Name: _____________________________ ( ) Class: _______________

EXERCISE 1 – NOUNS
Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.
smoke circle poison dance faces spears huts
wood night villagers tree village space

When _____(1)_____ fell, the _____(2)_____ came out of their _____(3)_____ and gathered in an open
_____(4)_____ in the centre of the _____(5)_____. They lit the pile of _____(6)_____ under a tall
_____(7)_____. Soon thick _____(8)_____ rose high up into the sky. Then some men, who had their
_____(9)_____ painted, danced wildly round in a _____(10)_____. At the end of their _____(11)_____,
they dipped their long _____(12)_____ in a huge pot of _____(13)_____.

Answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13.

EXERCISE 2 – COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Fill in the blanks with ‘many’, ‘much’, ‘a few’, or ‘a little’.

a. There has not been _____(1)_____ rain so there is only _____(2)_____ water in the well.
b. I could not buy _____(3)_____ mangoes in the market because there were only _____(4)_____ left.
c. I really haven’t _____(5)_____ money. I have only _____(6)_____ coins in my pocket.
d. How _____(7)_____ glasses were broken? I hope there were not _____(8)_____.
e. We haven’t _____(9)_____ time to finish this work. We have only _____(10)_____ days left.
f. There are only_____(11)_____ of us here. I don’t think we can get _____(12)_____ work done.
g. There isn’t _____(13)_____ petrol in my car. I don’t think we can go on for more than _____(14)_____
miles.
h. He wants _____(15)_____ _ ink and _____(16)_____ pieces of paper.
i. _____(17)_____ soap and _____(18)_____ water should remove the stains from your shirt.
j. There were not _____(19)_____ eggs to choose from, so I bought _____(20)_____ which I thought were
fresh.
k. Please may I have _____(21)_____ biscuits? I didn’t eat _____(22)_____ rice just now and I’m still
hungry.
l. There were _____(23)_____ people in the room but there were only _____(24)_____ chairs.
m. She has taken only_____(25)_____ sweets from the box. I think there are still _____(26)_____ left.
n. Mr Lim caught _____(27)_____ fish yesterday, so he gave _____(28)_____ to his neighbour.
o. Go and put _____(29)_____ powder on your face but please don’t take too _____(30)_____ time
because the bus will be here in just _____(31)_____ minutes.
Answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
31.

EXERCISE 3 – COLLECTIVE NOUNS

Fill in the blanks with the correct Collective Nouns.

1. Our school has a large _____________ of books of all kinds.

2. My father smokes a _____________ of cigarettes every day.
3. The little girl presented Mrs Jones with a _____________ of flowers.
4. In the evening a _____________ of cars passed by my house.
5. Ah Soon returned with a new _____________ of clothes.
6. A _____________ of locusts destroyed the farmer’s padi.
7. A _____________ of labourers fought near the wharf.
8. There was a large _____________ of spectators at the football match.
9. A _____________ of cattle is grazing down in the valley.
10. He was greeted by a _____________ of friends at the airport.
11. The gardener is trimming a _____________ of bushes in the garden.
12. My brother has a fine _____________ of stamps in his album.
13. Her father gave her a _____________ of pearls for her birthday.
14. The captain and a _____________ of sailors stood on the deck of the ship.
15. We saw a _____________ of monkeys at the Botanic Gardens.

Answer:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
11. 12. 13. 14. 15.