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Countables - Uncountables Countables – Uncountables

What’s the difference? Look at the underlined nouns. Are they countable or uncountable?

1. There was a car behind us. …………………………….. 2. I never eat meat. …………………………….. 3. Do you play golf? …………………………….. 4. I had to wait ten minutes. …………………………….. 5. Just tell me one thing. …………………………….. 6. Love makes the world go round. …………………………….. 7. Good luck in your new job. …………………………….. 8. Power stations produce energy. …………………………….. 9. I’m taking a photo. …………………………….. 10. Would you like an apple? ……………………………..

Countable and uncountable nouns Complete the conversation. Choose the correct form.

J: What are you doing Andrew? A: I’m writing essay/an essay. J: Oh, you’ve got computer/a computer. Do you always write essay/essays on your computer? A: Yes, but I am not doing very well today. I’m working on my plan for about three hour/hours now. J: You’ve got lots of books to help you, though. I haven’t got as much/many books as you. That’s because I haven’t got much money/moneys. Quite often I can’t even afford to buy food/foods. A: Really? That can’t be many/much fun J: I’d like to get job/a job I can do in my spare time and earn a/some money. I’ve got a few/a little ideas, but what do you think I should do? A: I know someone who paints picture/pictures and sells them. Why don’t you do that? J: Because I’m no good at painting. What did Tom buy at the supermarket? Use of.

Milk: ……………………………………………………………… 1 kilo Flour: ……………………………………………………………… Jam: ……………………………………………………………… Matches: ……………………………………………………………… 2 bread: ……………………………………………………………… Chocolate: ……………………………………………………………… 5 kilos potatoes: ……………………………………………………………… Breakfast cereal: ……………………………………………………………… 2 Mineral water: ……………………………………………………………… Toothpaste: ………………………………………………………………

Complete the sentence. Put in a/an or some.

1. I really ought to do ……………………… housework. 2. The people who camped in the field have left ……………………… rubbish. 3. I’ve been working on the business plan. I’ve made ……………………… progress. 4. The visitors are here for two nights. They are looking for ……………………… accommodation. 5. That shop has ……………………… nice sofa. 6. You will have to pay extra for the taxi because you’ve got ……………………… luggage. 7. The flat is quite empty. I need ……………………… furniture. 8. I can’t possibly fit this guitar into ……………………… suitcase. 9. You need ……………………… luck to win this game. A potato or potato? A sport or sport? Complete the conversations. Choose the correct form.

1. Can I pick an apple/some apple from your tree? –Yes, of course. 2. I think sport/a sport is boring. –Me too. I hate it. 3. We ought to buy some potato/some potatoes. –OK, I’ll get them. 4. I think painting/a painting is a fascinating hobby. –Well you’re certainly very good at it.

5. Did you hear noise/a noise in the middle of the night? –No, I don’t think so. 6. Is there cheese/a cheese in this soup? –Yes, a little. 7. Shall I put a chicken/some chicken in your sandwiches? –Yes, please. 8. I had conversation/a conversation with Vicky last night. –Oh, what about? 9. Are you a pacifist? –Well, I don’t believe in war/a war, so I suppose I am. 10. It isn’t fair. –No, life/ a life just isn’t fair, I’m afraid. 11. What’s the matter? –You’ve got some egg/some eggs on your shirt.

Complete Claire’s postcard to her sister. Choose the correct form.

This island is very peaceful. Life/A life is good here. Everybody moves at a nice slow pace. People have time/a time to stop and talk. It’s experience/an experience I won’t forget for a long time. There aren’t many shops, so I can’t spend all my money, although I did buy painting/a painting yesterday. Now I’m sitting on the beach reading paper/a paper. The hotel breakfast is so enormous that I don’t need to have lunch. I’ve just brought orange/an orange with me to eat later. I’ve been trying all the different fruit/fruits grown in this part of the world, and they are all delicious. Most of these sentences have a mistake in them. Correct them, or if there is no mistake, write right.

1. I believe it’s very difficult to find a cheap accommodation in London. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… 2. We are looking for a place to rent. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………

3. We are late because they are re-surfacing the motorway and the traffics are terrible. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… 4. He was asked to leave the college because of a bad behaviour at the end of term party. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… 5. I’m going to phone my brother to wish him good luck for his driving test. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… 6. I think it’s a pity Rebecca had her hairs cut short because she looked much more attractive before. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… 7. It’s not a bad room, but the furnitures take up too much space. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… 8. As an old friend, may I give you an advice? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… 9. If we don’t have up-to-date information, how can we make sensible decisions? ……………………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… 10. Fortunately, the check-up was less unpleasant experience than I had expected. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………

Fill the spaces in the following conversation with one of the words in the box. Sometimes you need the plural (-s), and some of the words are used more than once. Ease – day – experience – luggage – paper – room – scenery – weather - view

Mary and Liz are about to go on a holiday together. Mary has come to collect Liz in her car. M: Hello Liz are you ready? L: Yes, just about. All the ……………………………… is here in the corridor. I hope I haven’t got too many ……………………………… . M: Don’t worry. There’s plenty of ……………………………… in the car. L: Oh, good. I’ve packed rather a lot of things. I haven’t had much ……………………………… of travelling in the mountains, so I wasn’t sure what to bring. M: As long as you’ve got some warm sweaters for the evenings, and a good raincoat, you should be OK. The ……………………………… in the mountains is wonderful, but the ……………………………… can change very suddenly. L: Well, we’ve got a lovely ……………………………… to start with. M: You’re right there. And I am sure you’ll like our ……………………………… at the hotel, because they’ve promised me the ones I had last year when I was with my brother. Did you pack the guidebook, by the way? L: I’ve got it in my pocket. I packed some ……………………………… too, so we can write letters. M: Yes, it’d be nice to keep some sort of diary, too. L: That’s a good idea. We might make an album afterwards, with words and photos. And I’m sure I’m going to have som great ……………………………… to write about. M: I’m sure you will too. The ……………………………… are like nothing you’ve ever seen. And the people are great. There’s always music or something in one of the villages every evening. We’ll buy some local ……………………………… when we get there and find out what’s going on this week. L: Well, I’m ready! M: OK, let’s go! Fill in the following words in order to form useful phrases: Advice - chocolate - jam - lemonade - meat - milk - oil - rice - tea - tennis - sugar

1. a piece of ……………………………… 2. a cube of ……………………………… 3. a packet of ……………………………… 4. a bar of ……………………………… 5. a glass of ……………………………… 6. a cup of ……………………………… 7. a bottle of ……………………………… 8. a slice of ……………………………… 9. a barrel of ……………………………… 10. a game of ……………………………… 11. a jar of ………………………………

Choose between much/many/a lot of.

1. My wife has got ……………………………… clothes. 2. How ……………………………… does that CD cost? 3. Juan hasn’t got ……………………………… friends. 4. How……………………………… time have we got? 5. Do you have ……………………………… time to finish this exercise? 6. ……………………………… people live in Tokyo? 7. I don’t have ……………………………… information about that. 8. How ……………………………… packets would you like? 9. I have visited ……………………………… countries. 10. How ……………………………… bread do you need? Choose between a/an/some/any/the/long.

1. Is there ……………………………… cheese left? 2. To make pancakes we need ……………………………… eggs and ……………………………… flower. 3. How ……………………………… money do we have left? 4. How ……………………………… cars are we taking? 5. How ……………………………… glasses of wine did you drink? 6. Excuse me. I need ……………………………… information about trains to Guadalajara. 7. Do you know ……………………………… good restaurants near here? 8. For lunch today I had a salad and ……………………………… piece of pizza. 9. How ……………………………… rice do we have left? 10. It’s cold. Don’t open ……………………………… windows.