Destination B1 · Grammar & Vocabulary · Mann & Taylore-Knowles
Destination B1
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UNIT 1 · GRAMMAR
Present simple / continuous / stative
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UNIT 2 · GRAMMAR
Past simple / continuous / used to
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UNIT 3 · VOCAB
Fun and games
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UNIT 4 · GRAMMAR
Present perfect simple / continuous
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UNIT 5 · GRAMMAR
Past perfect simple / continuous
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UNIT 6 · VOCAB
Learning and doing
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UNIT 7 · GRAMMAR
Future time
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UNIT 8 · GRAMMAR
Prepositions of time and place
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UNIT 9 · VOCAB
Coming and going
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UNIT 10 · GRAMMAR
The passive 1
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UNIT 11 · GRAMMAR
The passive 2
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UNIT 12 · VOCAB
Friends and relations
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UNIT 13 · GRAMMAR
Countable and uncountable nouns
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UNIT 14 · GRAMMAR
Articles
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UNIT 15 · VOCAB
Buying and selling
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UNIT 16 · GRAMMAR
Pronouns and possessive determiners
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UNIT 17 · GRAMMAR
Relative clauses
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UNIT 18 · VOCAB
Inventions and discoveries
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UNIT 19 · GRAMMAR
Modals 1: ability, permission, advice
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UNIT 20 · GRAMMAR
Modals 2: obligation, probability
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UNIT 21 · VOCAB
Sending and receiving
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UNIT 22 · GRAMMAR
Modals 3: the modal perfect
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UNIT 23 · GRAMMAR
Questions, question tags, indirect Qs
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UNIT 24 · VOCAB
People and daily life
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UNIT 25 · GRAMMAR
So / such, too / enough
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UNIT 26 · GRAMMAR
Comparatives and superlatives
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UNIT 27 · VOCAB
Working and earning
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UNIT 28 · GRAMMAR
Conditionals 1 (zero, first, second)
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UNIT 29 · GRAMMAR
Conditionals 2 (third)
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UNIT 30 · VOCAB
Body and lifestyle
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UNIT 31 · GRAMMAR
Reported speech
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UNIT 32 · GRAMMAR
Reported questions, orders, requests
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UNIT 33 · VOCAB
Creating and building
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UNIT 34 · GRAMMAR
Direct and indirect objects
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UNIT 35 · GRAMMAR
wish
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UNIT 36 · VOCAB
Nature and the universe
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UNIT 37 · GRAMMAR
-ing and infinitive
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UNIT 38 · GRAMMAR
Both, either, neither, so, nor
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UNIT 39 · VOCAB
Laughing and crying
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UNIT 40 · GRAMMAR
Connectives
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UNIT 41 · GRAMMAR
The causative
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UNIT 42 · VOCAB
Problems and solutions
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UNIT 13 · Destination B1 · Grammar
Countable and Uncountable Nouns“Plurals · a/an, some/any · much/many, (a) few/(a) little · quantity phrases” – 53 interactive questions
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Destination B1 – Grammar & Vocabulary
Study the quick notes below, then work through exercises A–G for this unit. Every answer is checked instantly. Original practice adapted for All English 4U.
📖 Grammar Reference – Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Study the notes, then work through the exercises for this unit.
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What you’ll learnCountable vs uncountable nouns + quantifiers & tricky non-count nouns
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~20 min4-Tier notes + 6 exercises (A–F)
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48 questionsInstant automated feedback
1 Tier 1 – The Concept & Nuance: Individual Units vs Mass Concepts
Countable nouns represent distinct, separate objects that can be counted directly with numbers. Uncountable nouns represent masses, liquids, materials, and abstract ideas that cannot be counted as separate units.
🍎 Countable Nouns
– Can be singular or plural (book ➔ books, apple ➔ apples).
– Take a / an in singular (a book, an apple).
– Take numbers (one car, three cars).
– Questions: How many?
– Take a / an in singular (a book, an apple).
– Take numbers (one car, three cars).
– Questions: How many?
🥛 Uncountable Nouns
– Have only ONE form (no plural -s).
– Always take singular verbs (“Water is clean”).
– Never take a / an directly.
– Questions: How much?
– Always take singular verbs (“Water is clean”).
– Never take a / an directly.
– Questions: How much?
2 Tier 2 – The Classic B1 Tricky Uncountable Noun List
⚖️ Common Nouns that are ALWAYS Uncountable in English
| advice (never an advice) | Say: “some advice” or “a piece of advice”. |
| information / news | “The news is exciting.” (always singular verb!). |
| furniture / luggage | Say: “three pieces of furniture / luggage”. |
| bread / money / weather | Say: “a loaf of bread”, “some money”. |
🔗 Quantifier Pairing Rules
– Countable plural: many, (a) few, a number of (e.g., a few friends).
– Uncountable: much, (a) little, an amount of (e.g., a little water).
– Both: some, any, a lot of, plenty of, hardly any.
– Uncountable: much, (a) little, an amount of (e.g., a little water).
– Both: some, any, a lot of, plenty of, hardly any.
3 Tier 3 – Top 3 Common Learner Pitfalls
✗ He gave me a very good advice.
✓ He gave me some very good advice (or a piece of advice).
– Rule: Advice is uncountable; never use an advice or advices.
✗ The news are very shocking tonight.
✓ The news is very shocking tonight.
– Rule: News ends in ‘s’ but is singular and takes a singular verb.
✗ I have too many homeworks to do.
✓ I have too much homework to do.
– Rule: Homework is uncountable; use much and no plural -s.
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Tier 4 – Interactive Practice: Work through Exercises A–F below to master countable and uncountable noun distinctions!
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Practice material based on the Destination B1 Grammar & Vocabulary syllabus (Macmillan). Interactive version by All English 4U.