JAMB - English Language (1979 - No. 70)
Choose the word/expression which best completes each sentence :
The neighbour's children always make ... when she is not at home
The neighbour's children always make ... when she is not at home
noises
lots of noise
plenty of noise
lots of noise
a lot of noise
Spiegazione
The phrase "make a lot of noise" is the most natural and grammatically correct expression in English. You make use of "lots of" and "plenty of" to quantify countable nouns but make use of "a lot of" to quantify uncountable nouns.