COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS EXERCISE

 

Nouns in English can be countable or uncountable. This grammar exercise tests your understanding of countable and uncountable nouns.

 

Fill in the blanks with an appropriate form of the noun.

 

1. Could you pass me ……………………? I have spilled some juice on the floor.

-          a cloth

-          a clothing

-          a clothe

 

A cloth is a piece of material used for cleaning.

 

2. I must buy ……………………………

-          a clothing

-          a clothe

-          a piece of clothing

 

Clothes do not have a singular form. We say a piece of clothing.

 

3. The poor man was arrested for stealing ………………………….

-          a bread

-          a loaf

 

Bread is uncountable in English. The countable equivalents are a piece of bread / a loaf.

 

4. How ………………………. money do you earn in a week?

-          much

-          many

-          Either could be used here

 

Money is uncountable in English and hence it is used with much.

 

5. A ………………………….. struck the building.

-          lightning

-          piece of lightning

-          flash of lightning

 

Lightning is uncountable. The countable equivalent is a flash of lightning.

 

6. I have got ………………………… to do.

-          much work

-          many works

 

Work is uncountable.

 

7. I was held up by ………………………..

-          a traffic

-          the traffic

-          the traffics

 

Traffic is uncountable. It does not have a plural form.

 

8. Politics ………………………. a dirty game.

-          is

-          are

 

Politics is usually considered as a singular noun.

 

9. In my opinion, too much mathematics ………………………. taught in schools.

-          is

-          are

-          Either could be used here

 

Mathematics is usually considered as a singular noun.

 

10. We are all eager to increase our ……………………………

-          knowledge

-          knowledges

Knowledge does not have a plural form.

 

 

 

Correction countable and uncountable nouns

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