Guided Practice

EXPRESSING QUANTITY WITH NON-COUNT NOUNS

Each phrase below ends with a non-count noun (for example, stuff, sugar, or homework). In order to express quantity with such non-count nouns, you must use a phrase consisting of the following components in the order shown:

A. a word expressing the quantity
B. a count noun
C. the preposition of
D. the non-count noun

For each phrase below, consider a possible choice for an appropriate count noun that could appear in the blank space. Then click on ANSWER to see some possible choices.

1. several ________ of sugar ANSWER

2. three ________ of homework ANSWER

3. some ________ of ice ANSWER

4. fifty ________ of evidence ANSWER

5. a few ________ of rice ANSWER

6. a ________ of sunshine ANSWER

7. two ________ of football ANSWER

8. a dozen ________ of oxygen ANSWER

9. lots of ________ of food ANSWER

10. ten ________ of gasoline ANSWER

11. several ________ of soap ANSWER

12. one ________ of traffic ANSWER