Complete the following sentences.
1. Where is your ......................................?
2. I would like to paint the ........................................
3. She gave me some ........................................
He has eaten two .............................................
5. I have ............................................... important work to do.
6. ......................................... lightning struck the building.
7. The lightning was followed by a deafening ..........................................
8. I heard ..............................................
9. We need to buy ............................................. furniture.
10. Have you got ......................................... equipment to fix this?
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.
