USE “A-AN- SOME-ALOT OF- A LITTLE-A FEW” AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
1- There is _________________ milk on the floor.
2- Mary has _________ money in her pocket. She can’t go to party.
3- There are __________ students in the school because today is the last day of the school.
4- There is __________ cheese and _________ orange juice in the fridge.
5- We buy ______________ sweets because our children eat all the time.
6- There are ____________ books on the table
7- There is ________ girl on the corner.
8- Joe has _________ sister and ____________ brothers
9- They eat __________cheese, ___________eggs, __________ bread and drinks _________ milk.
10- I drink __________ water every day.
USE “ANY-MUCH –MANY” AND COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
1- Are there __________ sandwiches in the fridge?
2- Do you have _______________ brothers or sisters?
3- How _____________ money do you earn each month?
4- There aren’t ____________ tomatoes and lemons in the supermarket.
5- There isn’t __________ sugar at home. Could you please buy some sugar?
6- There isn’t ____________ fresh air. Please, open the window.
7- Is there __________ salt in the soup?
8- How _________ friends do you have in Ankara?
9- How _________ books do you use in the classroom?
10- How __________ homework do you have ?
USE “ANY-MUCH-MANY-A LOT OF-SOME-A FEW-A LITTLE-A-AN” AND COMPLETE THE
SENTENCES
1- There isn’t ___________ break-time between the 1st and the 2nd lesson.
2- Is there _________ umbrella here? I need to go out and the weather is rainy.
3- I can’t buy drinks and food because there are __________ students in the canteen.
4- We buy ________ cheese, ___________ bread, ________ tomatoes and potatoes, ___________
milk, __________ meat and __________ chips and______ coke from the supermarket for the party.
5- How _____________ coins do you give to your children?
6- How _____________ homework do you have?
7- We need __________ flour, but I don’t need _______________ eggs because we have enough eggs
at home.
8- Some old people don’t have ______________ hair.
9- Today, the roads are crowded. There is _____________ traffic.
10- The teacher isn’t at school because there aren’t ____________ students in the classroom
Noun Translation Noun Translation Noun Translation
advice hair plastic
accounting happiness popcorn
advertising history pork
air hope powder
alcohol ice power
art information pressure
beef jam rain
biology jewelry research
blood knowledge rice
butter law rye
cereal lightning sadness
cheese linguistics salt
chewing gum literature sand
coffee love shopping
confusion luck silver
corn luggage snow
cotton machinery sociology
dust mail space
economics mathematics speed
education meat tea
electricity mechanics tennis
entertainment medicine thunder
experience milk time
fiction mist toothpaste
flour money traffic
food music trousers
forgiveness news vinegar
fresh air noise water
furniture oil weather
garbage oxygen wine
geography paper wood
geology patience wool
gold pay work
gossip peace
grammar pepper
grass petrol
ground physics
MORE TO EXPLORE….
LIST OF MOST COMMON UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
1)Match the food with the containers.
soup coffee
CON
chocolate salt pasta apples tea water peas Coke jam crisps oranges tuna sugar
soap honey
a bottle of a spoon of
TAIN
beer juice rice sauce ketchup meal pork Sprite ham
a plate of a packet of
______________
______________
______________
______________
______________
______________
ERS
________________
________________
___________
_________________
_________________
_________
a kilo of a tin of a can of a jar of
______________ ______________ _______________ ________________
______________ ______________ _______________ ________________
______________ ______________ _____________ ___
a cup of a bar of a glass of
________________ ______________ _______________
________________ ______________ _______________
___________ ______________ _____________
2)Write plurals.
a loaf of bread – two ___________ of bread a kilo of flour - two __________ of flour
a cup of tea - four _________ of tea a tin of fish – five ____________ of fish
a glass of water – six _________ of water a bottle of wine – three _________ of wine
a slice of cheese – five _________ of cheese a can of coke – six ___________ of coke
a jar of honey – two ________ of honey a spoon of soup – seven ________ of soup
a plate of rice – three _________ of rice a box of sugar – five __________ of sugar
3)Fill in the containers in correct form.
box cup bottle tin slice loaf packet kilo can bar jar slice
6 _____________of tea
1 _____________of water
2 ____________ of honey
55___________of orange juice
4) Odd one out.
1. jam honey butter crisps cheese
2. beef meat pork chicken tuna
3. loaf packet glass bar food
4. flour orange appple egg roll
5. cucumber lemon tomato lettuce onion
6. water milk juice wine tea
7. spaghetti ham rice potato chips
2 _____________of beans
11_____________of potatoes
2 _____________of crisps
5 ____________ of bear
33_____________of cake
7_____________ of chocolate
10____________ of ham
3_____________of brea
COUNTABLE / UNCOUNTABLE
1. WHAT ARE THESE THINGS? Write A / AN if necessary and the name of the
thing. Some are countable and some are uncountable.
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12
1. ____________ 2. _____________________ 3. ________________
4. _____________ 5. _____________________ 6. ______________________
7. ____________ 8. _____________________ 9. ______________________
10. _____________ 11. _____________________ 12. _____________________
2. Complete the sentences with A, AN or SOME:
Would you like _____________ coffee?
Would you like _____________ piece of chocolate?
Would you like _____________ water?
Would you like _____________ envelope for your letter?
Would you like _____________ glass of lemonade?
Would you like _____________ paper to write your note?
3. What did they buy? Complete the sentences with A / AN or SOME:
Cris bought ____________ hat, ______________ shoes and ___________ magazine.
My mom bought ______________ toothpaste and _________________ food.
My brother bought _____________ postcards and ___________ stamps.
I bought ____________ interesting book!
4. And you? What did you buy last week?
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Countable and uncountable
nouns : some, any, no
Remember: in English language we use
some, any and no with uncountable nouns for example:
We need some money.
Would you like some coffee?
Have you any money?
Have you any sandwiches?
They haven’t any children.
I haven’t any relatives here.
She has got no money.
Some or any?
Please, give me …………..cheese.
I’m sorry but there isn’t……………
Has she got………….children?
I’ve …………messages for Julie.
There isn’t ………bread left.
Put ………wine on the table.
I never buy……….souvenirs abroad.
I can’t eat ……….cakes!
Go and ask him for……….news.
I can’t answer………….questions!
Any or no?
I don’t want ………milk.
There isn’t ………..butter in the fridge.
I have ………..time to help you.
There is …………fruit on the tree.
We have…………homework
today.
I put …………sugar in this cake.
She hasn’t got ………….dollars.
Some, any or no?
Are there ………fresh drinks?
There is ………sparkling mineral water but there isn’t
……….fruit juice.
Jennifer hasn’t got………….elegant dresses.
Would you like…………tea and biscuits?
We have………..cigarettes but we have
………..matches.
Have you ………..letters for me?
There are ………news, for you, unfortunately.
She has ……….valuable bracelets.
They prefer………..cheese with green salad for lunch.
Are there …………tourists in the museum?