Unit 7 practice

1-Choose the correct sentence regarding countable and uncountable nouns:

• There are five furnitures in the room.

• There are five pieces of furniture in the room

• There are much chairs in the room

• There are many softwares on my computer.

2-Choose the correct sentence regarding countable and uncountable nouns and say why:

A) There are five furnitures in the room.

B) There are five pieces of furniture in the room.

C) There are much chairs in the room.

D) There are many softwares on my computer.

Answer explanation

B) There are five pieces of furniture in the room is the correct answer as there is a number and the word pieces before the uncountable noun furniture.

3-Choose the correct sentence regarding countable and uncountable nouns:

• I have much information to share.

• I have many money in my wallet.

• I have many informations to share.

• I have much monies in my wallet.

4-I don't like black coffee. I usually have it with________

• two sugar and one milk

• two pieces of sugar

• many milk

• milk and sugar

5-The receptionist at the front desk gave me two_______

• informations

• information

• lots of information

• pieces of information

6-I went shopping last weekend and I bought_________

• two clothings

• 
  two cloth

• two items of clothing

• two clothes

7-Choose the correct answer and explain why:

A-There were papers in sarah's garbage that had a lot of personal details about her.

B-There were paper in sarah's garbage that had a lot of personal details about her.

C-There were paper's in sarah's garbage that had a lot of personal details about her.

D-There were papers' in sarah's garbage that had a lot of personal details about her.

Answer explanation

The answer is A) There were papers in Sarah's garbage that had a lot of personal details about her. Because the word paper is countable referring to the documents in the garbage.

8-________have you got in the bank? Is it enough to buy a house?

• How much moneys

• How many money

• How many moneys

• How much money

9-Can I borrow ______from you? I've left mine at home and I want to write some notes.

• a piece of paper

• paper

• a paper

• a slice of paper

10-When I listened to the radio this morning, ________very bad. England are out of the World Cup.

• the new was

• the news were

• the new's

• 
  the news was