Learn Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Today's Intermediate level lesson is by Ian who teaches at our English school in Cape Town. When we want to describe the quantity of something (how many things there are), we use certain quantifiers depending on whether the object being describe is a countable noun or an uncountable noun.

We use quantifiers when we don't need to give the exact amount.

Example:

"I don't have a lot of money." (I have a small amount of money)

"Can I have some rice with my steak?" (A portion of rice)

• 1. Our teacher gave us ___ homework today.
  
  a few
  a lot of
  many
  
  
• 2. We don't have ___ time left, so we'd better hurry.
  
  many
  some
  much
  
  
• 3. Do you like to eat ___ vegetables with your dinner?
  
  a few
  a lot of
  some
  
  
• 4. The village has ___ restaurants where you can enjoy a good meal.
  
  a little
  much
  many
  
  
• 5. The hotel doesn't have ___ rooms left.
  
  some
  any
  a few
  
  
• 6. Jenny bought a ___ new jeans when she went shopping.
  
  some
  much
  few
  
  
• 7. "Hi Mike, do you have ___ money I can borrow?"
  
  a lot of
  some
  any
  
  
• 8. We've got ___ days left on holiday.
  
  a few
  a little
  a couple
  
  
• 9. You should try to eat ___ fruit every day.
  
  a lot
  man
  some
  
  
• 10. "We only have ___ coffee, won't you buy some when you go shopping."
  
  much
  a little
  any