Countable and Uncountable — B2 Grammar Practice

Exercise 1

Countable or uncountable?

8 points

Tap whether each noun is countable (C) or uncountable (U) in the context given.

1

automation (the process of making things automatic)

2

redundancy (an instance of losing a job)

3

inequality (the abstract concept)

4

carbon emission (a specific release of CO2)

5

biodiversity (the variety of life)

6

workforce (a group of workers)

7

sustainability (the concept)

8

breakthrough (a specific discovery)

Exercise 2

Choose the correct quantifier

10 points

1

There is ______ evidence that renewable energy reduces carbon emissions.

2

______ workers were made redundant when the factory switched to automation.

3

The company has ______ information about its digital footprint — too much to process.

4

______ species have been lost as a result of deforestation in the past decade.

5

There is ______ inequality between urban and rural communities in terms of job opportunities.

Exercise 3

Open cloze — articles and quantifiers

10 points

Fill in each gap with a, an, the, — (no article) or a quantifier.

automation of many traditional jobs has led to significant rise in inequality. number of workers facing redundancy has grown sharply. evidence suggests that retraining programmes help, but governments have invested enough. biodiversity is issue that is rarely linked to inequality, yet research shows the two are interconnected. carbon emissions and deforestation both threaten sustainability.

Exercise 4

Error correction

6 points

1

There are much inequality in developed economies.

2

She has a lot of informations about data privacy breaches.

3

The number of redundancies are rising due to automation.