Quantifiers with Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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B1 | Grammar | 12 min

Review common grammar mistakes before you do the exercises about protecting the environment and saving energy.

Common Mistakes

❌ an advice ➔ ✅ a piece of advice (Uncountable noun)
❌ much solar panels ➔ ✅ many solar panels (Use many with plural countable nouns)
❌ I have turned off the lights yesterday. ➔ ✅ I turned off the lights yesterday. (Past Simple goes with a finished time)
❌ more cheap than fossil fuels ➔ ✅ cheaper than fossil fuels (Short adjectives take -er)
❌ the sun is an source of energy ➔ ✅ the sun is a source of energy (Articles a/an/the)

A cat in a superhero cape turning off a huge desk lamp beside household appliances. — If I switch this off, I will be a tiny energy hero.
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Choose the correct sentence:

____ a. The website gives many useful informations about saving power.____ b. The website gives a lot of useful information about saving power.____ c. The website gives an useful information about saving power.

Choose the correct sentence:

____ a. We do not need to keep so much electric appliances running all day.____ b. We do not need to keep so much electric appliance running all day.____ c. We do not need to keep so many electric appliances running all day.

Choose the correct sentence:

____ a. My family installed a smart meter last weekend to control electricity use.____ b. My family has installed a smart meter last weekend to control electricity use.____ c. My family have installed a smart meter last weekend to control electricity use.

Choose the correct sentence:

____ a. Solar energy is more clean than energy from coal.____ b. Solar energy is much cleaner than energy from coal.____ c. Solar energy is more cleaner than energy from coal.

Choose the correct sentence:

____ a. Our teacher gave us a piece of good advice on reducing plastic waste.____ b. Our teacher gave us a good advice on reducing plastic waste.____ c. Our teacher gave us an advice on reducing plastic waste.

Choose the correct sentence:

____ a. People can protect an environment if they buy less plastic bottles.____ b. People can protect environment if they buy fewer plastic bottles.____ c. People can protect the environment if they buy fewer plastic bottles.

Use each phrase from the word bank once. Follow the quantity clues in brackets:

Modern cities require ____ electricity every day (a very large amount), so ____ families (a large number) are now installing solar panels. With just ____ simple habits (two or three), like turning off unused lights, you can save ____ power each week (a small amount, not much). As a result, households use ____ energy than before and throw away ____ plastic bottles than before.

Correct the two errors by completing only the missing words below:

"Our school has started an energy project two days ago because it was more cheap than replacing every classroom window."

Hint: Look at the verb tense with 'two days ago' and the comparative form of 'cheap'.

Our school ____ an energy project two days ago because it was ____ than replacing every classroom window.

Common Mistakes

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