NOUNS: UNCOUNTABLE, PLURAL, IRREGULAR


1. Look at the pictures above? What do they have in common?
2. Read the conversation and spot all the uncountable nouns

3. These nouns are normally uncountable

advice
jewelry
scenery
equipment
furniture
evidence
fruit
toast
work/ homework/ housework
weather
progress
luggage
money
information
data
knowledge
research
hair
accommodation
news
mains
mathematics/ physics/ economics
mumps/ measles
athletics/aerobics/ billiards

4. These nouns are always plural.

clothes
the police
cattle
scissors 
trousers/ shorts
outskirts
good looks 
belongings 

5. Underline the correct words(s)

1   Politics is / are a dirty business sometimes.
2   We usually have bad weather/ a bad weather in April.
3   Bring two trousers / pairs of trousers in case you need to change.
4   Would you like a piece of / a toast with that coffee?
5   Do you have any advices / advice about travelling in Mexico?
6   I live on the outskirts / on an outskirt of Los Angeles.
7   Do you have a pair of / a shorts I could borrow if it’s hot tomorrow?
8   All the staff in the travel agency was / were very helpful.
9  The news was/ were very depressing.
10 She has long hair/ a long hair. 
11 There is often terrible traffic / a terrible traffic in Los Angeles.

6. Try to talk for a minute about:
  • modern furniture
  • good advice you've been given 
  • what's i the news
  • cheap accommodation in your country 
  • the weather you like most
  • the most beautiful scenery you've ever seen
  • politics
  • your hairstyle
  • the police in your country
  • clothes you love wearing 
Related materials

many/ much/ a few/ a little
Exercises Murphy

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