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Some uncountable nouns in English are countable in other languages This can be confusing Here is a list of some of the most common easy to confuse uncountable nouns accommodation advice baggage bread equipment furniture garbage information knowledge luggage money news pasta progress research travel work Obviously uncountable nouns especially different types of food have forms that express plural concepts These measurements or containers are countable water a glass of water equipment a piece of equipment cheese a slice of cheese Here are some of the most common containers quantity expressions for these uncountable nouns accommodation a place to stay advice a piece of advice baggage a piece of baggage bread a slice of bread a loaf of bread equipment a piece of equipment furniture a piece of furniture garbage a piece of garbage information a piece of information knowledge a fact luggage a piece of luggage a bag a suitcase money a note a coin news a piece of news pasta a plate of pasta a serving of pasta research a piece of research a research project travel a journey a trip work a job a position Here are some more common uncountable food types with their container quantity expressions liquids water beer wine etc a glass a bottle a jug of water etc cheese a slice a chunk a piece of cheese meat a piece a slice a pound of meat butter a bar of butter ketchup mayonnaise mustard a bottle of a tube of ketchup etc Countable and uncountable nouns 1 Fill in the gaps with the following words in their appropriate forms item glassware neck laboratory approximate boiling tube container mass weight experiment weigh 1 Laboratory refers to a variety of equipment traditionally made of glass used for scientific and other work in science especially in chemistry and biology There are many different kinds of laboratory glassware 2 A is essentially a scaledup test tube being about 50 larger in every aspect 3 A bottle is a small with a that is narrower than the body and a mouth 4 Rounded numbers are only 5 is a measurement of how much matter is in an object is a measurement of how hard gravity is pulling on that object Your is the same wherever you are on Earth on the moon floating in space But your depends on how much gravity is acting on you at the moment You would less on the moon than on Earth 2 Here are some rules about using countable and uncountable words Write C if they are true for countable and U for uncountable words can be both singular and plural have only one form eg rice can be used alone without articles must be used with articles a an or the are used with much and little are used with many and few 3 Use these words in the sentences Make sure you know the difference between the uncountable and countable meanings drink a drink hair a hair paper a paper 1 She has dark just like her mother 2 Theres in my soup 3 Did you buy today 4 All the models in the exhibition were made of 5 was the cause of all their family problems 6 May I invite you for 4 Which of the underlined parts of these sentences are correct 1 I thought there was somebody in the house because there was light a light on inside 2 Light a light comes from the sun 3 I was in a hurry this morning I didnt have time a time for breakfast 4 Did you have a good vacation Yes we had wonderful time a wonderful time 5 Sue was very helpful She gave me some very useful advice advices 6 I had to buy a some bread because I wanted to make some sandwiches 7 Its very difficult to find a work job at the moment Adapted from MURPHY Raymond 2002 Grammar in Use Intermediate 2nd edition Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 p 135 Countable and uncountable nouns 1 Fill in the gaps with the following words in their appropriate forms item glassware neck laboratory approximate boiling tube container mass weight experiment weigh 1 Laboratory glassware refers to a variety of equipment traditionally made of glass used for scientific experiments and other work in science especially in chemistry and biology laboratories There are many different kinds of laboratory glassware items 2 A boiling tube is essentially a scaledup test tube being about 50 larger in every aspect 3 A bottle is a small container with a narrow that is narrower than the body and a mouth 4 Rounded numbers are only approximate 5 Mass is a measurement of how much matter is in an object weight is a measurement of how hard gravity is pulling on that object Your weight is the same wherever you are on Earth on the moon floating in space But your weigh depends on how much gravity is acting on you at the moment You would weigh less on the moon than on Earth 2 Here are some rules about using countable and uncountable words Write C if they are true for countable and U for uncountable words C can be both singular and plural U have only one form eg rice U can be used alone without articles C must be used with articles a an or the U are used with much and little C are used with many and few 3 Use these words in the sentences Make sure you know the difference between the uncountable and countable meanings drink a drink hair a hair paper a paper 1 She has dark hair just like her mother 2 Theres a hair in my soup 3 Did you buy a drink today 4 All the models in the exhibition were made of paper 5 A paper was the cause of all their family problems 6 May I invite you for drink 4 Which of the underlined parts of these sentences are correct 1 I thought there was somebody in the house because there was light a light on inside 2 Light a light comes from the sun 3 I was in a hurry this morning I didnt have time a time for breakfast 4 Did you have a good vacation Yes we had wonderful time a wonderful time 5 Sue was very helpful She gave me some very useful advice advices 6 I had to buy a some bread because I wanted to make some sandwiches 7 Its very difficult to find a work job at the moment Adapted from MURPHY Raymond 2002 Grammar in Use Intermediate 2nd edition Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 p 135