´the´
Life in the Italy / Italy is very different from life in my country.
Italy (no the)
Most countries don´t start with ´the´.
However, the is used before countries whose names are plural in form: the Netherlands
The is also used with countries whose names include the words states, kingdom, or republic: the United States; the United Kingdom.
The childs/children/shildrens are playing in the street
children (child is the singular form, children is the plural form)
My tutor was very helpful; he gave me one/a/- good advice about how to study.
- or some
Note, we never say advices.
The skeleton had remained hidden for a thousand/thousands / thousands of years.
thousands (we use the plural form of large numbers + of to give an approximate idea of how many)
I don´t know very much ______ ancient history.
about
According to the graph, the number / number / numbers of people moving into the city each year has more than doubled.
the number
(the ... of ....)
The number of man/mans/men/mens studying science has decreased.
men (man = singular; men = plural)
You need a great deal of knowledge/knowledges to become a doctor.
knowledge (this noun is uncountable, so it can´t be plural)
The chart shows that three hundreds/three hundred whales were seen here in 1990.
three hundred (when we talk about a specific large number, we do not add s to the number. The noun that follows (whales) is always plural.
The airline apologised ____ losing my luggage.
for
The total figure for 1976 was the same than / the same as / same as / same than the total figure for 1982.
the same
There are a lot of persons/people/peoples in my class.
people (person = singular; people = plural)
The information/informations we were given by the tour guide were not very helpful.
information (this noun is uncountable, so it can´t be plural)
Three and a half billion / three and a half billions / three and a half of a billion / three and a half of a billions will watch the ceremony.
Three and a half billion
How did you find out ____ our college?
about
Obesity is much more common in the USA / USA than in my country.
the USA
Most countries don´t start with ´the´.
However, the is used before countries whose names are plural in form: the Netherlands
The is also used with countries whose names include the words states, kingdom, or republic: the United States; the United Kingdom.
I enjoyed studying mathematics a lot; I found it/them very interesting.
it
When we visited the park, we were upset to see so many garbages / much garbages / many garbage /much garbage left there.
much garbage (this noun is uncountable, so it can´t be plural. We use many with countable nouns and much with uncountable nouns. Garbage is the British English word for the American English word trash, which is also uncountable.)
Real estate in my city is very expensive; a small house can cost three quarter of a million / three quarters of a million dollars.
three quarters of a million
What are you thinking ____ doing in the school holidays?
of/about
The moon / moon travels around the earth / earth at a speed of 3,700 kilometres per hour.
the moon, the earth
(We use the when there is only one of something).
The news were/was very upsetting.
was
I can´t wait to visit the market and do a few shopping / little shopping.
little shopping (use few with countable nouns and little with uncountable nouns)
A million of / Millions of dollars are spend on space xploration each year.
Millions of (this is an approximate number, not a specific number).
´I agree ___ the teacher - you really need to improve your handwriting.´
with