tailieunhanh - English vocabulary in use upper intermediate and advanced_3

Tham khảo tài liệu 'english vocabulary in use upper intermediate and advanced_3', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | For more material and information please visit 28 Countable and uncountable with different meanings When we use a noun countably we are thinking of specific things when we use it uncountably we are thinking of stuff or material or the idea of a thing in general. stuff materials things glass cloth fish work Be careful there s broken glass on the road. I need a cloth to wipe the table. We had fish for dinner. Hamlet is one of Shakespeare s most famous works. Here are some more nouns used in both ways. Make sure you know the difference between the uncountable and the countable meaning. drink I a drink hair I a hair paper a paper land a land people a people home a home policy a policy trade a trade Drink was the cause of all his problems. I alcohol There s a hair in my sandwich a dark one it must be yours. Did you buy a paper this morning fa newspaper I love meeting people from different countries individuals The different peoples of Asia races national groups Her grandmother lives in a home. I ve lost my car insurance policy. Trade with China has increased. an institution a document imports and exports The names of food items often have a different shade of meaning when used countably and uncountably see fish above . coffee tea potato would you like some chocolate salt and pepper a hot dog with onion a pepper an onion a coffee and two teas just two potatoes please would you like a chocolate CT 56 English Vocabulary in Use For more material and information please visit Exercises Would you normally expect to find the following things in most people s houses flats or garages gardens Where in those places would you expect to find them Example- an iron Yes most people have an iron to iron their clothes they might keep it in the kitchen somewhere. 1 a cloth 3 iron 5 pepper 7 paper 9 drink 2 a wood 4 a fish 6 glass 8 a tape 10 a rubber Answer these remarks using the word in brackets as in the example. Use a n if the meaning