One way to express plurals of uncountable nouns is by use of expressions of quantity.
Example:
a piece of information – pieces of information
a loaf of bread – four loaves of bread
a tin of soup – three tins of soup
a piece of furniture – several pieces of furniture
a litre of milk – twenty litres of milk
a bottle of beer – ten bottles of beer
Exercise 9
Supply an appropriate expression of quantity for the following uncountable nouns
- a……………………………………. of cigarettes.
- two……………………………… of cooking oil
- three………………………… of jam.
- ten……………………….of butter.
- six………………………of soda.
- a……………………… of toothpaste
- three……………………..of rice.
- five ……………………….. of flour.
- two ………………………… of chocolate.
- four…………………….. of news.
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