Singular, plural and uncountable in IELTS Listening gapfill tasks
IELTS Listening Part One/ IELTS Listening Part Four
Look at and listen to an answer from an IELTS Listening gapfill task and race to raise the right one of the cards below depending on what you think is wrong with it. Then do the same with other examples.
Cards to hold up
| Problem with (-s) | Other problem |
| Problem with (-s) | Other problem |
| Problem with (-s) | Other problem |
| Problem with (-s) | Other problem |
| Problem with (-s) | Other problem |
Find and correct one mistake with each IELTS Listening exam gapfill task answer below. Some have problems with singular, plural and countable/ uncountable. Others have the right use of singular, plural and uncountable and so must have another, different problem.
- 12 munths
- 25 dollar
- 65 paunds
- a set of dictionary
- a six-months break
- a three-hours film
- academic reserchers
- ambulanses
- animals language
- atendance
- athleets
- babys
- beginers
- benomous snakes
- boats/ plesure craft
- bolcanic ash
- boylers
- carry out researches
- casles
- catle
- cellular researches
- check over your works
- childs
- churchs
- citys
- collecting datas
- colums
- concreet
- consumptions
- cookings
- cotteges
- cowoperation
- crisises
- cristals
- crothes
- each graphs
- edukation
- eight hundreds
- elefants
- every hours
- evidences
- exercises science
- facilitys
- feed shark
- fethers
- floorings
- folests
- garbage/ rubish/ waste
- give talk
- grafics
- groops
- halls of residence/ living quarter
- hiden TV cameras
- high quality vegtables
- histories and economics
- ilegal profits
- incomes
- insulations
- kitchen-curtains
- lables
- laundries
- leafs
- lesure activities
- lightings
- loafs
- local crafts men
- locl papers
- long trouser
- maching pairs
- mammls
- mashrooms
- mass medias
- meajurements
- meats
- messiges
- minelals
- mountins
- muney
- national holidais
- nekst steps
- noize
- nursings
- office staffs
- oxygens
- parkings
- pasients
- pay attentions
- peace of string
- pensils
- plenty of waters
- power shortiges
- powerfull computer programs
- preparing for works
- questionaires
- rabber
- rainwears
- reather
- refrences
- remove inks
- report righting
- riscs
- rocksalt
- school childs
- seads
- sertain plants
- sertificates
- shels
- shoping
- shugar
- skiming
- skouts
- slangs
- softwares
- some musics
- space/ loom
- specialist nowledge
- statistiks
- student news papers
- take photo
- the goverment
- three hundred millions
- tooths
- traffics
- trainings
- turn-takings
- two thousands
- waiste
- weels
- white golds
- windoes
- work books
Check as a class or with the suggested answers. Other corrections might be possible, so please check if you wrote something different.
Suggested answers
Other corrections might be possible, so please check if you wrote something different.
- 12 months
- 25 dollars
- 65 pounds
- a set of dictionaries
- a six-month break
- a three-hour film
- academic researchers
- ambulances
- animal language
- attendance
- athletes
- babies
- beginners
- venomous snakes
- boats/ pleasure craft
- volcanic ash
- boilers
- carry out research
- castles
- cattle
- cellular research
- check over your work
- children
- churches
- cities
- collecting data
- columns
- concrete
- consumption
- cooking
- cottages
- cooperation
- crises
- crystals
- clothes
- each graph
- education
- eight hundred
- elephants
- every hour
- evidence
- exercise science
- facilities
- feed sharks
- feathers
- flooring
- forests
- garbage/ rubbish/ waste
- give talks
- graphics
- groups
- halls of residence/ living quarters
- hidden TV cameras
- high quality vegetables
- history and economics
- illegal profits
- income
- insulation
- kitchen curtains
- labels
- laundry
- leaves
- leisure activities
- lighting
- loaves
- local craftsmen
- local papers
- long trousers
- matching pairs
- mammals
- mushrooms
- mass media
- measurements
- meat
- messages
- minerals
- mountains
- money
- national holidays
- next steps
- noise
- nursing
- office staff
- oxygen
- parking
- patients
- pay attention
- piece of string
- pencils
- plenty of water
- power shortages
- powerful computer programs
- preparing for work
- questionnaires
- rubber
- rainwear
- leather
- references
- remove ink
- report writing
- risks
- rock salt
- school children
- seeds
- certain plants
- certificates
- shells
- shopping
- sugar
- skimming
- scouts
- slang
- software
- some music
- space/ room
- specialist knowledge
- statistics
- student newspapers
- take photos
- the government
- three hundred million
- teeth
- traffic
- training
- turn-taking
- two thousand
- waist
- wheels
- white gold
- windows
- workbooks
Test each other on the words above:
- Play the same holding up cards game
- Say and write a wrong or a right version, and see if your partner can tell which it is
- Say and write a wrong version and see if your partner can correct it
- Say or make a correct singular version and see if your partner can make it plural
- Say a correct version and see if your partner can write it
- Say a correct version and see if your partner can spell it back to you
- Say a correct version and see if your partner can put it into an example sentence
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