Nouns Worksheet (#7)

A noun is a _______ . (Put a check mark by anything that is a noun.)

• person

• place

• idea

• thing

What are the four types of nouns?

• Proper, pronoun, direct object, uncountable

• Proper, pronoun, countable, subjunctive

• Proper, pronoun, countable, uncountable

• Predicate, pronoun, countable, uncountable

Countable nouns can be _______ .

• plural or personal

• singular or plural

• plural or uncountable

• singular or individual

Uncountable nouns are ___________ NOT ___________ .

• singular / plural

• plural / singular

• countable / uncountable

• irregular / regular

Remember - uncountable nouns are not plural. Put a check mark by the items below that ARE NOT used with uncountable nouns.

• "s" (at the end of the word)

• a

• an

• one

• the

Uncountable nouns are often ________ . Countable nouns are usually ________ .

• members / groups

• groups / members

Uncountable nouns are not plural, so how do we talk about more than one?

Answer: Use a ________ before the uncountable noun.

Hint = 2 drops, glasses, bottles of water

• proper noun

• pronoun

• uncountable noun

• countable noun

Besides 0 (zero) article, English has only three articles. Put a check beside each word that is an article.

• these

• a

• many

• an

• the

What questions should you ask when choosing an article?

• Is the noun countable or uncountable

• Is the noun singular or plural?

• Does the listener know this noun?

• All of the above

Use "a" or "an" when the noun is ________ , ________ , and the listener _________ .

Example: I bought a new CD yesterday.

• countable / singular / doesn't know

• countable / singular / knows

• countable / plural / doesn't know

• uncountable / plural / doesn't know