1. , , :
accommodation , | progress , |
advice , | sugar |
air , | research |
applause | time |
behaviour , | money |
blood | paper |
business , | iron |
cheese | permission , |
coffee | knowledge , |
cotton | rubbish |
damage , | machinery , |
education | traffic ; |
electricity | |
evidence , | water |
failure , | work |
furniture | weather |
gold | medicine |
hair | wood () |
information , | intelligence |
:
an article (of furniture) | a loaf (of bread) |
a bar (of chocolate / soap) | a lump (of sugar) |
a box (of chocolates) | a packet (of biscuits / tea) |
a cup (of tea / coffee) | a pair (of trousers / gloves) |
a game , (of soccer / basketball) | a tube (of toothpaste) |
a glass (of water / juice) | a pot , (of tea / yoghurt) |
an item ,(of news) | a slice (of lemon / bread) |
a jar (of jam) | a piece , (of cake / information / advice / furniture / chalk / music) |
a kilo (of meat / oranges) |
2. , - s, :
, - ics: mathematics , physics , phonetics , politics , economics .;
: billiards , athletics , gymnastics .;
: mumps , measles , diabetes .;
news , gallows , summons ;
: Athens , Brussels , Wales , the United States of America .;
: the United Nations .
3. (. . ), :
chocolate | a chocolate / chocolates |
cheese | a cheese / cheeses |
glass | a glass / glasses |
tea | a tea / teas |
scale | scales |
hair | a hair / hairs |
custom | customs |
paper | a paper / papers , |
iron | an iron / irons |
room | a room / rooms |
experience | an experience / experiences |
time | a time / two times |
work | a work / works |
electronics | electronics |
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4. , , . , - :
The team was the best in the country. (The team as a group.)
The team were all given medals. (Each member separately as individuals.)
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