Practice Reading
Corrections 2
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE
Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Choose the correct sentence. Can they both be correct?
1. I like coffee and tea.
I like coffees and teas.
2. I love orange.
I love oranges.
3. Please can I have a sugar?
Please can I have some sugar?
4. How much rice have you got?
How many rice have you got?
5. Are there any eggs?
Is there any eggs?
6. Are there any milk?
Is there any milk?
7. There isn’t much chocolate.
There isn’t many chocolate.
8. I’d like an ice-cream please.
I like an ice-cream, please.
9. I don’t like apple.
I don’t like apples.
10. How much apples do you want?
How many apples do you want?
11. How many chips do you want?
How many chip do you want?
12. Can I have a cigarette please?
Can I have cigarette please?
13. How much beer is there?
How much beer are there?
14. I’d like some fruits please.
I’d like some fruit please.
15. I love sandwiches!
I love sandwich!
16. I love bread!
I love breads!
17. How much wine is there?
How many wine is there?
18. Do you like some cake?
Would you like some cake?
19. Is there any cheese?
Are there any cheeses?
20. How much pizza is there?
How much pizza are there?
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Practice Reading
Corrections 2
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE
Check your answers
1. I like coffee and tea.
2. I love orange (the colour).
I love oranges (the fruit).
3. Please can I have a sugar? (one, in my tea)
Please can I have some sugar? (an amount of sugar)
4. How much rice have you got?
5. Are there any eggs?
6. Is there any milk?
7. There isn’t much chocolate.
8. I’d like an ice-cream please.
9. I don’t like apple (the colour or flavour).
I don’t like apples (the fruit).
10. How many apples do you want?
11. How many chips do you want?
12. Can I have a cigarette please?
13. How much beer is there?
14. I’d like some fruit please.
15. I love sandwiches!
16. I love bread!
17. How much wine is there?
18. Would you like some cake?
19. Is there any cheese? (in general)
Are there any cheeses? (different individual cheeses)
20. How much pizza is there?
Talking points
How confident are you about the use of countable and uncountable nouns in English?
Do you have an equivalent in your language?
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