English Worksheet Page 2
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4some / a great deal of / plenty of – abuses has
9. Abuse
NO PLURAL FORM
appeared in newspapers
Uncountable noun / Pieces of / some / a
10. Research
NO PLURAL FORM
great deal of / plenty of
11. Aids
NO PLURAL FORM
Used in the singular sense – Aids is bad
12. Work
NO PLURAL FORM
Uncountable – contrast with works = obras
Knowledge is / some / a great deal of / plenty
13. Knowledge
NO PLURAL FORM
of
The police is / the police are / the
14. Police
NO PLURAL FORM
policeman/officer
III - Write down the words you hear. Don’t worry about the spelling yet.
1.theft
2. takeover
3.spare
4. flippant
5.fraudster
6. sprees
7.harvest
8. fast-growing
9.mortgages
10. to net
11. scant
12. lift
IV – Now match the words above with their meanings below.
a)
flippant
– dismissive, offhand, frivolous
b)
fast-growing
– developing swiftly
c)
lift
- to steal
d)
takeover
– capture of something
e)
scant
- very little of something
f)
spare
– extra
g)
sprees
– extravaganza, fling, binge
h)
theft
– the crime of stealing something
i)
mortgages
– bank loans to buy a house
j)
fraudster
– charlatan, cheat, swindler
k)
net
– gain, obtain
l)
harvest
– to collect
V – Place the words in the gaps accordingly.
In his short career as a fraudster, Tee – now rebuilding his life after serving time - estimates that he
stole as much as £250,000 through a mixture of harvested credit card details, identity theft and bank
account takeover. Police officials said the volume of online crime is so high that they are unable to
investigate every case, and now big criminals are moving into the fast-growing field. According to Tee,
“Although it sounds really flippant, I worked less than I would have in a part-time job.” In spare
moments around his university schedule - he was studying law -, Tee would take card details lifted from
insecure websites or passed on from other criminals, and embark on spending sprees that netted him
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