Countable & Uncountable Nouns – Practice MCQs
Categories: Basic English Grammar Accuracy
Here are 30 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) on Countable & Uncountable Nouns with answer keys at the end.
Countable & Uncountable Nouns – Practice MCQs
Choose the correct option:
1. How many ______ are in the basket?
a) apple
b) apples
c) apple’s
d) apple
2. There isn’t much ______ in the bottle.
a) waters
b) water
c) a water
d) waters’
3. I need some ______ to write this letter.
a) papers
b) paper
c) a paper
d) the papers
4. She gave me a lot of good ______.
a) advices
b) advice
c) an advice
d) advises
5. We bought three ______ yesterday.
a) bread
b) breads
c) loaves of bread
d) bread’s
6. Could you lend me some ______?
a) moneys
b) money
c) a money
d) money’s
7. There are five ______ in the classroom.
a) child
b) childs
c) children
d) childrens
8. I don’t drink much ______.
a) milks
b) milk
c) a milk
d) the milk
9. There are a lot of ______ in the park.
a) person
b) people
c) peoples
d) persons
10. Would you like a cup of ______?
a) tea
b) teas
c) a teas
d) the teas
11. I can’t carry all these ______.
a) luggages
b) luggage
c) luggagies
d) luggaged
12. We need some ______ for the project.
a) informations
b) information
c) an information
d) information’s
13. He told me two funny ______.
a) story
b) stories
c) storys
d) storyies
14. I’d like some ______, please.
a) fish
b) fishes
c) fishs
d) a fishs
15. There is a lot of ______ on the floor.
a) sand
b) sands
c) sand’s
d) the sand’s
16. My uncle has three ______.
a) sheeps
b) sheep
c) sheepes
d) sheeves
17. Please give me a few ______.
a) furnitures
b) furniture
c) furniture pieces
d) furniture’s
18. She needs a little ______ before the exam.
a) courage
b) courages
c) a courage
d) courage’s
19. We saw many beautiful ______ in Paris.
a) building
b) buildings
c) buildinges
d) build
20. He bought some expensive ______.
a) jewelries
b) jewelry
c) jewellerys
d) jewelleries
21. How many ______ do you have?
a) book
b) books
c) bookes
d) booking
22. There isn’t enough ______ to drink.
a) juice
b) juices
c) juicing
d) juiced
23. We have a lot of ______ to do today.
a) works
b) work
c) workings
d) workes
24. She bought ten ______ for her birthday party.
a) balloons
b) balloon
c) balloones
d) balloones
25. I can’t see much ______ in the room.
a) furnitures
b) furniture
c) furnishing
d) furniture’s
26. The teacher gave us two difficult ______.
a) homework
b) homeworks
c) pieces of homework
d) homework’s
27. My grandfather has many ______ in the village.
a) cow
b) cows
c) cowes
d) cow’s
28. Could you bring me a glass of ______?
a) milk
b) milks
c) milking
d) milked
29. I don’t have much ______ about this topic.
a) knowledge
b) knowledges
c) a knowledge
d) knowledge’s
30. There are several ______ in the garden.
a) flowers
b) flower
c) floweres
d) flowery
Explanations for the MCQs
1. apples → Countable, plural form. (How many apples?)
2. water → Uncountable, no plural form. (How much water?)
3. paper → Uncountable when meaning material (for writing).
4. advice → Always uncountable, ❌ advices.
5. loaves of bread → Bread is uncountable, so we say loaves of bread.
6. money → Always uncountable, ❌ moneys.
7. children → Irregular plural, not childs.
8. milk → Uncountable.
9. people → Plural form of person.
10. tea → Uncountable, but we can use a cup of tea.
11. luggage → Uncountable, ❌ luggages.
12. information → Uncountable, ❌ informations.
13. stories → Plural of story.
14. fish → Same form for singular & plural (in general use).
15. sand → Uncountable.
16. sheep → Same word for singular & plural.
17. furniture pieces → Furniture is uncountable, so we use pieces of furniture.
18. courage → Uncountable.
19. buildings → Countable plural.
20. jewelry → Uncountable, ❌ jewelries.
21. books → Countable plural.
22. juice → Uncountable, ❌ juices.
23. work → Uncountable (though works can mean “literary works,” not here).
24. balloons → Countable plural.
25. furniture → Uncountable.
26. pieces of homework → Homework is uncountable, so use pieces of homework.
27. cows → Countable plural.
28. milk → Uncountable.
29. knowledge → Uncountable.
30. flowers → Countable plural.
✨ Main Rules to Remember:
Countable nouns → have singular & plural forms (book → books).
Uncountable nouns → no plural, use quantifiers (some, much, a little).
Some nouns can be both, depending on meaning (chicken, fish, paper).