COMMON UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (55) ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR ELEMENTARY

ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR ELEMENTARY

COMMON UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (55)

A	WHAT ARE COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS? COUNTABLE You can count them: four apples, two shoes. Can I have three apples and some sugar, please? UNCOUNTABLE You can’t count it. [NOT three luggages] Are these shoes yours? Is this luggage yours?
B	EVERYDAY UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
C	FOOD A lot of uncountable nouns are kinds of food and drink. 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

55.1	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 ____money_____ 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.
55.2	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
55.3	Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verb be. 1 Accommodation in the city centre ______is______ 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.
55.4	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. ______________________________ Over to you Use a dictionary to check if these words are countable or uncountable and make a note of them in your vocabulary notebook: equipment biscuit homework vehicle

ANSWER KEY

55.1	2	milk; butter
	3	advice
	4	air
	5	work
	6	traffic

54.2	2	a
	3	e
	4	f
	5	g
	6	c
	7	b

55.3	2	is/was
	3	is/was
	4	is; was
	5	is/was
	6	is/was

55.4	2	Where can I get some information about your country?
	3	Let me give you some advice.
	4	Cook this spaghetti for ten minutes.
	5	Can I have some bread, please?
	6	We need to buy some new furniture.
	7	The east of the country usually has better weather than the west. [NOT a better weather]
	8	I must find some new accommodation soon.