WORKSHOP ABOUT COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS

NAME: ____________________________________ DATE: ________

1. 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? We’ve 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 haven’t 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 haven’t 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? We’ve 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 /horseb. horse /horsesc. horses /horsed. horses /horses

2. You've got some on your face.a. eggb. 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 /hairb. hairs /hairc. hair /hairsd. hairs /hairs

4. If you do your _______ you can watch _______.a. homework /televisionb. homework /televisionsc. homeworks /televisiond. homeworks /televisions

5. How many ____________ do you speak?a. languageb. languages

6. If you ask me what distinguishes human beings from animals, I would say, ________.

a. languageb. languages

7. For the picnic, my girlfriend and I took some _________, ______, ______ and ________.

a. chicken, fruit, bread and eggb. chicken, fruit, bread and eggsc. chickens, fruits, breads and eggsd. chicken, fruits, bread and eggs

8. The factory was full of the most modern ____________ and ____________.

a. tool /equipmentb. tool /equipmentsc. tools /equipmentd. tools /equipments

9. When I'm in a foreign country, I prefer to carry traveller's ______ rather than _______.

a. cheque / cashb. cheque /cashesc. cheques / cashd. cheques /cashes

10. The ____________ he took required a great deal of ____________.

a. decision /courageb. decisions /couragec. decisions /couragesd. decision /courages

11. I had a lot of ________ in deciding where to go.a. difficultyb. difficulties

12. The employees' _______ and _________ were defined in the agreement.

a. right /dutyb. rights /dutyc. right /dutiesd. rights /duties

13. The social worker said that in her ______ by the age of 20 most young people had had several sexual ____________.

a. experience /experienceb. experience /experiencesc. experiences /experienced. experiences /experiences

14. The ________ of these countries is made up of the tragic ________ of many individuals.

a. history /historyb. history / historiesc. histories /historyd. histories / histories

15. We listened to the _______ on the radio but we didn't get any _______about the military coup.

a. new /informationsb. new /informationsc. news /informationd. news /informations

16. The play is divided into a number of ______.a. sceneb. scenes

17. Sorry I'm late. It's because of the ________.a. trafficb. traffics

18. In the country the ______ is better than in town.a. airb. airs

19. Do you drink a lot of ____________?a. waterb. 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. _______There is_______ a fly in my soup.

2. _________there are_____ many parks in New York.

3. __________there are____ any tigers in Africa.

4. _______there are_______ lots of hotels in big cities.

5. ___________there is___a bank near the park

6. ________there is______ life on Mars?

7. _______there is_______ a telephone I can use?

8. ________there is______ a football game tomorrow.

9. __________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.