Posted by pakguru on August 30th, 2020 | 2 responses | countability, countable uncountable, IELTS, speaking, vocabulary, writing
Receiving any aids from developed countries might be benefitial for developing countries.
OK so there is a difference between aid (countable) and aid (uncountable).
This kind of aid has a specific purpose, and generally makes it easier to perform a task:
This kind of aid is generic and multi-purpose
In our opening statement the kind of aid referred to is generic and we can assume that it is meant for a wide range of non-specific purposes. So what we need is:
In the comments, use aid (countable) and aid (uncountable) to write a sentence describing the following image!
The female standing in front of the visual aid presents how she and a non-government organization delivered aid for a remote area in South America.
Very nice, Dave! Of course there would be something very wrong if she was delivering ‘aids’!