Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the noun.
1I would like to paint that ...............
Wrong!
"Scenery" is an uncountable noun for the natural features of a place, so it has no plural form; "that" cannot be used with a plural noun such as "scenes".
2We haven't got any ...............
Wrong!
"Furniture" is uncountable, so the correct answer is "furniture".
3The living room looks cluttered with too ............... furniture.
Wrong!
Use "much" with the uncountable noun "furniture".
4If I receive any ..............., I will definitely let you know.
Wrong!
"Information" is uncountable, so the correct answer is "information".
5Don't carry too ............... luggage while traveling.
Wrong!
Use "much" with the uncountable noun "luggage".
6Can I have a ...............?
Wrong!
Use "loaf of bread" to mean one whole unit of bread.
7He provided ............... with food.
Wrong!
"The poor" means poor people as a group.
8She is collecting money for ...............
Wrong!
"The blind" means blind people as a group.
9............... struggle to get by.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Poor people" and "The poor" are both correct ways to refer to poor people as a group.
10There was no ............... on the bus, so we got off.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Space" and "room" both mean available space here.
11She has written many ...............
Wrong!
Use "poems" because "many" takes a plural countable noun.
12We had a good ............... of football.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
"Match" and "game" are both natural countable nouns for football here.
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- I would like to paint that scenery
- We haven’t got any furniture
- The living room looks cluttered with too much furniture.
- If I receive any information, I will definitely let you know.
- Don’t carry too much luggage while traveling.
- Can I have a loaf of bread?
- He provided the poor with food.
- She is collecting money for the blind
- Poor people / The poor struggle to get by.
- There was no space / room on the bus, so we got off.
- She has written many poems
- We had a good match / game of football.