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.
Don't you ever clean your room, Phillip? There are ...... of dirt everywhere.
- piles
- truckloads
- spoonfuls
- miles
The shop assistant showed the customers six different ...... of red cloth to choose from.
- bolts
- suit
- arm
- chunks
About 36 inches of cloth equal to a ...... .
- yard
- mile
- square kilometre
- baker's dozen
The company has ordered a new software ...... to ease the employees' work.
- application
- thingie
- hardware
- program
David has got three homework ...... . And that's just history.
- assignments
- writings
- things
- pieces
Pete bought his lovely girlfriend a ...... of flowers to make her smile. She's got a gorgeous smile you know.
- bunch
- group
- duo
- band
The huge ...... of demonstrators broke shop windows and set cars on fire.
- crowd
- stand
- item
- conference
Mr Willson keeps a ...... of sheep in his backyard.
- flock
- herd
- group
- pen
An unusually disoriented ...... of birds has been circling our house since Monday.
- flock
- herd
- group
- duo
The small ...... of wild goats has caused quite a few problems to our farmers.
- herd
- flock
- group
- community
The cowboys are taking care of the ...... right now. Some of the cattle are being cleaned while others have already fallen asleep.
- herd
- crowd
- group
- stock
Simon has given me a new ...... of cards. Let's play, shall we?
- pack
- deck
- pile
- heap
The new ...... of cutlery really goes with your golden plates.
- set
- crowd
- group
- items
You should really buy a new ...... of tyres. These are no good any more.
- set
- group
- quadruplet
- bunch
Just leave the dirty ...... of dishes in the sink. I'll do the washing up tomorrow morning.
- set
- crowd
- group
- bunch
Those men really know how to use their ...... of spanners.
- set
- sets
- item
- items