Exercise 1 Countable n Uncountable Nouns

Put a tick ( ⁄ ) for a countable n a cross(x) for an uncountable one.
1. boxes     (         )        2. chalk   (        )               3. ink     (         )
4. bottles   (         )        5. nails    (        )               6. sugar  (        )
7. bread     (         )        8. dust     (        )               9. grass  (        )
10. coins    (         )       11. flour    (        )             12. fish    (         )

NOUNS

Nouns are called naming-words. They are the names of people, animals, places and things.

Countable and uncountable Nouns
Countable nouns are nouns which can be counted. e.g: a, an, many, a lot of, plenty of, some, any, several and a large amount of
Uncountables nouns are those which cannot be counted. e.g : a little, much, some, any, a lot of and a great deal of

Proper Nouns
Special names given to a person, animals, places or thing are called Proper Nouns. Proper nouns always begin with capital letters.