POETRY has fascinated Alan since he was a little boy.

I'm afraid the students haven't made MUCH PROGRESS in the past few weeks.

PUBLICITY is very important for new companies.
...... is/are very important for new companies.

Dr Brown has completed SOME SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH recently.

What you are saying is just RUBBISH.

We are all familiar with the SLANG used in London.

Can you hear or see THUNDER?

There's a lot of TRAFFIC on our roads these days.

We need to study some new VOCABULARY.

Your WORK is very interesting indeed.