Write whether the highlighted nouns are countable (C) or uncountable (UC).

1. John doesn't like coffee. __UC__
2. Scientists say there is a threat of pollution. ______
3. The children are playing in the terrace. ______
4. There are a lot of windows in our classroom. ______
5. We need some glue to fix this toy. ______
6. My uncle drinks two big glasses of water every morning. ______
7. The waiters in this restaurant are friendly. ______
8. They served us bread and cheese for breakfast. ______

Use a, an or some with these nouns. Then, write C for countable or UC for uncountable.

1. __some__ money    __UC__
2. _____ ponds   ______
3. _____ cup of tea    ______
4. _____ sugar    ______
5. _____ bar of chocolate    ______
6. _____ ice cream    ______
7. _____ rice    ______
8. _____ glass of water    ______
9. _____ coffee    ______
10. _____ cake    ______
11. _____ eggs    ______
12. _____ orange    ______
13. _____ bunch of grapes    ______
14. _____ coins    ______
15. _____ salt    ______

Choose the correct words to complete these sentences.

1. There wasn't __much__ (much/many) traffic on the highway.
2. We haven't got _________ (some/any) strawberries at the moment.
3. There are just _________ (a little/a few) chocolates in the box.
4. I'd like _________ (some/much) juice, please.
5. In summer, we must drink __________ (much/a lot of) water.
6. I saw __________ (some/any) nice postcards in that shop.
7. I don't receive ___________ (much/many) letters nowadays.
8. There were ___________ (a lot of /a large amount of) people at the concert.

Use the words in Box A both as countable and uncountable nouns to complete these sentence-pairs. The words in Box B will help you make the nouns in Box A countable.

1. It's so cold, the water has turned into   ice  . Can I have    a cube of ice   , please? The water is not cold enough.
2. Give me ________ please, I want to write a note. These toy boats are made of ________.
3. This dish has no _________ in it. Would you like to add some? Add just _________ to taste.
4. He was so thirsty, he gulped down the _________. Can I have _________, please? I feel so hot and tired.
5. It makes me so happy to see _________, after so many days of rainy, cloudy mornings. _________ fell on her sleeping face.

Rearrange these words to form questions using how much or how many.

1. does / sisters / have / how many / she
   How many sisters does she have?
2. your friend / languages / does / how many / speak
3. Kumar / money / how much / borrow / from you / did
4. solve / crosswords / he / how many / did / correctly
5. is / in / the deserts / sand / how much
6. on / information / is / the Internet / how much / there
7. the world / how many / there/ are / in / countries