Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Countable Nouns

• Countable Nouns are nouns which can be counted. Some of the words used with countable nouns are: a, an, any, some, many, a few, several, alot, of, plenty of and a small, a large number of.

• Singular countable nouns take singular verbs

• Plural countable nouns take plural verbs

• Example: girl, tree, hat, pencil and pen.

Uncountable Nouns

• Uncountable Nouns are nouns which cannot be counted.

• Some of the words used with uncountable nouns are: any, some, much, a little, alot of, plenty of, a great deal of, a small and large amount of.

• Uncountable Nouns take singular verns only. Absract nouns are considered to be uncountable nouns.

• Example: flour, salt, sugar, oil, water, milk and sand

Multiple Choice

You made _____ spelling mistakes, Dinesh.

• a few

• much

• any

• an

Multiple Choice

______ sugar is all you need for this recipe.

• A small number of

• A little

• Many

• Much

Multiple Choice

There are ______ girls eating at the canteen.

• any

• much

• some

• a little

Multiple Choice

The famous singer receives ______ fan mail every day.

• plenty of

• much

• a little

• any

Multiple Choice

______people responded to my twitter message immediately.

• Much

• A little

• Several

• A great deal of

Multiple Choice

Is there ________ chicken porridge in the pot, Mum ?

• a

• any

• much

• many

Multiple Choice

My grandfather offered _______ good advice when i told him my problem.

• a little

• many

• some

• any

Multiple Choice

May I have _______ sheets of coloured paper, Intan?

• a large amount of

• a lot of

• a few

• a little

Multiple Choice

There are _______ sacks of potatoes on the lorry.

• many

• much

• an

• a

Multiple Choice

________people prefer to have a light meal during dinner time.

• A little

• A lot of

• A great deal of

• A small amount of

Multiple Choice

She bought ______glass bottles to store her spices.

• much

• some

• any

• an

Multiple Choice

The boy is building a small house using_______ ice cream sticks.

• several

• a little

• much

• any

Multiple Choice

There isn't __________ money left in my bank account.

• much

• many

• some

• a little

Multiple Choice

_________ oil split into the sea after two oil tankers collided.

• A large number of

• A great deal of

• Several

• A few

Multiple Choice

The radio deejay receives _________ requests over the telephone during his radio show.

• a large number of

• a small number of

• much

• any

Fill in the Blank

There is _______ water in the jug

Fill in the Blank

Add ______ salt to the soup.

Fill in the Blank

Yesterday, I spent ________ money buying clothes at the boutique.

Fill in the Blank

There are _______ cows on the field.

Fill in the Blank

There are ________sweets in the jar.