1. Look at the following pictures.

Complete the sentences with the

correct singular or plural form of the nouns you see. In this exercise,
all the nouns are countable.

a. There are two sweaters on the table.

b. My friend has a cat.

c. I see two      birds            !

Three            kids         are playing in the

d.
park.
 Vera bought a         dress            last
e.
Saturday.

We like to take pictures of

f. leaves            in the fall. They are very
beautiful.

Harold stayed at a        motel         on his

g.
trip.

We need four        chairs             in this

h.
room.

There are three      peaches               in

i.
the bowl.
 There is a        chef             working in the
j.
kitchen.

I saw two           mice          in the park

k.
yesterday.

I always take a     bag           when I go

l.
shopping.

You can see different kinds of

m.
animals            at the zoo.
2. Choose if the following nouns are countable or uncountable:

a. car f. honey k. music p. furniture

b. sandwich g. tablet l. juice q. gas
c. jewelry h. love m. skirt r. friend
d. wood i. bag n. credit card s. money
e. dog j. rice o. mall t. store

countable uncountable

a. car c. jewelry
m. skirt l. juice
e. dog q. gas
r. friend j. rice
s. money h. love
t. store f. honey
o. mall k. music
n. credit card
i. bag
d. wood
g. tablet
b. sandwich
p. furniture
3. Complete the following sentences with a counter; use one of the
counters provided. Some counters may work for more than one
sentence.

a slice of a bottle of a glass of a cup of

a bowl of a jar of a piece of

a. My father gave me a slice / piece of bread for breakfast.

b. I was so thirsty, so I bought  a bottle of                   water at the store.

c. Jerry drinks       a cup of              coffee every morning before work.

d. She likes to have         a bowl of            soup on a cold day.

e. I ate            a slice of         pizza for dinner last night.

f. Please buy      a     bottle of          strawberry jam when you go to the

supermarket.

g. The teacher will give you        a piece of             paper to write on.

h. Children usually have          a glass of           milk with their meals.

i. I used        a cup of             sugar to make this cake.

j. Did you eat  a bowl of                   cereal this morning?

k. Is there            a bottle of         mustard on the table?

4. Choose the correct way to complete each sentence:

a. Danny ate ... for lunch today.

● salad
● a salad
● salad or a salad

b. There isn’t ... for everyone to sit at this table.

● room
● a room
● room or a room

c. My grandfather has ... in his backyard. He gets eggs from it.

● chicken
● a chicken
● chicken or a chicken

d. I think something is burning. Do you smell ...?

● smoke
● a smoke
● smoke or a smoke

e. My mother made ... for dinner.

● fish
● a fish
● fish or a fish

f. I saw ... on my plate!

● hair
● a hair
● hair or a hair

g. I want to have ....

● tea
 ● a tea
● tea or a tea

h. Do you want ...?

● water
● a water
● water or a water

i. Paul is renting ... in that hotel.

● room
● a room
● room or a room

j. Leonard made ... for his dad.

● coffee
● a coffee
● coffee or a coffee

k. Jessica usually eats ... for lunch.

● chicken
● a chicken
● chicken or a chicken

l. I had … at the beach yesterday.

● ice cream
● an ice cream
● ice cream or an ice cream
5. Read the following dialogues and fill in the blanks with a, an or
some.

A: I’m hungry. Do you have an apple?

a.
No, but I have some bananas.

A: Do you want to listen to

some               music?
b.
B: No, thank you. I have      an              
headache.

A: My friend wants        some       water.

Do you have              a       bottle of water?
c.
B: No, but I will bring him     an     glass of
water.

A: Mary really loves clothes. She has

some       beautiful dresses.
d.
B: I know. She said I could borrow
an             dress for the party.
 A: There are          some           people
waiting for you outside.
e.
B: They are my friends. Please ask them
to wait          a           minute.

A: Tim has            an         exam tomorrow.

Do you have          a           time to help
him study?
f.
B: Sorry, I can’t. I have                 a   
meeting at 10 o’clock.

A: I heard        some             noises

downstairs. What is happening?
g.
B: There are          a           children playing
an          video game. It is very loud!