Articles with uncountable nouns.

There are some uncountable nouns that are NEVER used with the indefinite article. The list includes: advice, approval, assistance, concern, guidance, information, permission, progress, health, luck, money, nature, news, weather

She was making great progress

He told me terrible news

They still can be used with the definite article when they are modified by a limiting attribute or the limitation is clear from the context

She told me of the progress, she was making.

The news she mentioned was terrible.

NOTE: The noun work can be both uncountable and countable, depending on the meaning. If it means ‘any activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a result (translated работа)’ it can NOT be used with the indefinite article. If it has a meaning ‘a literary or musical composition or other piece of art’ (translated произведение искусства) the article is used according to the general rule of using articles with countable nouns.

What kind of work do you do now?

In my opinion, this is a remarkable work of Shakespeare.

Exercise 14. Fill in the gaps with the appropriate article where necessary.

1. .....weather is good today. Let's go for a walk, I like to walk in .....good weather.

2. This is .....very interesting news for me. Tell me everything.

3. You have .....great progress this year.

4. It' s .....urgent work!

5. He got all _____ information he needed

6. Do you believe you have enough ____ knowledge?

7. ____ advice he gave me was really good.

8. Never give him ____ advice.

9. He had _____ great work.

10. First of all he should think about _____ health.

11. He looked at his granny looking for ____ inspiration or ____ guidance

12. I do not think he deserves such ____ advice.

13. ____ work he gave me was very difficult.

14. Do I owe you _____ money?

15. Have you seen where he put ____ money?

16. $100 000 is _____ big money. Where are you going to get it?

Exercise 15. Choose the correct variant.

1. It is (a/the) wonderful work of art. Look at it.

2. They like (a/--) rainy weather.

3. I only could say that (a/the) news is shocking.

4. Could you give me (an/--) advice?

5. Have you made such (the/--) progress within these days. It’s amazing.

6. What are you going to do with (a/the) information.

7. She gazed at Jeremy with (the/---) concern. “Was he telling her the truth.”

8. This time he had (a/---) luck. Will he be so lucky always?

9. She knew Mickey needed (a/---) guidance.

10. They were going to display on view (a/---) work of Goya during the coming exhibition.

11. (a/the) weather was really awful. We decided to stay at home.

12. (---/a) good guidance is very important for a young specialist.

Exercise 16. Translate the following sentences from Russian into English.

1. Давайте устроим здесь пикник, погода замечательная.

2. Он добился большого успеха в науке.

3. Новость, которую мне сообщила Маргарет, очень меня удивила.

4. Она была переполнена счастьем.

5. В нашей стране очень живописная природа: леса, озера, реки.

6. Они получили вчера разрешение от отца, чтобы прийти на ужин.

7. Он передал мне для тебя какую то сумму денег.

8. Дай мне, пожалуйста, совет насчет макияжа?

9. Здоровье оставляло желать лучшего.

10. Сведения, которые Вы мне сообщили, не новые.

11. Удача – все, что ему нужно.

12. Так бывает: одни люди имеют все - признание, деньги, удачу; другие – ничего.

13. Ты слушал вчера новости?

14. Мы должны позаботиться о природе.