Count v Noncount Nouns
Quiz
Choose the correct countable words to go with the words and phrases in the sentences. Sometimes more than one answer may be correct.
My next door neighbour usually buys six ...... of coal for the whole winter as she has a small house.
- lumps
- slumps
- chunks
- items
Should you receive any useful ...... of information, let us know immediately.
- items
- pieces
- bits
- slices
That ...... of news has come as a big surprise to us.
- piece
- item
- bit
- grain
Please move that ...... of furniture a little to the right.
- piece
- item
- bit
- grain
The neighbours have been having a fight about that ...... of land for decades now.
- strip
- stain
- grain
- item
There's a huge stain on my white blouse so I'm going to buy a ...... of white cloth to hide it.
- strip
- item
- lump
- grain
The incriminating ...... of tape has mysteriously disappeared from the police lab.
- strip
- line
- stick
- chunk
There's not a single ...... of truth in your words.
- grain
- lump
- stick
- stain
There hasn't been a ...... of air all lesson.
- breath
- breathe
- birth
- stick
The gorgeous woman came downstairs without a ...... of clothing on.
- stitch
- grain
- lump
- slice
Hand me the black ...... of shoes, will you?
- pair
- slice
- lump
- chunk
David has bought a new ...... of binoculars for his trip to Madagascar.
- pair
- slice
- chunk
- item
The old ...... of pyjamas is torn already. Why don't you throw it away?
- pair
- slice
- items
- grains
Andrew has brought a new ...... of jeans from Jamaica.
- pair
- slice
- symphony
- chunk
This ...... of socks doesn't match. One of them is blue and the other one is grey.
- pair
- item
- group
- piece
Jane needs a new ...... of glasses as the old one is broken.
- pair
- item
- slice
- duo