Several, plenty of, (a large/ small) amount/number a) 8.5.2.1 Read the examples. Say them In your language. How do we use the words in bold? Word formation (verb suffixes) Read the theory. Form verbs from the words in brackets in the correct form. We use these suffixes to form verbs: - Ise (apology - apologise) ate (fabric - fabricate) en (short - shorten) ify (beauty - beautify) • We use plenty of with countable and uncountable nouns. There is plenty of food in the fridge. We use several only with countable nouns to express a small number of something. I drank several cups of tea this morning. We use (a large/small) amount of with uncountable nouns. We must lower the amount of red meat in our diets. We use (a large/small) number of with countable nouns. The number of students who eat at the school canteen has increased. 1 Eating food containing calcium helps to your teeth and bones. (STRENGTH) 2 Scientists food into carbohydrates, proteins and fats. (CLASS) 3 Ulan wants his new restaurant to in healthy, vegetarian food. (SPECIAL) 4 The headteacher is a plan to encourage healthy eating. (FORMULA)