FCE - Countable and Uncountable Nouns | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Cathy is such a gossip | gossip that I'm afraid to tell her anything.

GOSSIP with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => a person who listens to and passes on gossip.

We'll move the wardrobe to make room | a room for the television.

ROOM without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE) => space.

How long has she been looking for work | a work?

WORK without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE) => employment.

She recognized the painting as an early work | early work by Claude Monet.

WORK with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => a painting, book, play, piece of music etc.

The earthquake in Haiti was a terrible experience | terrible experience.

EXPERIENCE with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => an event that affects or involves you.

I'd like to propose a toast | toast to our new manager.

TOAST with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => a call on other people to drink in honour of someone or something.

We have been getting complaints from the residents about a noise | noise.

NOISE without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE) => an unpleasantly loud sound.

There has been a great improvement | great improvement in his work.

IMPROVEMENT with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => a change in something that makes it better.

I heard strange noise | a strange noise outside.

NOISE with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => a particular noise.

He's great success | a great success as a teacher.

SUCCESS with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => a person or thing that succeeds.

Do you remember when the only place you could buy a paper | paper was your local newsagent shop?

PAPER with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => a newspaper.

She needs paper | a paper and a pen to write a letter.

PAPER without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE) => the material that is used in the form of thin sheets for writing or printing on, wrapping things.

You shouldn't go around spreading a gossip | gossip about people.

GOSSIP without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE)) => informal talk or stories about other people's private lives, that may be unkind or not true.

I usually have toast | a toast and butter for breakfast.

TOAST without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE) => bread that has been sliced and then made crisp and brown by heat.

Jane gained a valuable experience | valuable experience while working on the project.

EXPERIENCE without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE) => knowledge or skill gained through the doing something.

Keith knows a lot of vocabulary in German, but he makes mistakes in grammar | a grammar.

GRAMMAR without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE) => the set of rules that explain how words are used in a language.

There is still room for an improvement | improvement in our game.

IMPROVEMENT without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE) => the process of something becoming better.

We'd like to book a double room | double room for six nights.

ROOM with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => a room in a house/hotel etc.

I took small English grammar | a small English grammar with me when I went to England.

GRAMMAR with A/AN (COUNTABLE) => a book that describes grammar rules.

She has achieved a great success | great success in her career.

SUCCESS without A/AN (UNCOUNTABLE) => the fact of getting or achieving wealth, respect, or fame.