Quantifier Worksheet - Basic Level

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II / 2 Countable and Uncountable nouns

Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns


Apples Rice
There are five apples. There is some rice.
I want an apple. I want rice.
I see some apples. Rice is produced in china.
There are many apples.

Sugar Jewellery Cheese Wine Furniture Money

How much sugar is How much jewellery How much cheese is How much wine is How much furniture How much money is
there? is there? there? there? is there? there?

There's some There's a lot of There's some There's a lot of


There's a lot of sugar. There's some wine.
jewellery. cheese. furniture. money.

Containers

a bottle of wine a bowl of soup a box of cereal a can of Coke a cartoon of milk

a glass of water a jar of jam a packet of butter a tub of butter a tube of tubepaste

a loaf of bread a roll of bread a piece of paper a cup of tea a piece of music

In each sentence, choose the best phrase to complete the gap from the choices below (a, b, c, or d).

1. The recetionist at the front desk gave me two _______ .


a) informations b) information c) pieces of information d) lots of information

2. My cousin is very beautiful. She has green eyes and ________ .


a) long hair b) long hairs c) a long hair d) a long length of hair

3. _________ have you got in the bank? Is it enough to buy a house?


a) How many moneys b) How many money c) How much money d) How much moneys
4. On Saturday, my friend Paul went fishing and he caught ________ .
a) three fish b) three fishes c) three items of fish d) three of fish

5. Can I borrow _______ from you? I've left mine at home and I want to write some notes.
a) paper b) a paper c) a slice of paper d) a piece of paper

6. How many ________ did the teacher give us today? He always gives us a lot to do.
a) homework b) homeworks c) a lot of homework d) pieces of homework

7. Every morning before I come to school, I spend thirty minutes doing _______ . That's how I stay so slim.
a) exercise b) an exercise c) some exercises d) some pieces of exercise

8. Your sister is a great pianist. She played ________ at the party.


a) a lovely music b) some lovely musics c) lovely musics d) a lovely piece of music

Fill in the gaps with some, any or a - an.


1. I’m really thirsty. I need ________ water, please.
2. I went to the library, but I couldn’t find ________ books about art.
3. Can you give me _________ coffee, please?
4. She sent ________ postcards to her friends, but she didn’t make _______ phone calls when she was in Britain.
5. It’s very sunny but there is only _________ child playing in the street.
6. I bought __________ coffee, but I didn’t buy ________ tea or ________ papaya.
7. Have you got __________ chocolate biscuits? I’m sorry, there are____________ biscuits left.
8. “Mary, I’m afraid there isn’t __________ juice in the fridge but there’s __________ pineapple.
9. They ate ____________apples, ___________ mango, but they didn’t eat ___________ oranges.
10. A. “Would you like ___________ cheese? It’s delicious”. B. “Ok, give me__________.”
11. Is there __________ oil in the kitchen? No, there isn’t ___________ but there’s __________ butter.

Fill in the gaps with some or any:

Charles: Alice! Have we got ____________ eggs?


Alice: Yes, there are ____________ in the cupboard.
Charles: Have we got ______________ cheese?
Alice: Yes, there’s ____________ in the fridge.
Charles: Can I use ___________ olive oil?
Alice: Yes, of course.
Charles: I need ____________ tomatoes.
Alice: We haven’t got _____________. Charles, would you like
___________ help?
Charles: No, thanks, I’m OK.
Tom: Let’s go for a picnic in the park.
Sarah: OK. We’ll make _________ sandwiches. What do we need?
Tom: We haven’t got ___________ bread. Can you buy ________?
Sarah: Yes, sure. What about butter?
Tom: We’ve got __________. I’ll buy _________cheese.
Sarah: OK, and is there __________ orange juice in the fridge?
Tom: No, I’ll get __________.
Sarah: Good. Do we need ___________ apples or cherries?
Tom: Just ___________ apples.
Sarah: Oh dear! I haven’t got ___________ money to buy the bread!
Tom: Don’t worry. I’ll lend you ____________.

Barbara: Is there __________ milk left?


Katherine: Yes, there is ___________ in the bottle on the table.
Barbara: Would you like ___________ milk?
Katherine: No, thank you. I don't think I'll drink _________ tonight. Could I have
__________ water, please?
Barbara: Sure. There is ___________ in the fridge.
Katherine: There is ________ Chinese boy in my English class.
Barbara: That’s interesting; could you ask him __________ questions for me?
Katherine: No problem.
Barbara: Could ask him ___________ questions about life in China?
Katherine: I would be happy to do that for you.

Complete with much, a lot of, any, some,

When we got to the beach, ___________ people were already there, and we couldn't
find a place to sit down. There weren’t ____________ empty spaces near the beach, but
they were ______________ empty spaces a long way from the sea. We walked along the
beach for a while, but we didn't have ____________fun because we kept bumping into
people. Finally, we decided to get back in the car and go down the coast to the next
beach. This was _____________ better; there were only ______________ families on the
beach, so there was _______________ room to spread out our things. Because we had
eaten so _____________food in the car, all we wanted to do was lie down, and after
____________ minutes we were all dozing happily in the sun.

Complete with much or many and a word from the box.


children coffee experience fish fish furniture help housework
luggage money news sugar things time times wine women

1. 'How ____________ __________ are there in the picture?' 'Two. A yellow and a green one.'
2. 'How ____________ __________ have you got on you?' 'One pound twenty.'
3. 'How ____________ __________ are there in your choir.'
4. 'How ____________ __________ have you received from your uncle?' 'I haven't heard from him lately.'
5. 'How ____________ __________ would you like with your rice?' 'Just a little, please.'
6. 'How ____________ __________ has he got?' 'Two. A son and a daughter.'
7. I do not have to do _________ ________. I only do the washing up
8. 'How ____________ __________ do they have?' 'Six. But they don't lay eggs.'
9. How ____________ ___________ have we got to finish the project?
10. He does not eat _________ ________. He likes only tuna.
11. The bedroom does not need _________ __________.
12. They have not caught __________ _______ from the river.
13. We don't eat as _________ ________ as they do. We usally have honey instead.
14. We do not need as __________ _________ as last time. We will basically manage alone.
15. How ___________ ________ have you been to France?
16. I have got so _________ ___________to tell you.
17. I won't take too _________ __________ with me. Only a suitcase and a handbag.
18. She does not have __________ ___________ as a nurse.
19. He had so ____________ _________that he could not sleep.
20. I don't drink much _________ ________. I prefer champagne.

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