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3. You can buy these _____________ at the railway station. (map)
4. Each person gets to ask one _____________ to the speaker. (question)

5. My dog eats baked _____________. (potato)

6. The _____________ hardly ever comes here, so we rarely receive
_____________ in time. (postman, letter)

7. There are no _____________ at the Deer Park. (deer)

8. Last year we visited three _____________, but I liked Shimla the best. (hill station)

Uncountable Nouns

Read the following sentences.

The shoemaker bought enough leather for two pairs of shoes with the money he got.

The elves have nothing to cover themselves with in this cold weather.
The highlighted words are examples of uncountable nouns.

Uncountable nouns refer to things that cannot be counted. They are always singular. For
example: leather, wheat, water, happiness.

With uncountable nouns, we use words like much, a little, little, enough or plenty of to
indicate quantity. We cannot use words indicating number with uncountable nouns. Some,
a lot of and any can be used with countable and uncountable nouns.

some water a lot of money a little sugar

B. Fill in the blanks with some, a few, liƩ le, a liƩ le, much, many or plenty of.

1. There was very _____________ cheese left in the refrigerator, so she ordered
some more.

2. I will have _____________ juice, please.

3. We’ll join you in _____________ minutes.

4. There is _____________ room for everyone.

5. They had to hurry as they didn’t have _____________ time left.

6. How _____________ water should we carry?

7. You have _____________ time to decide what you want to do.

8. Mr Menon said _____________ nice things about you.
9. Unfortunately, I haven’t got _____________ time for watching TV.

10. This story doesn’t make _____________ sense.

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