Uncountable nouns | Partitives |
marble | a block/slab of |
margarine | a tub of |
match | a book/box of |
mathematics | a branch of |
meat | a chunk/hunk/piece/slab/slice of |
medicine (e.g. penicillin) | a branch/dose/spoonful of |
metal | a scrap/sheet/strip/wedge of |
milk | a bottle/carton/cup/glass/jug/glass/litre/pint of |
mint | a sprinkling of |
money | an amount/a sum of |
moonlight | a shaft of |
mud | a lump of |
music | a piece/snatch of |
mustard | a spoonful of |
news (good news) | an item/a bit/piece of; (a morsel of) |
news (bad) | a dose of |
newspaper | a copy/edition/sheet |
nonsense | a load/lot of |
oil | a barrel/drop/film/pool/squirt/streak of |
orange | a segment of |
pain | a howl of |
paint | a blob/coat/drop/flake/speck/splash of |
paper | a bundle/piece/roll/scrap/sheet/slip/strip of |
perfume | a bottle/puff of |
petrol | a gallon/litre/tankful of |
poetry | an anthology/a book/collection/line/volume of |
rage | a bellow of rage |
rain | a drop/trickle of |
research | a piece of |
rice | a bag/bowl/grain/packet/sack of |
rock | a chunk/lump/piece/slab of |
rope | a length of |
rubbish | a bag/load/pile; tons of |
rum | a tot of |