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COUNTABLE VS. UNCOUNTABLE

EXERCISE 4
Identify all nouns and write them on the lines. Label each
noun C if it is countable, and U if it is uncountable.
Example: His shoes and clothing were wet through and icy cold.
shoes - C, clothing - U
1. I need the light, or I would draw the shade down.
2. A persistent, cold rain was falling, mingled with snow.
COUNTABLE NOUNS (i.e., count or unit
nouns) can be counted, and thus can have a
singular or plural form.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (i.e., non-count or
mass nouns) cannot be counted and usually
have a singular form.
Sometimes it depends on the context/use.
E.g.:The light is bright. Turn off the lights.

UNCOUNTABLE COUNTABLE
3. "She has one chance in — let us say, ten," he said. paper napkin
trousers pair
4. He shook down the mercury in his clinical
pork pork chop
thermometer.
bedclothes pillow
5. She found Johnsy with dull, wide-open eyes staring at
the drawn green shade.
Countable OR Uncountable?
6. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital
today to be made more comfortable.

7. Couldn't you draw in the other room?

8. Nutrition and care now — that's all.

9. You needn't get any more wine.

10. You may bring me a little broth now, and some milk
with a little port in it.
13. Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered
11. … its serrated edges tinted with the yellow of or moved when the wind blew?
dissolution and decay…
14. With good nursing you'll win.
12. He drank gin to excess, and still talked of his coming
masterpiece. 15. I'll not be gone a minute.

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ANSWER KEY
EXERCISE 4
1. I need the light, or I would draw the shade down. Countable OR Uncountable?
light - U, shade - C
2. A persistent, cold rain was falling, mingled with snow.
rain - C (in this context - kind of rain), snow - U
3. "She has one chance in — let us say, ten," he said.
chance - C
4. He shook down the mercury in his clinical
thermometer.
mercury - U, thermometer - C
5. She found Johnsy with dull, wide-open eyes staring at
the drawn green shade.
Johnsy - C, eyes - C, shade - C
Pictures from left to right, top to bottom:
6. There is no hope for him; but he goes to the hospital
today to be made more comfortable. 1. lantern - C, candle - C, light - U
hope - U, hospital - C 2. cup - C, saucer - C, tea bag - C, tea (liq-
7. Couldn't you draw in the other room? uid) - U
room - C 3. plate - C, fork - C, carrots - C, peas - can
8. Nutrition and care now — that's all. be counted but normally are used as a
nutrition - U, care - U mass noun, mushrooms - U (when they
9. You needn't get any more wine. are cut), pork chop - C, rice - U
wine - U
4. paint - U, brush - C, color - C
10. You may bring me a little broth now, and some milk
with a little port in it.
broth - U, milk - U, port - U 13. Didn't you wonder why it never fluttered
11. … its serrated edges tinted with the yellow of or moved when the wind blew?
dissolution and decay… wind - U
edges - C, yellow - U, dissolution - U, decay - U 14. With good nursing you'll win.
12. He drank gin to excess, and still talked of his coming nursing - U
masterpiece. 15. I'll not be gone a minute.
gin - U, excess - U, masterpiece - C minute - C

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Total Number of Pages

Identifying Nouns
Common vs. Proper
Nouns
Concrete vs. Abstract
Nouns
Countable vs. Uncount-
able Nouns
Plural Nouns
Compound Nouns
Revie 1: Types of Nouns
Subject vs. Object
Object of a Preposition
Attributive Nouns
Review 2: Noun Func-
tions
Answer Keys
Teacher Notes
Teacher’s Grammar
Guide

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