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Countable or uncountable?
Sort the nouns, and stop saying informations and advices.
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Countable or uncountable?
Countable or uncountable?: worked examples
Five from the set, with the answer filled in and the rule that decides it. The remaining questions are in the answer key below.
- 01
information → Uncountable
Uncountable: count it with 'a piece of information'.
- 02
fact → Countable
Countable, the countable partner of 'information'.
- 03
advice → Uncountable
Uncountable: count it with 'a piece of advice'.
- 04
suggestion → Countable
Countable, the countable partner of 'advice'.
- 05
tip → Countable
Answer key: all 28 questions
- 01information → Uncountable
- 02fact → Countable
- 03advice → Uncountable
- 04suggestion → Countable
- 05tip → Countable
- 06news → Uncountable
- 07furniture → Uncountable
- 08chair → Countable
- 09luggage → Uncountable
- 10suitcase → Countable
- 11bag → Countable
- 12equipment → Uncountable
- 13machine → Countable
- 14homework → Uncountable
- 15task → Countable
- 16work → Uncountable
- 17job → Countable
- 18research → Uncountable
- 19bread → Uncountable
- 20loaf → Countable
- 21progress → Uncountable
- 22traffic → Uncountable
- 23journey → Countable
- 24weather → Uncountable
- 25money → Uncountable
- 26coin → Countable
- 27note → Countable
- 28meal → Countable
The rule behind it
- Much vs manyMany goes with things you can count: many books, many people.
- Some vs anyThe usual rule is some in positive statements, any in negatives and questions.
- Few, a few, little, a littleThe article decides the attitude.
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