ISTER LANGUAGE INSTITUTE

Santiago Velasco Electricity

TOPIC: NOUN AND NONCOUNT NOUNS

1. Read the information about COUNT AND NOUNCOUNTS

2. Look at the words. Underline the noun. Is it count or noncount?

count

count

noncount

count

count
3. Read the information about USING AN vs. A

4. Complete the sentences. Use a or an.

an

an

an

an

An

a
5. Read the information about USING A/AN vs. SOME

6. Look at the noun and circle the correct word (a, an, or some). Then decide if the noun is
singular count, plural count, or noncount.

a /

some /

an /
a /

Some /
e /
some
some /
an /

an /

7. Use a/an or some with the count nouns in these sentences. Are the nouns singular or
plural?
 a

some

an

some

8. Use a, an, or some with the nouns in these sentences. Are they singular count nouns or
noncount nouns?

an

some

9. Complete the sentences. Use a/an or some with the nouns in these sentences
 a

some

a a

a a some

an

some

10. Use the word in the column to complete the sentence. Add -s to a count noun (or give
the irregular plural form) Do not add -s to a noncount noun.

music

flowers

information

jewerly

childs

homeworks

11. Change the italicized noun to its plural form if possible, changing a to some
 soe

I have some coins in my pocket

none

none

There are some cars on Main Street.

Our teacher assigns a lot of homeworks.

none

12. Read the information about MEASUREMENTS WITH NONCOUNT NOUNS

.
13. Complete the phrases. You are hungry and thirsty. What would you like? Use a piece of, a cup
of, a glass of, a bowl of
 A piece of

A cup of / a glass of

A cup of

A piece of

A bowl of

A piece of

A glass of

A bowl of

A cup of

14. Complete the sentences with nouns

marmalade

Chocolate

Sardine walnuts

bread cereal

bananas

milk marmalade

15. Read the information about USING MANY, MUCH, A FEW, A LITTLE

16. Change a lot of to many or much

I don´t put much sugar in my cofee.

I have many questions to ask to you

Sue and jhon have a small apartment .They don´t have much furniture

You can see many people at the zoo on Sunday

many

many

much

much

many

much

18. Change some to a few or a little. Use a few with count nouns. Use a little with noncount nouns.

I usually add a Little salt to my food

I have a few questions to ask to you

Bob needs a Little help .He has afew problems.He needs a Little advice
I need to buy a few clothes

I have a few homeworks to do tonight

I usually get a Little mail every day.

I usually get a few letters avery day.

When i´m hungry in the evening, i usually eat a Little chesse.

We usually do a few oral exercises in class every day.

20. Complete the sentences with the or a/an.

The

a The The

a The
a

the
the
21. Read the information about USING (NO ARTICLE) TO MAKE GENERALIZATIONS

22.Complete the sentences with the or Ø (no article)

the

the

Ø Ø

the

the

23. Read the information about USING SOME AND ANY

some

any

some

any

any

some Some some

25. Use any or a. Use any with noncount nouns and plural count nouns. Use a with singular count
nouns
 any

any

any
a

any

any

26. Make the nouns plural where necessary

horses

No change

Childs

No change

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