Memorize the countable/uncountable nouns

1. Memorize the countable/uncountable nouns

2. Which of the underlined parts of these sentences is correct?

1 'Did you hear noise / a noise just now?' 'No, I didn't hear anything.'

2 a. If you want to know the news, you can read paper / a paper.

b. I want to print some documents, but the printer is out of paper / papers.

3 a. Light / A light comes from the sun.

b. I thought there was somebody in the house because there was light / a light on inside.

4 a I was in a hurry this morning. I didn't have time / a time for breakfast.

b 'Did you have a good holiday?' 'Yes, we had wonderful time / a wonderful time.'

5 This is nice room / a nice room. Did you decorate it yourself?

6 Sue was very helpful. She gave us some very useful advice / advices.

7 Did you have nice weather / a nice weather when you were away?

8 We were very unfortunate. We had bad luck / a bad luck.

9 Is it difficult to find a work / job at the moment?

10 Our travel / journey from Paris to Moscow by train was very tiring.

11 When the fire alarm rang, there was total chaos / a total chaos.

12 I had to buy a bread / some bread because I wanted to make some sandwiches.

13 Bad news don't / doesn't make people happy.

14 Your hair is / Your hairs are too long. You should have it / them cut.

15 The damage / The damages caused by the storm will cost a lot to repair.

 

Answers:

For many job seekers around 1) THE world, getting 2) A job with 3) A top international company like 4) --- Google is 5) THE pinnacle of their ambition. But with so many talented applicants how does 6) A company find 7) THE brightest and best candidates?

 

In 8) THE last 15 years, there has been 9) Atrend amongst top companies towards asking 10) --- weird and wacky questions in 11) --- job interviews, like the ones above.

 

12) THE idea of these questions is to test 13) --- creativity and quickness of a candidate, and to find out more about 14) THE way that 15) THE candidate thinks.

 

Most candidates are unlikely to give 16) AN honest answer to 17) A stereotypical interview question like 'What is 18) THE biggest failure in your life?' But in answering a question like 'What would I find in your refrigerator right now?' they may reveal more about 19) THE kind of person that they are. So what are 20) THE correct answers to these sorts of questions?

 

According to 21) --- Professor Abdul Khalid, of 22) --- London University, many of them do not have right or wrong answers: 23) THE most important thing is tackling 24) THE question intelligently. When it comes to weird interview questions, it seems 25) THEonly wrong answer is 'I don't know.'