Question

Use a bit of/a piece of/a bunch of/a cloud of/a lump of with the italicized nouns in the following sentences. The first has been done for you as an example.

| (i) | My teacher gave me some advice. | My teacher gave me a bit of advice. |
| (ii) | Can you give me some clay, please. | ------ |
| (iii) | The information you gave was very useful. | ------ |
| (iv) | Because of these factories, smoke hangs over the city. | ------ |
| (v) | Two stones rubbed together can produce sparks of ****. | ------ |
| (vi) | He gave me some flowers on my birthday. | ------ |

Answer 1

| (i) | My teacher gave me some advice. | My teacher gave me a bit of advice. |
| (ii) | Can you give me some clay, please. | Can you give me a lump of clay, please. |
| (iii) | The information you gave was very useful. | The piece of information you gave was very useful. |
| (iv) | Because of these factories, smoke hangs over the city. | Because of these factories, a cloud of smoke hangs over the city. |
| (v) | Two stones rubbed together can produce sparks of . | Two pieces of stones rubbed together can produce sparks of . |
| (vi) | He gave me some flowers on my birthday. | He gave me a bunch of flowers on my birthday. |