LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

Key 11.11A-11.13E

2.3 Countable and uncountable nouns (1)

2.3A Countable and uncountable nouns compared

1 painting С 2 milk U 3 photos С 4 oil U

5 drawings С 6 Hope U 7 hope С 8 flour U

9 shirts С 10 coal U

2.3B Nouns which can be either countable or
uncountable: 'an egg/egg'
1 onion U 2 fish U 3 eggs С 4 cake U
5 motorway С 6 ice С 7 glasses С 8 stones С
9 paper U 10 iron С

2.3C Normally uncountable nouns used as
countables (1): 'a coffee/(some) coffee'
1 I'd like (some) tea/(some) coffee, please.
2 I'd like a/one coffee and two teas, please.
3 I'd like a/one beer, a/one lemonade and a/one
tomato juice, please.
4 I'd like two coffees, three teas and one milk/a
glass of milk

2.3D Normally uncountable nouns used as
countables (2): 'oil/a light oil'
1 a light oil 2 an excellent wine 3 a traditional cloth
4 a rare wood.

2.3E Context
1 (-) 2 a/(-) 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a
10(-) 11a 12 a 13 some 14 a

2.4 Countable and uncountable nouns (2)

2.4A Singular equivalents of uncountable nouns:
'bread/a loaf
1 coat/jacket/dress, etc. 2 laugh
3 suitcase/bag/case, etc. 4 job 5 room/bed

2.4B Nouns not normally countable in English:
'information'

Write 1 :
The following need ticks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 12

Write 2:
1 some 2 (-) 3 any 4 a 5 the 6 some/a lot of
7 some/a lot of 8 a lot of/some/the
9 the/some/a lot of 10 a 11a 12 some/a lot of
13 some 14 a lot of 15 (-) 16 any 17 (-)
18 a lot of/some 19 a lot of/some 20 a

2.4C Partitives: 'a piece of, etc.
1 a cube of ice 2 a bar of chocolate 3 a slice of
bread 4 a sheet of paper 5 a bar of soap
6 a bottle of milk 7 a jar of jam 8 a box of

matches 9 a pot of tea 10a tube of toothpaste

11 a drop of water 12a pinch of salt 13 a sip of tea

14 a splash of soda 15 a wisp of smoke

2.4D Context

1a 2 (-) 3 (-) 4 (-) 5 (-) 6 (-) 7 Some

8 a lot of 9 (-) 10 (-)

2.5 Number (singular and plural) (1)

2.5A Nouns with plurals ending in -s or -es:

'friends', 'matches'

/s/ /z/ /IZ/

1 clocks 7 bottles 13 addresses

2 lakes 8 cinemas 14 beaches

3 lights 9 guitars 15 offices

4 months 10 hotels 16 pieces

Sparks 11 islands 17 spaces

6 tapes 12 smiles 18 villages

2.5B Nouns with plurals ending in -s or -es:

'countries' 'knives'

1 These cherries are very sweet.

2 I've lost my keys.

3 These knives are blunt.

4 The leaves are turning yellow.

5 The roofs have been damaged.

6 We have three Henrys in our family.

2.5C Nouns ending in -o and some irregular plural

forms

1 Which videos do you like best?

2 Which volcanoes/volcanos are erupting?

3 These are John's pet mice.

4 These teeth are giving me trouble.

5 Can you see those geese?

6 Postmen are busy all the time.

7 We're going to sell those sheep.

8 I can see salmon/some salmon in the water.

9 Which aircraft have just landed?

10 The Swiss are used to mountains.

2.5D Context

1 foods 2 cakes 3 biscuits 4 tomatoes

5 oranges 6 men 7 women 8 lives 9 cuisines

10 Japanese 11 Swiss 12 products

13 strawbe rr/'es 14 peach es 15 potato es

16 spaghetti

2.6 Number (singular and plural) (2)

2.6A Collective nouns followed by singular or

plural verbs: 'government'

1 is/are 2 is/are 3 are 4 is/are 5 has/have

баге 7 have 8 are 9 is/are 10 are 11 is/are

12 have