English Grammar Exercises – Countable and uncountable

1. Some of these sentences need a/an. Correct the sentences where necessary. Write ‘OK’ if the sentence is already correct.

1   Joanna eats apple every morning.

     …an apple……

2   Peter doesn’t like milk in his tea.

      …OK……

3   Katie rarely has biscuit with her coffee.

      ……………………

4   George normally eats meat for dinner.

      ……………………

5   Brian usually has omelette for lunch.

      ……………………

6   Margaret never drinks juice.

      ……………………

2. Lizzie is training to run in a marathon. Every day she writes down how far she runs and what she eats. Look at the pictures of what she ate today and complete what she wrote, using a/an where necessary.

Monday

I ran 15 km. I had (1) …cereal…… and (2) …………………… for breakfast. At lunchtime I ate (3) …………………… and (4) …………………… . For dinner I had (5) …………………… and (6) ……………………, then (7) ……………………with (8) ……………………, followed by (9) …………………… .

3. Do you have a healthy lifestyle? Doctors advise us to take regular exercise and to eat at least five portions of fruit or vegetables every day. Look at what Lizzie wrote. Write down what you ate yesterday.

4. There are mistakes in seven of these sentences. Correct the sentences where necessary. Write ‘OK’ if the sentence is already correct.

1   You need a permission from your teacher to use this software.

     …You need permission……

2   We’re looking for a flat to rent.

     …OK……

3   I’m late because the traffics are awful.

     ……………………………..

4   He was asked to leave the club because of a bad behaviour.

     ……………………………..

5   I phoned my brother to wish him good luck in the exam.

     ……………………………..

6   It’s a pity Rebecca had her hairs cut so short.

     ……………………………..

7   I like the flat but the furnitures are very old-fashioned.

     ……………………………..

8   As an old friend, may I give you an advice?

     ……………………………..

9   We need to get up-to-date information about flight times.

     ……………………………..

10   Cycling home in the rain wasn’t pleasant experience!

     ……………………………..

5. Complete the conversation with the words from the box. Sometimes you need the plural (-s). Use some of the words more than once.

Mary and Liz are about to go on holiday together. Mary has come to pick up Liz in her car.

MARY:   Hello, Liz, are you ready?

LIZ:         Yes, just about. All my (1) …luggage…… is here. I hope I haven’t got too many (2) …cases…… .

MARY:   Don’t worry. There’s plenty of (3) ………………………. in the car.

LIZ:         Oh, good. I’ve packed rather a lot of things. I wasn’t sure what to bring as I haven’t had much (4) ………………………. of travelling in the mountains.

MARY:   As long as you’ve got some warm sweaters for the evenings, and a good raincoat, you should be OK. The (5) ………………………. in the mountains is wonderful, but the (6) ………………………. can change very suddenly.

LIZ:         Well, we’ve got a lovely (7) ………………………. to start with.

MARY:   You’re right there. And I’m sure you’ll like our (8) ………………………. at the hotel, because they’ve promised me the ones I had last year when I was with my brother. Did you pack the guidebook, by the way?

LIZ:         Yes, and I packed some (9) ………………………. so we can do some drawing.

MARY:   That’s a good idea. It’d be nice to keep some sort of diary too.

LIZ:         Yes. We might make an album afterwards, with words and pictures. And I’m sure I’m going to have some great (10) ………………………. to write about.

MARY:   Well, the (11) ………………………. are like nothing you’ve ever seen. And there’s always music or something in one of the villages every evening. We’ll buy the local (12) ………………………. when we get there and find out what’s going on.

LIZ:         Well, I’m ready.

MARY:   OK, let’s go!