Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
1For the picnic, how ............... bottles of water should we take for six people?
Wrong!
Use "many" because bottles are separate things that can be counted.
2There is ............... juice left—only enough for one small glass.
Wrong!
Use "a little" with the uncountable noun juice; there is enough for one glass.
3Luckily, there are ............... eggs left—enough to make breakfast for both of us.
Wrong!
"a few" means a small but useful number; “luckily” and “enough” show a positive meaning.
4How ............... time do we have before the taxi arrives? About ten minutes.
Wrong!
Use "much" to ask about the amount of the uncountable noun time.
5Before my trip, Maya gave me two useful ............... about saving money.
Wrong!
Advice is uncountable, so use "pieces of advice" after the number two.
6The information on this notice ............... useful, so read it before the trip.
Wrong!
Information is uncountable and takes the singular verb "is".
7Please buy ............... from the bakery; one loaf will be enough.
Wrong!
Use "some bread" because bread is uncountable here; the next clause gives the amount as one loaf.
8There is ............... in the fruit salad; I used only half of a green one.
Wrong!
Use "some apple" because only part of one apple was added to the salad.
9We need ............... chairs than yesterday because only four people are coming today.
Wrong!
Use "fewer" when comparing numbers of countable things such as chairs.
10Use ............... sugar this time; the last cake was too sweet.
Wrong!
Use "less" when comparing amounts of an uncountable noun such as sugar.
11We need one more ............... for the bedroom: a small desk.
Wrong!
Furniture is uncountable, so one desk is described as a "piece of furniture".
12There aren't ............... slices of cheese left, so each sandwich can have only one.
Wrong!
Use "many" because slices are separate countable units.
Answers
- For the picnic, how many bottles of water should we take for six people?
- There is a little juice left—only enough for one small glass.
- Luckily, there are a few eggs left—enough to make breakfast for both of us.
- How much time do we have before the taxi arrives? About ten minutes.
- Before my trip, Maya gave me two useful pieces of advice about saving money.
- The information on this notice is useful, so read it before the trip.
- Please buy some bread from the bakery; one loaf will be enough.
- There is some apple in the fruit salad; I used only half of a green one.
- We need fewer chairs than yesterday because only four people are coming today.
- Use less sugar this time; the last cake was too sweet.
- We need one more piece of furniture for the bedroom: a small desk.
- There aren’t many slices of cheese left, so each sandwich can have only one.