English Grammar with Kudjo. Part 4. Понятная и забавная грамматика для детей и взрослых. Larisa Lubimova
a couple of
2 beef – three
3 thunder – several
4 buckwheat – a few
5 toast – four
6 blood – a few
7 honey- many
8 luggage – five
9 bacon – ten
10 soda – plenty of
11 soup – a good number of
There are some nouns that can be either countable or uncountable depending on the situation. Here are some common nouns of this kind:
1. paper
countable – a document or a newspaper
uncountable — paper in general
2. time
countable — an occasion
uncountable — the general concept of time
3. experience
countable — an event
uncountable — experience in general
4. room
countable – a part of a flat or a house
uncountable — space in general
5. light
countable — a source of light
uncountable — light in general
6. glass
countable — a container for drinking
uncountable — material
7. hair
countable – a strand of hair
uncountable – all the hair on someone’s head
8. iron
countable — an appliance for ironing clothes
uncountable — material
9. wood
countable – a forest
uncountable – material
10. work
countable — a creation
uncountable – process
11. chicken
countable – an animal
uncountable – food
12. memory
countable – a specific memory of a past event
uncountable — the ability to remember
13. beauty
countable — a beautiful woman
uncountable — the quality that makes someone or something attractive
14. business
countable — a company
uncountable — the activity of making, buying or selling things
15. danger
countable – a person or thing that can harm or kill
uncountable — the possibility of something very bad happening
16. failure
countable — a person or thing that is not successful
uncountable — lack of success
17. freedom
countable — the right to do what you want to do
uncountable — the state of being free
18. gossip
countable — a person who likes telling and hearing gossip
uncountable — untrue stories about other people’s private lives
19. jam
сountable — many vehicles stuck together in traffic, or a difficult situation
uncountable – sweet food that’s made from fruit
20. land
countable — a country or region
uncountable – the earth’s surface
21. nature
countable – the basic character of a person or an animal
uncountable – all living things and their habitats
22. noise
countable — a particular sound
uncountable — loud or unpleasant sound
23. toast
countable — the act of drinking to someone’s happiness
uncountable — sliced bread browned in a toaster
24. youth
countable — a young man
uncountable — the time in someone’s life when they’re young
EXERCISE 3
Complete the sentences using the noun in bold in the form of a countable (in plural or with the article a) or an uncountable noun:
1 experience
a Kudjo had never had such ***** before he got to the hidden lab.
b Kudjo had no ***** in communicating with scientists, needless to say, with insane ones.
2 danger
a Frankly speaking, he was smelling ***** there, but he couldn’t turn back.
b If only he had known that real ***** was next to him!
3 light
a There was no ***** underground, which was going to make the walk scarier.
b Fortunately, the lynx had little *****, which was enough to let them see where to go.
4 noise
a The most striking was ***** because even the noise of the forest couldn’t be heard underground.
b Suddenly Kudjo heard strange ***** as if a metal object clattered on the stone floor.
5 gossip
a The lynx pretended not to hear anything and started telling Kudjo some ***** about the scientist quite loudly.
b Kudjo didn’t expect her to be such *****.
6 room
a Listening to her rumours, Kudjo didn’t notice that their journey had ended up in spacious *****.
b There was enough ***** for more than ten Kudjos.
7 wood
a The