Exercises

Unit 70 · Countable and uncountable 2

70.1

Which is correct

a The engine is making strange noise / a strange noise. What is it? (a strange noise is correct)

a Light / A light comes from the sun.

a I was in a hurry this morning. I didn’t have time / a time for breakfast.

a Can I have glass of water / a glass of water, please?

a We stayed at a hotel. We had very nice room / a very nice room.

70.2

Which is correct

Whichiscorrect?

1Did you have nice weather / a nice weather when you were away? (nice weather is correct)(Example)

We were very unfortunate. We had bad luck / a bad luck.

Our travel / journey from Paris to Moscow by train was very tiring.

When the fire alarm rang, there was complete chaos / a complete chaos.

Bad news don’t / doesn’t make people happy.

There’s some lovely scenery / a lovely scenery in this part of the country.

I like my job, but it’s very hard work / a very hard work.

I want to print some documents, but the printer is out of paper / papers.

The trip took a long time. There was heavy tr affic / a heavy traffic.

Your hair is / Your hairs are too long. You should have it / them cut.

70.3

Complete the sentences using the following words

Complete the sentences using the following wordsUse the plural

1We didn’t have much luggage – just two small bags.(Example)

We have no , not even

a bed or a table.

There is room for everybody to sit

down. There are plenty of .

Who is that woman with short

? Do you know her?

Carla’s English is better than it

was. She’s made good .

If you want to take pictures here,

you need to ask for .

I didn’t know what I should do,

so I asked Chris for .

I don’t think Dan should get the

job. He doesn’t have enough .

Kate has done many interesting things. She

could write a book about her .

The caused by the storm will

cost a lot to repair.

70.4

What do you say in these situations

1Your friends have just arrived at the station. You can’t see any cases or bags. You ask: (luggage) Do you have any luggage ?(Example)

You go to a tourist office. You want to know about places to visit in the town. (information) I’d like .

You are a student. You want your teacher to advise you about which courses to do. You say: (advice) Can you give ?

You applied for a job and you’ve just heard that you were successful. You call Tom and say: (good news) Hi, Tom. I . I got the job!

You are at the top of a mountain. You can see a very long way. It’s beautiful. You say: (view) It , isn’t it?

You look out of the window. The weather is horrible: cold, wet and windy. You say: (weather) What !

Theory

Exercises

Unit 70 · Countable and uncountable 2

70.1

Which is correct

a The engine is making strange noise / a strange noise. What is it? (a strange noise is correct)

a Light / A light comes from the sun.

a I was in a hurry this morning. I didn’t have time / a time for breakfast.

a Can I have glass of water / a glass of water, please?

a We stayed at a hotel. We had very nice room / a very nice room.

70.2

Which is correct

Whichiscorrect?

1Did you have nice weather / a nice weather when you were away? (nice weather is correct)(Example)

We were very unfortunate. We had bad luck / a bad luck.

Our travel / journey from Paris to Moscow by train was very tiring.

When the fire alarm rang, there was complete chaos / a complete chaos.

Bad news don’t / doesn’t make people happy.

There’s some lovely scenery / a lovely scenery in this part of the country.

I like my job, but it’s very hard work / a very hard work.

I want to print some documents, but the printer is out of paper / papers.

The trip took a long time. There was heavy tr affic / a heavy traffic.

Your hair is / Your hairs are too long. You should have it / them cut.

70.3

Complete the sentences using the following words

Complete the sentences using the following wordsUse the plural

1We didn’t have much luggage – just two small bags.(Example)

We have no , not even

a bed or a table.

There is room for everybody to sit

down. There are plenty of .

Who is that woman with short

? Do you know her?

Carla’s English is better than it

was. She’s made good .

If you want to take pictures here,

you need to ask for .

I didn’t know what I should do,

so I asked Chris for .

I don’t think Dan should get the

job. He doesn’t have enough .

Kate has done many interesting things. She

could write a book about her .

The caused by the storm will

cost a lot to repair.

70.4

What do you say in these situations

1Your friends have just arrived at the station. You can’t see any cases or bags. You ask: (luggage) Do you have any luggage ?(Example)

You go to a tourist office. You want to know about places to visit in the town. (information) I’d like .

You are a student. You want your teacher to advise you about which courses to do. You say: (advice) Can you give ?

You applied for a job and you’ve just heard that you were successful. You call Tom and say: (good news) Hi, Tom. I . I got the job!

You are at the top of a mountain. You can see a very long way. It’s beautiful. You say: (view) It , isn’t it?

You look out of the window. The weather is horrible: cold, wet and windy. You say: (weather) What !