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 is a piece of material used for cleaning.
2. I must buy ……………………………
Clothes does not have a singular form. We say a piece of clothing.
3. The poor man was arrested for stealing ………………………….
Bread is uncountable in English. The countable equivalents are a piece of bread / a loaf.
4. How ………………………. money do you earn in a week?
Money is uncountable in English and hence it is used with much.
5. A ………………………….. struck the building.
Lightning is uncountable. The countable equivalent is a flash of lightning.
6. I have got ………………………… to do.
Work is uncountable.
7. I was held up by ………………………..
Traffic is uncountable. It does not have a plural form.
8. Politics ………………………. a dirty game.
Politics is usually considered as a singular noun.
9. In my opinion, too much mathematics ………………………. taught in schools.
Mathematics is usually considered as a singular noun.
10. We are all eager to increase our ……………………………
Knowledge does not have a plural form.
11. Six people lost their ……………………… in the accident.
To talk about several people doing the same thing or the same thing being done to several people, we normally use the plural form of the noun.
12. Her ……………………….. very curly.
Hair is uncountable in English.
Answers
1. Could you pass me a cloth? I have spilled some juice on the floor.
2. I must buy a piece of clothing.
3. The poor man was arrested for stealing a loaf.
4. How much money do you earn in a week?
5. A flash of lightning struck the building.
6. I have got much work to do.
7. I was held up by the traffic.
8. Politics is a dirty game.
9. In my opinion, too much mathematics is taught in schools.
10. We are all eager to increase our knowledge.
11. Six people lost their lives in the accident.
12. Her hair is very curly.
