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Nouns exercise 1

February 5, 2011 - pdf

Complete the following sentences. 

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

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

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

Correct! Wrong!

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.

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