Nouns exercise 1

Complete the following sentences.

1. Where is your ......................................?

2. I would like to paint the ........................................

3. She gave me some ........................................

He has eaten two .............................................

5. I have ............................................... important work to do.

6. ......................................... lightning struck the building.

7. The lightning was followed by a deafening ..........................................

8. I heard ..............................................

9. We need to buy ............................................. furniture.

10. Have you got ......................................... equipment to fix this?

Answers

1. Where is your luggage?

2. I would like to paint the scenery.

3. She gave me a piece of advice. OR She gave me some advice.

4. He has eaten two pieces of bread. OR He has eaten two loaves of bread.

5. I have some important work to do. OR I have an important piece of work to do.

6. A flash of lightning struck the building.

7. The lightning was followed by a deafening clap of thunder.

8. I heard a piece of news.

9. We need to buy some furniture.

10. Have you got some equipment to fix this? OR Have you got a tool to fix this?

Notes

The words news, furniture, scenery, advice, information etc., are uncountable in English. We cannot use numbers or the articles a/an with uncountable nouns. Also note that most uncountable nouns are singular with no plural forms.