COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS WITH A/AN, SOME, AND ANY

EXERCISES

1. LOOK AT THE PICTURE. COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE WORDS IN THE BOX.

APPLES BANANA COOKIES BREAD

BUTTER COFFEE EGGS MILK SUGAR

There’s some 1 _milk__ and some 2_coffee__in the fridge, and there are some
3__eggs_There are some 4__apples_ under the table. There’s some 5_bread_ on the table,
and there’s a 6 __banana_. There’s some 7_sugar_ on the shelf. There isn’t any
8___butter_ and there aren’t any 9 _cookies__.

2. LOOK AT THE PICTURE. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH A, AN, SOME, OR ANY.
1 There isn’t __a___ bread.
2 There’s __an__ orange.
3 There aren’t some_ cookies.
4 There are ___some___ eggs.
5 There’s _____a__ banana.
6 There isn’t __some___ butter.
7 There’s __some___ coffee.
 MUCH, MANY, AND A LOT OF; HOW MANY / HOW MUCH

EXERCISES

1. MATCH THE TWO PARTS OF THE SENTENCES.

1. There’s a (e) a. cans are there?
2. There isn’t ( d) b. lot of books here.
3. There aren’t (f ) c. flour do you have?
4. How many ( a) d. much flour.
5. There are a (b ) e. lot of water in my bottle.
6. How much ( c) f. many cans.

2. COMPLETE THE CONVERSATIONS WITH MUCH OR MANY.

Conversation 1
A: How __much_  time do we have?
B: We have about an hour before everyone arrives.
A: How _many__  people are coming?
B: Not ___many  – about twenty.
A: Twenty? And how _much__ money have we spent?

Conversation 2
C: Is the car ready?
D: Well, we don't have _much___ gas.
C: OK, and how __much___ oil do we have?
D: Not _much and there isn't __much___ air in the tires.

Conversation 3
E: Did you like the apartment?
F: No, I didn't. There wasn't  much light.
E: Really?
F: No, and there weren't __many_ windows. And there wasn't much
space either.

Conversation 4
G: How __many__ CDs are there?
H: About five hundred.
G: What about books? How _many__ books are there?
H: About a thousand.
G: And how _many__ DVDs are there?
H: About two hundred.