Exercises: Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with a, an, the, some or - (for no article).

1. I need some experience in this field before I can proceed with the project.
2. _______ hour of _______ revision every day will help you achieve good results.
3. _______ large number of people complain of _______ backache.
4. There is no cure for _______ AIDS, which is _______ deadly disease.
5. Can you buy _______ sugar on your way back from work?
6. The lion is _______ king of _______ beasts.
7. _______ Lucy goes to church every Sunday.
8. I need to buy _______ paper for printing.
9. Have you never seen _______ elephant?
10. _______ sun rises in _______ east.

Exercise 2
Form suitable nouns from the words given in brackets to complete the passage. The nouns may be countable or uncountable.

Recently, a Chinese trawler was found with 160 dead sea turtles. The fact is that only one in every thousand (1) hatchlings (hatch) survive to (2) _______ (adult). The rest will be killed in fishing (3) _______ (net), through (4) _______ (pollute), from (5) _______ (disease) or eaten by (6) _______ (predator). Those caught by the (7) _______ (China) were those that survived the odds.

In 2002, an illegal (8) _______ (ship) of 7500 turtles was seized in Hong Kong. They were crammed in crates without (9) _______ (food) or water. They were suffering from either (10) _______ (dehydrate), (11) _______ (malnourish) or bacterial (12) _______ (infect).