Countable & Uncountable Nouns

A) Decide whether these nouns are countable (C) or uncountable (U) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The children are playing in the garden. I don't like milk. I prefer tea. Scientists say that the environment is threatened by pollution. My mother uses butter to prepare cakes. There are a lot of windows in our classroom. We need some glue to fix this vase. The waiters in this restaurant are very professional. My father drinks two big glasses of water every morning.

10. The bread my mother prepares is delicious. 11. Drivers must be careful; the road is slippery. 12. Some policemen are organizing road traffic to avoid any accidents. 13. I bought three bottles of mineral water for our picnic. 14. I'd like some juice please! 15. Successful candidates will join the camp later this year. 16. A rise in oil prices is inevitable since there is more and more world demand for energy. 17. The exercises on this website are interesting. 18. Dehydrated babies must drink a lot of water. 19. Adult illiterates learn through a special government programme. 20. I met some nice people when I was walking along the beach.

B) Write C for countable and U for uncountable: Time Hair Friends Rice Money Love Heat Books Chairs Fingers Games Traffic Frog Fuel Sugar Meat Flour Tomatoes Chicken Music Toy Milk Pencils Apples Cream Chocolate Rain Tooth Pens Jam Cars Honey Onion Musician Happiness Salt Houses cheese Carrots Pig Rabbit Light

C) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Choose between A, AN, SOME or ANY. It is ________ dog. Have you got ________ friends? I bought ________ milk. Linda has not got ________ pets. There is ________ orange on the table. Tim eats ________ cheese every day. We don't have ________ bread. My brother found ________ money. My sister found ________ pen.

10. Do you have ________ eggs? 11. There are ________ students in the classroom.

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12. Is there ________ pencil on the desk? 13. Is there ________ sugar? 14. I'd like ________ more tea, please 15. We have got ________ apple, ________ cherries and ________ banana. We can make ________ fruitcake. 16. There wasn't ________ chicken left when I arrived home yesterday. 17. Are there ________ potatoes? I'd like to prepare a Spanish omelet. 18. There isn't ________ rice in the cupboard. I'll go to the supermarket and get ________ 19. That's ________ delicious chocolate cake! 20. There aren't ________ bananas left. 21. Oh! I've lost ________ earring! 22. I'll have ________ hamburger, please. 23. There are ________ leaves on the ground. 24. There aren't ________ children playing in the park today.

D) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

Choose between HOW MUCH or HOW MANY. ________ cheese do you buy? ________ books are there in your bag? ________ films did Tom see last week? ________ money do you spend every week? ________ friends does Linda have? ________ sugar do we need? ________ tomatoes are there in the fridge? ________ meat are you going to buy? ________ milk did you drink yesterday?

10. ________ apples do you see? 11. ________ chocolate do you need for the cake? 12. ________ people were there at the meeting yesterday? 13. ________ brothers has she got? Two, I think. 14. ________ does it cost? 15. ________ rooms are in your house? 16. ________ did Romeo love Juliette? 17. ________ days are in a week? 18. ________ time does it take? 19. ________ times a week to you go to the movies? 20. ________ do you smoke? 21. ________ cigarettes do you smoke per day?