COUNTABLE NOUNS AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

 Countable nouns: things we can count

 Uncountable nouns: things we cannot count flour
water
COUNTABLE NOUNS

Examples
pencil
fish ice

Examples EXPRESSIONS EXAMPLES

a little a little oil

teacher COUNTABLE NOUNS some some rice

plenty of plenty of food
much much salt
a lot of a lot of sugar
COUNTABLE NOUNS EXPRESSIONS EXAMPLES
singular a a book
For QUESTION, we use a/an, any or how many for countable nouns and any or
an an elephant
how much for uncountable nouns.
a few a few cakes
some some carrots Examples:

plural several several benches 1. Is there an e-mail address to write to? (C)
many many boxes 2. Are there any chairs in the classroom? (C)
a lot of a lot of fish 3. How much orange juice is there? (U)
lots of lots of nails 4. Is there any coffee left in the kitchen? (U)
A. Underline the correct answers. B. Fill in the blanks with the correct nouns.
1. The lion catches (a/some) mouse.
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2. Puan Mariam uses (a little/an) oil to cook.
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3. There are (many/ a) frogs in the lake.
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4. That rich man has (several/ some) cars.
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5. She only has (a little/ a few) comic books.
6. The monkey is eating (some/an) bananas.
7. There are (plenty of/ several) food to eat. 1. Did she bring any ______________ to the birthday party last week?

8. How (many/ much) salt did you put in? 2. Try to eat plenty of _____________ every day.

9. They drink (some/many) lemonade. 3. There are several Italian ______________ in the mall.

10. There are (a lot of/ a) carrots but there aren’t (many/much) potatoes. 4. Can you give me some _____________ on buying a new house?

11. I saw (a/an) elephant. 5. Students don’t seem to have much ________________________ these days.

12. Please get me (some/ many) sugar from the kitchen. 6. Vanida took some _________________________ when she went to Legoland.

13. They have (a lot of/ many) money. 7. Stacy adopted three _______________.

14. I need (some/ a) information about the train schedule. 8. P.Ramlee had a lot of _____________ in music.

15. Do you have (any/ several) problems with the question? 9. There isn’t much _______________ in this tiny bedroom.

16. She is wearing (a/an) wedding ring on her finger. 10. Cindy saves a little ______________ from her salary every month.

17. My mother bought (a few/a little) t-shirts from the mall yesterday. 11. There aren’t any _________________in the wardrobe.

18. We should drink (plenty of/ several) water every day. 12. My brother puts an _____________ into his pencil box.

19. Can you lend me (an/ some) umbrella? 13. We went on a ____________ to Zurich when we were in Switzerland.

20. There is (a lot of/ a few) orange juice but there isn’t (much/many) apple juice. 14. He has been studying hard and has made a lot of ________________.

21. My sister loves to cook (a lot of/ several) food. 15. It took several _________ for the package to arrive.

22. She spills (a few/ a) drops of ink on her dress. 16. Please stay for dinner. My mother has prepared plenty of ____________.

23. Mr. Muthu gives us (several/ a little) candies to eat. 17. Do you want some ___________________?

24. Emylia had (some/plenty of) bread for breakfast. 18. There are lots of _______________ on the tree.

25. He puts (a little/a few) sugar in his coffee.