JAMB Use of English 1984 Question 77

Question 77

Nouns and Determiners

The principal went to buy some........ for the physics laboratory.

  1. A.equipment
  2. B.pieces of equipments
  3. C.equipments
  4. D.items of equipments
  5. E.list of equipment
Show the answer and explanation

Answer: A (equipment)

Explanation

'Equipment' is uncountable, so it never takes -s.