Today is Friday, september 18th,2026
HOW
CAN WE COUNT UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS?
We can use a unit or container.
Examples:
a bottle of water
two bottles of water
a glass of milk
three glasses of milk
a piece of advice
two pieces of advice
a piece of information
some pieces of furniture
Other
useful expressions:
- a cup of coffee
- a cup of tea
- a bowl of rice
- a loaf of bread
- a slice of bread
- a piece of cake
- a kilo of rice
- a bag of sugar
- a bottle of oil
ACTIVITY 1 – COUNTABLE OR
UNCOUNTABLE?
Write C for countable or U for uncountable.
1.
Apple
______
2.
Water
______
3.
Information
______
4.
Chair
______
5.
Money
______
6.
Rice
______
7.
Student
______
8.
Advice
______
9.
Book
______
10.
Furniture
______
11.
Milk
______
12.
Question
______
13.
Homework
______
14.
Computer
______
15.
Sugar
______
ACTIVITY
2 – CHOOSE THE CORRECT QUANTIFIER
Choose the correct option.
1. There
aren't ______ students in the classroom.
a) much
b) many
c) a little
2.
I don't
have ______ money.
a) many
b) a few
c) much
3. She
bought ______ apples at the supermarket.
a) some
b) much
c) a little
4.
We need
______ water.
a) a few
b) some
c) many
5. How
______ information do you have?
a) many
b) much
c) few
6. How
______ books did you read?
a) much
b) many
c) little
7. There is
______ milk in the refrigerator.
a) a little
b) a few
c) many
8. I have
______ friends at school.
a) a little
b) a few
c) much
9.
There isn't
______ rice left.
a) many
b) much
c) a few
10.
We have
______ homework today.
a) many
b) a few
c) a lot of
ACTIVITY
3 – SOME OR ANY?
Complete with some or any.
1.
I have
______ questions.
2.
Do you
have ______ money?
3. There
isn't ______ milk in the fridge.
4.
She
bought ______ bread.
5.
Are there
______ students outside?
6. We need
______ information about the project.
7. I don't
have ______ homework today.
8.
Would you
like ______ coffee?
ACTIVITY
4 – HOW MUCH OR HOW MANY?
Complete
each question.
1. __________
students are in your class?
2. __________
water do you drink every day?
3.
__________
money do you need?
4.
__________
books do you have?
5.
__________
rice should we cook?
6.
__________
friends do you have?
7.
__________
information do you need?
8. __________
chairs are in the classroom?
ACTIVITY
5 – CORRECT THE MISTAKES
Each sentence has a mistake. Rewrite it correctly.
1.
I have
much friends.
2. She gave
me an advice.
3. There are
much students in the classroom.
4. I don't
have many money.
5. How much
books do you have?
6. There is
a few water in the bottle.
7.
He bought
two breads
8.
I need an
information.
ACTIVITY
6 – COMPLETE WITH YOUR OWN IDEAS
Complete the sentences using an appropriate quantifier.
1. I have a
lot of ______________________________.
2.
I don't
have much ____________________________.
3.
I have a
few _________________________________.
4.
I have a
little ________________________________.
5.
I don't
have any ______________________________.
6.
There are
many ______________________________.
7.
There
isn't much ______________________________.
8.
There are
some _______________________________.
