Countables and Uncountables Exercise 1
A Add the items in the box below to the Venn diagram
apple
coin
loaf
rice
bar
gold
piece
time
butter
ice cream people water
chocolate kilo
minute yoghurt
coffee
money
litre
B Study the table and do the exercise below.
Countable Nouns
Uncountable Nouns
Singular
There is a dog in the park
There isn’t a dog in the park
Is there a dog in the park?
There is some water on the table
There isn’t any water on the table
Is there any water on the table?
Plural
They have some dogs
They don’t have any dogs
Do they have any dogs?
UUncountable nouns have no pluralU
Fill the gaps with a, an, any and some.
1 We live in ............................. small house by the sea.
2 Is there ............................. more juice?
3 Do you want ............................. piece of cake?
4 We don’t have ............................. milk?
5 I have ............................. money in my piggy bank.
6 Do you have ............................. time to read comics?
7 We need to buy ............................. loaf of bread.
8 There are ............................. coins on the fridge.
9 ............................. apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2008
Answers
A
Countable Both
apples
bar
coin
kilo
litre
loaf
piece
people
minutes
chocolate
coffee
ice cream
yoghurt
Uncountable
butter
gold
money
rice
time
water
B
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
We live in a small house by the sea.
Is there any more juice?
Do you want a piece of cake?
We don’t have any milk?
I have some money in my piggy bank.
Do you have any time to read comics?
We need to buy a loaf of bread.
There are some coins on the fridge.
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
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Written by Bob Wilson ©Robert Clifford McNair Wilson 2008