Correct X Incorrect

Question 1

Would you like tea? - Correct

Answer 1

Would you like a tea? - Incorrect

Question 2

We bought new camping equipment - Correct

Answer 2

We bought new camping equipments - Incorrect

Question 3

Do you have (some/any) information? (correct)

Answer 3

Do you have an information?(incorrect)

Question 4

I am looking for accommodation.(correct)

Answer 4

I am looking for an accommodation. (incorrect)

Question 5

I am looking for the accommodation listed in this advertisement. (correct—references a specific accommodation)

Answer 5

I am looking for the accommodation. (incorrect without additional information)

Question 6

Person A: Your hair looks very nice today.

Person B: Yes, I washed it last night.(correct)

Answer 6

Person B: Yes, I washed them last night.(incorrect)

Question 7

The teacher gave us a lot of homework.(Correct. We can use the quantifier “a lot” to indicate a large amount of an uncountable noun.)

Answer 7

The teacher gave us many homeworks. (Incorrect. We also cannot use the quantifier “many” with uncountable nouns, because it refers to individual things.)

Question 8

The furniture in my living room is old. (correct)

Answer 8

The furnitures in my living room are old. (incorrect)

“The furnitures in my living room is old.(incorrect)

Question 9

Their behavior is not good.(correct)

Answer 9

Their behaviors are not good.(incorrect)

Question 10

The news is good.(correct)

Answer 10

The news are good. (incorrect)

Question 11

$20,000 has been credited to your account.(correct)

Answer 11

$20,000 have been credited to your account. (incorrect)

Question 12

I think 50 miles is too far to travel on foot. (correct)

Answer 12

I think 50 miles are too far to travel on foot. (incorrect)

Question 13

Wow, two hours flies by when you’re having fun! (correct)

Answer 13

Wow, two hours fly by when you’re having fun! (incorrect)

Question 14

It is much too big. (Correct)

Answer 14

It is too much big.(incorrect)
It is too many big. (incorrect)

One particular source of confusão that can arise here is the fact that much can be used as an adverb before too to give it emphasis, as in:

Question 15

I have too many pieces of furniture. (correct)

Answer 15

I have too much pieces of furniture. (incorrect)

Question 16

I have too much furniture.

correct

Answer 16

I have too many furniture.(incorrect)

Question 17

I have fewer friends than Jill has. (correct)

Answer 17

I have less friends than Jill has.(incorrect)

Question 18

I have less money than he has.(correct)

Answer 18

I have fewer money than he has.(incorrect)

Question 19

$20,000 is less than we expected to pay.
We walked less than 50 miles to get here.
We have less than two hours to finish this project.
I weigh 20 pounds less than I used to.

Answer 19

Note, however, that we generally can’t use less before these kinds of nouns:
We have less $20,000.(incorrect)
I ran less 10 miles.(incorrect)

Question 20

We usually go to the movies on Sundays.(correct)

Answer 20

We go usually to the movies on Sundays. (incorrect)