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Form 1
[Lesson
Grammar
8]
PS li un rg a u l l a r
Uncountable nouns are nouns which cannot be counted. They always
appear in the singular form.
Example: milk, sugar, flour, sand, oil, coffee, jam, dust
The following determiners can be used with uncountable nouns.
some, any, much, a little, a great deal of, a lot
of, plenty of, a large amount of, etc.
The following determiners can be used with both countable and uncountable
nouns
some, a lot of, any, plenty of
Formation of
Plurals
Plural nouns can be formed in the following ways.
lamb lambs
piano pianos
roof roofs
tutor tutors
thanks
tongs
trousers
Fill in the blanks with the correct words from the brackets.
There is __________ food on the table. Please help yourselves, said the
host.
3
There isnt __________ tea left in the pot. There is only enough to fill your
mug.
4
__________ boys were caught smoking in the school toilet yesterday.
5
Im bored! Do you have __________ interesting books to lend me?
6
We asked our Geography teacher to give us __________ time to look
through our notes before she gave us a test.
7
Weve had only __________ rainfall here for the past few weeks.
8
__________ of my classmates drive to school.
9
There were __________ people at the market this morning because it is a
public holiday.
10 How __________ did you pay for your new watch?
Exercise 3
Choose the best answer from the options below.
There are too __________ chairs in this room. Take some away.
A few
C
much
B many
D little
Only __________ girls stayed back in school for sports practice today.
A a little
C
a small amount of
B a few
D several
A
B
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lady
ladys
C
D
ladies
ladiess
many
a few