Toeic grammar and sentence

Day 1
Noun

• How to use the word "How many"&"How much"
• How many 加可數名詞[CN]
• How much加不可屬名詞[UN]

1. How many representatives will you be sending to the conference?
2. How much milk do you want? Not too much. Just a little.
3. Do you know how many people can fit in that car?(people 為集合名詞，為複數。)
4. I don't have much time.

• How to use "The" 要表達特定名詞，前面須加冠詞。

1. The CEO was late to the meeting.
2. I need to prepare one story for the short story class per week.
3. The children counted at least twenty fish swimming in the aquarium. They were all goldfish.(fishes是指很多種類的魚)

idiomatic expressions 1

Some idiomatic for the word in "Fire"

1.play with fire.玩火自焚

2.set something on fire.陷某事/某人於不義

3.set fire to something.搧風點火

4.never set the Thames on fire.驚人之舉(If you do something remarkable, you set the Thames on fire, though this expression is used in the negative; someone who is dull or undistiguished will never set the Thames on fire.)

世博英語