
Friday Takeaways
Common errors with countable and uncountable nouns
Check out Writing Lesson 20 (articles and quantifiers) for a full overview of Countable and Uncountable Nouns.
Here are the most common mistakes/misunderstandings I see in IELTS Writing/Speaking:
1. Using ‘a/an’ before uncountable nouns e.g. an accommodation, a teamwork
2. Adding ‘s’ to uncountable nouns e.g. ‘researches‘ ‘works‘
3. Forgetting to add ‘s’ to the verb e.g. ‘Public transport needS to be subsidised’.
- Click here to review ‘waste’ ‘litter’ and ‘trash’.
- Click here to review work vs job.

Countable
- studies, researchers
- houses, flats, hotels
- words, slang words
- a piece of advice
- tools, gadgets, devices
- news stories, news events
- bags, suitcases, backpacks
- cars, buses, bikes, vehicles
- journeys, trips, excursions
- flowers, plants, animals
- emissions
- holidays, days off
Uncountable
- research
- accommodation
- vocabulary, slang
- advice
- equipment
- news (I have news for you!)
- luggage
- transport
- travel
- nature, wildlife
- pollution
- leave
Common mistakes
(GT Letter) I am writing to request more leaves.*
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