Liceo Bicentenario Diego Portales

English Department.
Primero Medio
WORKSHEET
Name:______________________________________________ Grade: _____ Date: ______/ _______ / ______

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

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Instruction 1: Write C ( countable) or U ( uncountable) noun.
COUNTABLE NOUS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
 Nouns you can count  Nouns you can´t count
 you can use a / an in front of countable nouns.  Normally, you can´t use a / an in front of
 Nouns that have a plural form. uncountable nouns
 Nouns that normally don´t have a plural form

..... money ...... table

..... ponds ...... books
..... cup of sugar ..... cups of tea
..... bar of chocolate ...... house
..... pen ..... rabbit
..... ice-cream ..... tube of toothpaste
..... glass of water ..... rain
...... orange ...... bottle

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Instruction 2: Identify the following nouns if there are Countable singular, Countable Plural,
Uncountable in the columns below.

Milk – onions – water – banana – cheese – biscuits

Carrots – cereal – cherries – chicken – tomato – eggs – fish juice –
rice - apple – lemons – salad – chips – strawberries soup – potato – meat
– toast – crisps – peaches – sandwich apples – money – people – butter –
chocolate – chip – cake vegetable – mice – ice-cream – music – children
– flower
information – food – cup – shirt – bus – snow –child -
legs pear – bread – vegetables – fruit – homework.

Countable Countable Uncountable

singular plural

1.apple…………….. 1.apples……………. 1.tea………………..

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Instruction 3. Are these items countable or non-countable. U for Uncountable C for countable

1. vegetable: ___________ 8. juice: __________________ 15. rice :________________

2. salt:________________ 9. glass:_________________ 16. leaf :________________

3. nut:________________ 10. marker:_______________ 17. mouse :______________

4. paper:______________ 11. leather:_______________ 18. sandwich:____________

5. soup:_______________ 12. meat:_________________ 19. chocolate:____________

6. key:________________ 13. school:________________ 20. fan:_________________

7. paint:_______________ 14. silver: ________________ 21. furniture :____________

CONTAINERS Instruction 4: Translate these containers

D)
( partitives )into Spanish.
e these containers.
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1. 2. 3. 2. ________________________
3. ________________________
4. ________________________
5. ________________________

4. 5. 6. 7. 6. ________________________
7. ________________________
8. ________________________
9. ________________________
10. ________________________
8. 9. 10 11 11. ________________________
12. ________________________
13 13. ________________________
14. ________________________
12 14 15 15. ________________________

Instruction 5: Use the words in the box and complete as the example below.

We can make uncountable nouns countable to express quantity.

We add a unit or a quantity with “OF” E.g. a bar of chocolate

1. bar __________________
2. six-pack _______________
3. tube __________________
4. roll __________________
5. head _________________
6. bottle ________________
7. bunch _________________
8. dozen _________________
9. slice _________________
10. cup __________________
11. carton ________________
12. jar ___________________
13. box __________________
14. bag __________________
15. can __________________

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