Q1. Read the following sentences and write whether the coloured nouns are countable
or uncountable.
a) Birds were hovering over the trees. ___________________
b) Garlands were bought to welcome the leader. ___________________
c) The cat is drinking milk. ___________________
d) The mill needed cotton to make clothes. ___________________
e) Gold is used for making jewellery. ___________________
f) Her hair was amazingly long. ___________________
g) Rice was required to make biryani. ___________________
h) Books were arranged on the racks. ___________________
i) Butter is obtained from milk. ___________________
j) The puppies were playing with a ball. ___________________
Q2. Write(C) for uncountable nouns and (UC) for uncountable nouns.
a) juice - ________ b) nest - __________
c) orange - ________ d) maize - __________
e) sugar - _________ f) pickle - __________
g) jam - __________ h) music - __________
i) biscuit - _________. J) news - ___________
Q3. Underline the correct words in the brackets.
a) Can you give me (some/few) milk ?
b) There was (a little/ a few) water in the pitcher.
c) (A large amount / A large number of) dust has collected on the table.
d) Is there (any / many) soup in the bowl ?
e) They saw (much /many ) cows in the field.
Answers
Answer:
a) Birds were hovering over the trees. _____countable______________
b) Garlands were bought to welcome the leader. ____countable_______________
c) The cat is drinking milk. ____uncountable_______________
d) The mill needed cotton to make clothes. _________uncountabl__________
e) Gold is used for making jewellery. _________unvountable__________
f) Her hair was amazingly long. __________uncountable_________
g) Rice was required to make biryani. _________uncountable__________
h) Books were arranged on the racks. __________countable_________
i) Butter is obtained from milk. _________uncountable__________
j) The puppies were playing with a ball. __________countable_________
Q2. Write(C) for uncountable nouns and (UC) for uncountable nouns.
a) juice - ____UC____ b) nest - _____C_____
c) orange - ____C____ d) maize - ____UC______
e) sugar - ____UC_____ f) pickle - _____C_____
g) jam - _____UC_____ h) music - ___C______
i) biscuit - ____C_____. J) news - _____C______
Q3. Underline the correct words in the brackets.
a) Can you give me (some/few) milk ?
b) There was (a little/ a few) water in the pitcher.
c) (A large amount / A large number of) dust has collected on the table.
d) Is there (any / many) soup in the bowl ?
e) They saw (much /many ) cows in the field.
Answer:
Q3.
a) some
b) few
c) a large amount
d) any
e) many
Explanation: