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Key: 1 vehicle; 2 bird; 3 insect; 4 dog; 5 cat; 6 flower. 
Complete the definitions below, choosing from the words given below, together with "a" where
needed. The first one has been done for you.
faith                         reason
a faith                      a reason
glass                        rubber
a glass                      a rubber
memory                   study
a memory                a study
1. Memory is the faculty which we use to remember.
2    ...    is the process of learning actively.
3   ...   is a cause or explanation for something.
4.   ...   is something we use to erase or remove a mistake.
5.    ...    is a set of beliefs like a religion.
6.   ...   is something remembered.
7.   ...    is a substance used for making tyres and other objects.
8.   ...   is having confidence in, or believing in, something.
9.   ...   is a room where people can read and work quietly.
10. ...   is the process of working things out rationally.
Key: 1 memory; 2 study; 3 a reason; 4 a rubber; 5 a faith; 6 a memory;
7 rubber; 8 faith; 9 a study; 10 reason.
In the following sentences the underlined nouns can be countable or uncountable depending on the
meaning. Decide which meaning is being used in each sentence, and cross out the incorrect noun group.
The first one has been done for you.
1. To press clothes you need iron/n iron.
2. Language/A language is unique to humans.
3. In her youth she was beauty/a beauty.
4. We are looking for people with experience/an experience.
5. He kept his money in tin/a tin.
6. She's been looking for work/a work for ages.
7. You should study law/a law at university.
8. Then everybody called for him to make speech/a speech.
9. Plav/A play is more natural for children than adults.
10. Charitv/A charity begins at home.
Key: 1 an iron; 2 Language; 3 a beauty; 4 experience; 5 a tin; 6 work;
7 law; 8 a speech; 9 Play; 10 Charity.
In the expressions below decide if you can cross out the two middle words and in this way convert an
uncountable noun to a countable noun. If you can, write "yes." If you cannot, write "no." The first one has
been done for you.
1. a cup of coffee         yes
2. a pair of scissors
3. a piece of string
4. a sort of cheese
5. a bit of chalk
6. a piece of cake
7. a piece of news
8. a type of beer
9. an item of information
10. a loaf of bread
11. a lump of sugar
12. a bar of soap
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