Much, many, some, any: grammar exercise

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate determiner.

1. She hasn’t got ………………. friends. (some / any)

2. I didn’t do …………………. work today. (much / many)

3. She didn’t eat ……………… food. (much / many)

4. There aren’t ………………… trees in the garden. (much / many)

5. I haven’t read ………………… books. (many / much)

6. How ………………… time do you need to finish this assignment? (much / many)

7. We have planted ………………… roses in the garden. (some / any)

8. Don’t waste ………………… time watching TV. (much / many)

9. She can speak ………………… languages. (much / many)

10. She hasn’t got ……………….. cars. (some / any)

11. If you find ……………….. strawberries, keep some for me. (any / some)

12. You can borrow …………………. book you like. (many / any)
Answers

Complete the following sentences using an appropriate determiner.

1. She hasn’t got many friends.

2. I didn’t do much work today.

3. She didn’t eat much food.

4. There aren’t many trees in the garden.

5. I haven’t read many books.

6. How much time do you need to finish this assignment?

7. We have planted some roses in the garden.

8. Don’t waste much time watching TV.

9. She can speak many languages.

10. She hasn’t got any cars.

11. If you find any strawberries, keep some for me.

12. You can borrow any book you like.

Countable and uncountable nouns
exercise
Identify the following objects as countable or uncountable.

1. Water (countable / uncountable)

2. Weather (countable / uncountable)

3. Wool (countable / uncountable)

4. Advice (countable / uncountable)

5. Bread (countable / uncountable)

6. Information (countable / uncountable)

7. Chess (countable / uncountable)

8. Grass (countable / uncountable)

9. Knowledge (countable / uncountable)

10. Salt (countable / uncountable)

11. Journey (countable / uncountable)

12. News (countable / uncountable)

13. Grape (countable / uncountable)

14. Fact (countable / uncountable)

15. Cat (countable / uncountable)

16. Cotton (countable / uncountable)

Answers

1. uncountable

2. uncountable

3. uncountable

4. uncountable

5. uncountable

6. uncountable

7. uncountable

8. uncountable

9. uncountable

10. uncountable

11. countable

12. uncountable

13. countable

14. countable

15. countable

16. uncountable

Notes

Travel and journey have very similar meanings, but travel is normally uncountable. It
is used to talk about traveling in general. We cannot, for example, say ‘a travel’.

Journey, on the other hand, is a countable noun. We can say a journey.

The nouns beans, peas, grapes, lentils and facts are usually countable.

Foods are usually uncountable. Examples are: rice, spaghetti, sugar, salt, wheat etc.