Countable and Uncountable Noun Exercises/Quantifiers Exercises
This page explains what countable and uncountable nouns are and then helps you practice them using quantifiers.
What are countable and uncountable nouns?
In English, most nouns are either countable or uncountable.
Countable nouns
Countable nouns are nouns that you can count such as people, places, and things.
▪️One chair, two chairs, three chairs, lots of chairs. 🪑🪑🪑🪑🪑
Some countable nouns have a singular form and a plural form:
▪️One person, two people, three people.
Uncountable nouns
Uncountable nouns are nouns that you cannot separate and count such as concepts (time/knowledge/information), substances (water/milk/bread), feelings (happiness/sadness).
When we want to count uncountable nouns we often use phrases such ‘a piece of’ or ‘a bit of’:
▪️A piece of bread, two pieces of bread, etc.
▪️A bit of knowledge, two bits of knowledge, etc.
There are a small group of nouns that are both countable and uncountable.
What are quantifiers?
Quantifiers come before nouns and show the amount or degree of something.
- There are many dogs in the garden.
- Some dogs / Some milk
- There is a large amount of information on the internet.
We can put quantifiers into three groups. Have a look at the table below.
Table of quantifiers
With Countable Nouns
▫️Many
▫️Few
▫️A few
▫️Several
▫️A number of
▫️A majority of
▫️A large number of
With Uncountable Nouns
▫️Much/Not much/So much/Too much
▫️Little
▫️A little
▫️A bit of
▫️A large amount of
▫️A great deal of
▫️A large quantity of
With Countable and Uncountable Nouns
▫️Some ▫️Any ▫️A lot of ▫️Lots of ▫️Plenty ▫️More ▫️Most ▫️Enough ▫️All
A good way to become familiar with countable and uncountable nouns is to practice the quantifier exercises below.
Exercises
