic devices, phrasal verbs You look
P ough and augh, linking stressed! Yes, I have
too much work
and not enough
9B Too much information! time to do it.

1 GRAMMAR quantifiers 2 PRONUNCIATION ough and augh

a Look at the illustration. How many P ough and augh
electronic devices can you see? W hich ones Be careful with the letters ough and augh. They can have different
do you have? W hat do you use them for? pronunciations.
Try to remember how to pronounce the most common words that
b C ircle the correct phrase in 1 -6 . have this combination of letters, e.g., although.
1 I used to have a lot o f I lot o f different
gadgets, but now I use my phone for almost a W rite the words in the list in the correct column.
everything.
although bought brought caught cough daughter
2 I'd like to buy a better computer, but I don’t enough laugh thought through tough
have enough money / money enough right now.
3 I spend too much / too many time every
day online.
4 I only have a little / a few friends on
Facebook, and no / none o f them are
close friends.
5 I never watch TV or movies on my phone
because the screen isn’t enough big /
big enough.
6 I like downloading new apps to my phone,
but I think some o f them are too / too much
b 5 14))) Listen and check. W hich is the m ost com m on sound?
difficult to use.
W hich four words finish with the sound /{/?
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c 5 15))) Listen to sentences 1 -5 and practice saying them.
about quantifiers and practice them.
1 I thought I’d brought enough money with me.
d Talk to a partner. Are the sentences in b true
2 My daughter caught a bad cold.
for you? Say why (not).
3 I bought it although it was very expensive.
4 W e’ve been through some tough times.
5 I didn’t laugh! It was a cough.

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