GRAMMAR – LECTURE II

I. Here is a list of a few of the nouns that are always non-

count. Use each in a sentence. Do not add -s endings to non-
count nouns.
Example: homework My homework takes a lot of time.

1. advice
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2. equipment
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3. evidence
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4. furniture
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5. homework
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6. information
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7. knowledge
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8. patience
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9. research
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II. Put the words into the correct columns. Make the word
plural as necessary. Look at the examples first.
money dollar child view music job
news scenery suitcase happiness luggage
table journey furniture electricity progress
battery advice bottle tip report trash information
banana
Many Much
 III. Underline the noun in each sentence and write ‘C’ or ‘U’ to
show whether the noun is countable or uncountable.
1. That is a very good painting. __________
2. I don’t like coffee. __________
3. I need two clean glasses. __________
4. She bought a new iron yesterday. __________
5. They’ve got plenty of coal. __________
6. Would you like some chicken? __________
7. Too much cake isn’t good for you. __________
8. She ate a whole chicken. __________.
9. How much flour did you buy? __________.
10. Hope keeps me going. __________

IV. Choose the correct answer.

1. She burst into _______________ (tear/ tears) when she heard the
bad news.
2. Peter and Jack shake _______________ (hand/ hands) and become
friends again.
3. She can’t see what is written on the blackboard without her contact
_______________ (len/ lens)
4. The two sisters took _______________ (turn/ turns) at sitting up
with their sick mother.
5. Quite a number of _______________ (DJ/ DJs) have extended their
 careers to singing.
6. If you want to get well, you should take the doctor’s
_______________ (advice/ advices).
7. Mary never does her _______________ (homework/ homeworks)
8. Johnny has lost his _______________ (luggage/ luggages).
9. The factory workers stopped working and took (a rest/ rest).
10. The children sat on the _______________ (grass/ grasses).

V. In the following sentences, correct any plural-s ending errors

that you find. Examples:
Incorrect: Every students got an A in the midterm.
Correct: Every student got an A in the midterm.
Incorrect: One of my aunt owns a Fiat.
Correct: One of my aunts owns a Fiat.

1. Lois likes to dance with one of her old boyfriend.

2. Each students needs to do his part of the research project.
3. Each of the student is writing about an aspect of urban pollution.
4. Every one of my relative is coming to the family reunion.
5. Julie wants to buy another cars.
6. Neither of her old car runs any more.
7. You can choose either of the dessert.
8. You should wear one of your new shirt.
9. Every freshmen has to adjust to a new campus.
10. Every one of Jane's novel gets published.
11. I spent two hours cleaning each rooms.
12. Adolescence is one of the most important period in our lives.
13. I enjoy many kind of entertainments.
14. I found a lot of informations about social problem in the library.
15. Maria has several pet - one dog, three birds and four hamster -
and she takes good cares of each ones.

VI. Read the sentence and choose the one option which best fits the
space. 1. Don't go to that city in February - ... really bad then.
a. the weather is
b. a weather is
c. the weathers are

2. We took ... on our camping trip.

a. a lot of equipment
b. a lot of equipments
c. some equipments
d. five equipments

3. We stayed in ...
a. some expensive accommodations
b. an expensive accommodation
c. very expensive accommodation
d. a very expensive accommodation

4. Sue told me about her problem and I gave her ...

a. an advice
b. a piece of advice
c. a piece of advices
d. advices

5. ... in my city.
a. There are a lot of pollutions
b. There are some pollutions
c. There is a pollution
d. There is a lot of pollution

VII. Homework
Correct the plural -s ending errors in the following paragraph. Add -s
endings to some nouns that should be plural, and cross out -s endings on
nouns that should be singular or non-count.

Some educators believe that reducing class size is just one small step

toward improving elementary education while other believe that there is

no evidences to show that reducing class size will improve students'

performance. Some teachers feel that, with fewer student, they will be

able to give more individual attentions to student who need help with

homeworks and more individual help in laboratory classes like biology

and chemistry. School administrator hope that the class-size reduction

program will eventually affect all student in kindergarten through third

grade, at every schools. But some teachers and administrator think that

school will still have problems even if classes are small because school

don't have the necessary equipments and trained teacher to provide

good instruction.
 VIII. Making Uncountable Nouns Countable

ice cream – an ________cone/ a cone, a scoop of _________

milk – a bottle/carton of____, a pint/litre of ___, a glass/ cup of

(hot)___

rice – a handful/cup of____, a bag/sack of ___, a grain of ___

salt – a grain of ___, a pinch of ___, a teaspoon of ___, a bag of _____

soap – a bar/ bottle of ____, a ___ refill

sugar – a spoon/sachet of ___, a ___ cube, a grain of ___,

tea – a cup/mug of ___, a pot of ___, a Thermos/flask of ___, a sip/

mouthful of ____