UNIT 1: NOUN

A. COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

1. Add the nouns in the box into the table in the correct group. If the word is countable,
you also need to change it to a plural form.
Bread Company Wine Furniture Country Baby Beauty

Work Damage Wood Life Fly Student Tooth

Dust Oil Man Species Series Weather Air

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns

2. Choose the correct answers. Use A/ AN if necessary.

accident biscuit blood coat decision electricity

interview key moment music question sugar

1. It wasn’t your fault. It was _an accident_

2. Listen! Can you hear____________?
3. I couldn’t get into the house because I didn’t have____________
4. It’s very warm today. Why are you wearing____________?
5. Do you take____________in your coffee?
6. Are you hungry? Would you like____________with your coffee?
7. Our lives would be very difficult without____________
8. ‘I had____________for a job yesterday.’ ‘Did you? How did it go?’
9. The heart pumps____________.through the body.
10. Excuse me, but can I ask you____________.?
11. I’m not ready yet. Can you wait. ____________., please?
12. We can’t delay much longer. We have to make____________soon.
B. SINGULAR OR PLURAL NOUNS
3. Choose the correct answers:
1. All birds are very good at building their_____
a. nestes b. nest c. nests d. nestoes
2. We ate two____.
a. apple b. appleoes c. apples d. applese
3. We picked some_____ from the tree.
a. orangeses b. orangeoes c. oranges d. orange
4. Three_____ swam in the river.
a. fish b. fishs c. fishes d. fishoes
5. Sandy knew that many _____ were living in the walls of the old houses.
a. mouses b. mouse c. mice d. mices
6. Are the _____chasing the other farm animals?
a. geese b. gooses c. goose d. goosoes
7. You should place the _____ and spoons to the left of the plates.
a. knifes b. knives c. knife d. knifese
8. The _____ stood on boxes to see the parade.
a. child b. childs c. children d. childrens
9. There are five____in the picture.
a. sheep b. sheeps c. sheepes d. sheepves
10. Please keep your hands and ____ inside the car.
a. feet b. foots c. foot d. footes

4. Choose the correct form of the verb, singular or plural:

1. Gymnastics is / are my favourite sport.
2. My new glasses doesn’t / don’t fit very well.
3. The police want / wants to interview two men about the robbery.
4. Physics was / were my favourite subject at school.
5. It’s nice place to vist. The people is / are very friendly.
6. Does / Do the police know how the accident happened?
7. I like this café. The staff here is / are really friendly and efficient.
8. Where do / does your family live?
5. Change the nouns to their plural forms if necessary.

C. A / AN / THE
6. Put in A/AN or THE
1. This morning I bought _a_ book and ______ magazine. _____ book is in my bag, but I can’t
remember where I put ______ magazine.
2. I saw _______ accident this morning. _____ car crashed into ____ tree. ___driver of ___
car wasn’t hurt, but _____ car was badly damaged.

D. QUANTIFIERS
7. Put in SOME or ANY
1. We didn’t buy _any_ flowers.
2. Tonight I’m going out with _______ friends of mine.
3. Have you seen ______ good movies recently?
4. I’d like _______ information about the places to visit in this town.
5. I didn’t have _______ money. I had to borrow ________.
6. Those apples look nice. Shall we get _______?
7. With the special tourist train ticket, you can travel on _______ train you like.
8. ‘Can I have ______ coffee please?’ ‘Sure. Help yourself.’
9. If there are ______ words you don’t understand, look them up in a dictionary.
10. We wanted to buy _______ grapes, but they didn’t have _______ in the shop.

8. Put in MUCH / MANY / LITTLE / FEW (one word only)

1. She isn’t popular. She has _few_ friends.
2. Anna is very busy these days. She has _______ free time.
3. Did you take _______ pictures at the wedding?
4. This is a modern city. There are ______ old buildings.
5. The weather has been very dry recently. We’ve had _______ rain.
6. I don’t know London well. I haven’t been there for ______ years.
7. The two cars are similar. There is ______ difference between them.
8. I’m not very busy today. I don’t have ______ to do.

9. Put in A LITTLE / A FEW / LITTLE / FEW (one word only)

1. Gary is very busy with his job. He has _little_ time for other things.
2. Do you mind if I ask you _______ questions?
3. It’s not a very interesting place, so ______ tourists visit.
4. I don’t think Amy would be a good teacher. She has ________ patience.
5. ‘Would you like milk in your coffee?’ ‘Yes, _______ , please.’
6. This is a boring place to live. There’s ______ to do.
7. I know Hong Kong quite well. I;ve been there ______ times.
8. There were only _______ people at the meeting.
E. PRONOUNS
10. Fill in the blank using Subject pronouns or Object pronouns.
1. Do you know that man? Do you know ______ ?
2. My friend and I have money. ________ can go shopping.
3. Robert and Mark are late. _________ should hurry.
4. She gave _____ a birthday gift. I really like it.
5. Elephants are very big, so ________ eat a lot of food.
6. My brother is studying because _________ has a test tomorrow.
7. Do you feel okay? Can I help _____ ?
8. My new neighbors are very friendly. I really like _________
9. I need to find my book. Where did you put _______ ?
10. Spiders have eight legs, and _______ also have many eyes.

11. Fill in the blank using Subject pronouns or Possessive pronouns.

1. We bought that house last year. It is _________
2. This car belongs to Mr. and Mrs.Smith. It is ___________
3. I think I saw John drop this pen. I think it is _________
4. This book is ________. It has my name on it.
5. My brother and I made that chair. It’s ___________
6. Excuse me. This phone is ______. You forgot to take it with you.
7. Her sister drew the picture. That picture is ________.
8. The little boy shouted, “Give that ball to me! It’s _______ !”
9. That television is _______. We bought it last night at the department store.
10. The bicycles were ______, so they rode them home after school.
11. “ Are you sure this book belongs to your mother?” “Yes, it’s _______”
12. This is _________ - you ordered the pizza.

12. Fill in the blank using Reflexive pronouns.

1. My brother likes to practice his English skill by talking to ___________.
2. James wasn’t careful and he cut _________ with a knife.
3. My sister and I looked at __________ in the mirror.
4. The repair shop was closed, so I fixed the car ___________.
5. Did you enjoy __________ at the party last night?
6. “Did the cleaners cleaned the house?” “No, I did it __________”
7. Mr. Smith burned ________ while he was cooking.
8. He dried __________ after he took a shower and went downstairs.
9. My little sister can dress ____________. She doesn’t need any help.
10. John and Thomas, did you ask _________ the question?
F. PREFIX - SUFFIX
12. Write the prefix, rootword and suffix of each word in the box. Not all words will have
each part.

Words Prefix Rootword Suffix

Overlook Over- look

Undersea

Replay

Underground

Weakness

Relationship

Disappear

Movement

Actor

Preschool

Co-operate

Autoplay

Misunderstand

Outperform

Devalue

Forecast

Subway

Supermarket

Disagree

Cooker

Arrival