WORKSHOP ABOUT COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS NAME: ____________________________________

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DATE: ________

In the following sentences, fill in the gaps with one of the following quantifiers: much, many a. It seems to me that we've had ___many_______ assignments in English this term. b. How ____much______ material can we be expected to read in one week? c. ________many__ books are not in the library. d. I've had __many________ headaches already because of stress. e. _______much___depression can be attributed to being overworked.

2. Complete using HOW MUCH - HOW MANY a. _____how much___________ lemonade have we got? Weve got only one bottle. b. ____how many____________ bottles are there? Three. c. ____________how much____ meat is there? We have got two steaks. d. ________how many________ bananas have we got? We havent got any. e. _________how much_______ sugar have we got? Enough. f. __________how many______ bread have we got? Some. g. ________how many________ pens are in your bag? Six. h. ________how much________ money have we got? We havent got a lot. i. _________how many_______ bikes are there in the garden? Two. j. ________how many________ children have they got? Two girls and a boy. k. ___________how much_____ milk have we got? About one and a half litres. l. _____how many___________ steaks have we got? Weve got eight steaks.

3. In the following sentences, fill in the gaps with one of the following quantifiers: much, many, few, little. a. Our yard looks awful this summer. There are too ____much_______ weeds. b. I didn't use _____little______ fertilizer last spring, and that has made a difference. c. Also, I've paid _____much______ attention to how ______much_____ rain we've had. d. I'm afraid it's rained ____much_______ times this summer, and the grass is turning brown and dying. e. _______Many____ experts say you should fertilize your lawn in the fall. f. It didn't seem to do my lawn _______little____ good. g. ________much___ advice you get from experts doesn't seem to help. h. _________much__ of my neighbors ignore their grass, and they have better lawns this year.

4. In the following sentences, fill in the gaps with one of the following quantifiers: a little, little, a few, few. a. They say ___little________ knowledge is a bad thing. b. I know a few instances where that proves true.

c. _______few____ people know as much about computers as Tomasz does. d. But it does him________a little___ good when the whole system goes down. 5. Choose the best option to complete the sentences correctly 1. People who ride _______ don't often eat ______. a. Horse /horse b. horse /horses c. horses /horse d. horses /horses 2. You've got some on your face. a. egg b. eggs 3. The young woman had beautiful _________, but her father was almost bald - he had only a few white ____________ left on his head. a. hair /hair b. hairs /hair c. hair /hairs d. hairs /hairs 4. If you do your _______ you can watch _______. a. homework /television b. homework /televisions c. homeworks /television d. homeworks /televisions 5. How many ____________ do you speak? a. language b. languages 6. If you ask me what distinguishes human beings from animals, I would say, ________. a. language b. languages 7. For the picnic, my girlfriend and I took some _________, ______, ______ and ________. a. chicken, fruit, bread and egg b. chicken, fruit, bread and eggs c. chickens, fruits, breads and eggs d. chicken, fruits, bread and eggs 8. The factory was full of the most modern ____________ and ____________. a. tool /equipment b. tool /equipments c. tools /equipment d. tools /equipments 9. When I'm in a foreign country, I prefer to carry traveller's ______ rather than _______. a. cheque / cash b. cheque /cashes c. cheques / cash d. cheques /cashes 10. The ____________ he took required a great deal of ____________. a. b. c. d. decision /courage decisions /courage decisions /courages decision /courages

11. I had a lot of ________ in deciding where to go. a. difficulty b. difficulties 12. The employees' _______ and _________ were defined in the agreement. a. right /duty b. rights /duty c. right /duties d. rights /duties 13. The social worker said that in her ______ by the age of 20 most young people had had several sexual ____________. a. experience /experience b. experience /experiences c. experiences /experience d. experiences /experiences 14. The ________ of these countries is made up of the tragic ________ of many individuals. a. history /history b. history / histories c. histories /history d. histories / histories 15. We listened to the _______ on the radio but we didn't get any _______about the military coup. a. new /informations b. new /informations c. news /information d. news /informations 16. The play is divided into a number of ______. a. scene b. scenes 17. Sorry I'm late. It's because of the ________. a. traffic b. traffics 18. In the country the ______ is better than in town. a. air b. airs 19. Do you drink a lot of ____________? a. water b. waters 20. Did you have good ________ on your holiday? a. weather

b. weathers

6. Add there is or there are to the following sentences. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. _______There is_______ a fly in my soup. _________there are_____ many parks in New York. __________there are____ any tigers in Africa. _______there are_______ lots of hotels in big cities. ___________there is___a bank near the park ________there is______ life on Mars? _______there is_______ a telephone I can use? ________there is______ a football game tomorrow. __________there are____ 8 students in my class.

10. _________there are_____ many people my town 11. ________there are______three hotels in my town. 12. _________there is_____ a bus stop near our school. 13. _______there is_______ a very beautiful river in my country. 14. _______there are_______ many types of kangaroos. 15. _________there is_____ a wonderful beach near that hotel. 16. ______there are________ many countries in our world. 17. ______there are________ two cats on the sofa. 18. __________there is____ a little milk on the table. 19. ________there are______ four cans of soup on the shelf. 20. ______thre is________ a pound of spaghetti in the cabinet.