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Select the correct sentence that uses the noun 'advice' correctly.

medium MCQ 2 marks Class 5 · English · English Grammar - Nouns
  1. He gave me an advice.
  2. He gave me some advice.
  3. He gave me many advice.
  4. He gave me advice.
Answer
He gave me some advice.

The correct answer is He gave me some advice. — Hence option 2 is the correct sentence.

Step-by-step solution

  1. Recognise that 'advice' is a noun.
  2. Recall that 'advice' is an uncountable noun.
  3. Uncountable nouns do not take articles like 'a' or 'an', and they cannot be pluralised with 'many'.
  4. Option 2 uses the word correctly without an article and does not pluralise it.
  5. Hence option 2 is the correct sentence.
Common mistake: Using 'an advice' or 'many advice'

Concept tested: Countable vs uncountable nouns

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