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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Common uncountable nouns
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What are countable and uncountable nouns?
A
Can I have
three apples
and
some sugar
, please?
Are
these
shoes
yours?
Is
this
luggage
yours?
Everyday uncountable nouns
B
apples shoes
plates
sugar money luggage
COUNTABLE You can count them: four apples, two
shoes.
UNCOUNTABLE You can’t count it. [NOT three
luggages]
Food
A lot of uncountable nouns are kinds of food and drink.
C
This
furniture
is modern.
I’ll
give you some
advice
about your future.
It’s terrible
weather
today.
Accommodation
here
is expensive.
I need some fresh
air
.
The
traff ic
is bad today.
He can give some useful
information
about Bangkok.
There
is some bad
news
today.
Studying is
hard
work
.
Air
travel
is
faster than
rail
travel
.
rice
spaghetti butter
bread
milk
water
tea
coff ee
Note:
When we want to say how
much we want, we say
two loaves
of
bread,
three litres
of milk,
a kilo
of
rice.
Tip
When you learn a new noun,
write it down in a phrase
which shows if it is countable or uncountable.
Exercises
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English Vocabulary in Use Elementary
Fill the gaps with an uncountable noun from the opposite page.
1 I’d like to buy a car but I haven’t got enough
.
2 Cows give us
and
.
3 If you don’t know what to do,
ask your parents for some
.
4 The
at the seaside is very good for you.
5 Rob left school last month and is now looking for
.
6 There is always a lot of
in central London.
Match the words on the left with the words on the right.
1 heavy
a information
2 useful
b
travel
3 bad
c water
4 modern
d luggage
5 brown
e news
6 cold
f furniture
7 space
g bread
Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verb
be
.
1 Accommodation
in the city centre
expensive.
2 Spaghetti with Italian tomato sauce
very good.
3 The weather in Scotland
best in the autumn.
4 The news
better
today than it
yesterday.
5 Travel
the most important thing in Sam’s life.
6 Their furniture
very old and very beautiful.
Correct the mistakes in these sentences.
1 The news are not very good today.
is
2 Where can I get some informations about your country?
3 Let me give you an advice.
4 Cook these spaghetti for ten minutes.
5 Can I have a bread, please?
6 We need to buy some new furnitures.
7 The east of the country usually has a better weather than the west.
8 I must find a new accommodation soon.
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