Reading and Use of English Part 4 - B2 - Grammar Focus: countable and uncountable

EXAM PRACTICE - Key Word Transformations

For questions 1–6, complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given.
Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given.
There is an example at the beginning (0).

0 The hotel staff had permission to use the tennis courts on Mondays.

ALLOWED

The hotel staff were allowed to play tennis on Mondays.

1 Alison loves to buy presents for her grandchildren.

PLEASURE

Alison ____________________ presents for her grandchildren.

2 My boss advised me which computer I should buy.

GAVE

My boss ____________________ choosing a computer.

3 We’ve been queuing for an hour and we still have another hour to wait.

WAITING

By the time we get to the front of the queue we ____________________ two hours.

4 Although Toby keeps his room tidy he seldom cleans it.

EVER

Toby keeps his room tidy ____________________ cleans it.

5 Can you tell me precisely how much money was stolen?

EXACT

Can you tell me ____________________ that was stolen?

6 The announcer began the news with a story about the prince’s visit.

ITEM

The first ____________________ a story about the prince’s visit.

Contracted words like they’ve count as two words

so make sure you don’t write more than five words.

Grammar focus task

Which of these nouns from the exam task are countable (C ), which are uncountable (U ) and which can be both (B )?

Use your dictionary if you need to.