COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS? EXERCISE 2 – SINGULAR OR PLURAL?
A2–B1 · IntermediateThis exercise focuses on the noun itself: can it take a plural ending, or is it uncountable? Choose the correct form in 20 sentences, including less obvious nouns such as information, furniture, and luggage.
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1. What kind of _____ do you want to talk about?
Correct answer: things
2. What kind of _____ would you like me to buy?
Correct answer: milk
3. I ate many kinds of _____ yesterday.
Correct answer: cheese
4. Do you have some _____ for me?
Correct answer: information
5. I had many horrifying _____ during my travels in Haiti.
Correct answer: experiences
6. Do you know all the _____ of the world?
Correct answer: capitals
7. He had a lot of _____ in him.
Correct answer: anger
8. P1: What did you buy? P2: I bought some _____.
Correct answer: oranges
9. I have to buy some apples and some _____.
Correct answer: rice
10. I left my _____ at the airport.
Correct answer: luggage
11. I have to buy a lot of _____ for my new apartment.
Correct answer: furniture
12. He brought up a lot of interesting _____ during the lecture.
Correct answer: points
13. After the party, there was a lot of _____.
Correct answer: garbage
14. Thank you so much for all the _____!
Correct answer: applause
15. Your _____ are due on September 15th.
Correct answer: essays
16. I went to the market and bought a lot of _____.
Correct answer: fruit
17. There are many different types of _____ in the world.
Correct answer: people
18. He has one of the most expensive _____ on the market.
Correct answer: computers
19. I have to cut my _____ today.
Correct answer: hair
20. I can't stand the _____ in this city.
Correct answer: traffic
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Grammar review
Does this noun take an -s?
This exercise isn't about which quantifier to use, it's about whether the noun itself can be pluralized at all.
Countable nouns pluralize normally: one thing / many things, one experience / several experiences, one capital / many capitals.
Uncountable nouns never take -s, even when the sentence feels like it's describing more than one: information (never "informations"), furniture, luggage, advice, news, homework.
A few common categories of uncountable nouns worth recognizing:
Foods and substances described in general, not as individual pieces: milk, cheese, rice, fruit
Abstract qualities or events: anger, applause, information
General accumulations rather than a count of items: garbage, traffic, luggage
Two tricky cases:
Hair is uncountable when talking about all the hair on someone's head as a whole (“She wants to dye her hair.”), but countable when talking about individual strands (“There's a hair in my soup.”).
People is already the plural of person, so it doesn't take another -s. “Peoples” only shows up when referring to distinct ethnic or national groups, like “the peoples of Africa.”
Quick test: if you can't put a number directly in front of the noun (three furnitures ✗) and need a counter word instead (three pieces of furniture ✓), it's uncountable.
This exercise isn't about which quantifier to use, it's about whether the noun itself can be pluralized at all.
Countable nouns pluralize normally: one thing / many things, one experience / several experiences, one capital / many capitals.
Uncountable nouns never take -s, even when the sentence feels like it's describing more than one: information (never "informations"), furniture, luggage, advice, news, homework.
A few common categories of uncountable nouns worth recognizing:
Foods and substances described in general, not as individual pieces: milk, cheese, rice, fruit
Abstract qualities or events: anger, applause, information
General accumulations rather than a count of items: garbage, traffic, luggage
Two tricky cases:
Hair is uncountable when talking about all the hair on someone's head as a whole (“She wants to dye her hair.”), but countable when talking about individual strands (“There's a hair in my soup.”).
People is already the plural of person, so it doesn't take another -s. “Peoples” only shows up when referring to distinct ethnic or national groups, like “the peoples of Africa.”
Quick test: if you can't put a number directly in front of the noun (three furnitures ✗) and need a counter word instead (three pieces of furniture ✓), it's uncountable.
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