English 2023 Q94: Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided. No one helped while I moved the …… to the…

Source: JAMB · 2023

Fill each gap with the most appropriate option from the list provided.
No one helped while I moved the …… to the other room.

  1. furnitures
  2. pieces of furnitures
  3. furniture ✓
  4. piece of furnitures
Explanation

“Furniture” is an uncountable noun. It has no plural form, so “furnitures” is wrong.

We count it with a phrase like “a piece of furniture” or “pieces of furniture”. Those phrases keep “furniture” singular, so “pieces of furnitures” is also wrong.

The gap follows “the” with no number, so plain “furniture” fits.

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