Countable and Uncountable Nouns by Fung Lan Yong

Countable and Uncountable Nouns
by Fung Lan Yong, Honorary Advisor
IPB Pine Academy Sabah
July 7, 2014

Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words in brackets.  The first one (0) is done for you.

 

My family owns a large farmhouse built on top of a hill.  It has a blue aluminium roof and several large (0) windows (window) that allow the entire house to receive a sufficient amount of (1) __________ (sunlight) during the (2) ________ (day) as well as a lot of cool (3) _________ (air) in the evening. 

 

Behind the house lies a sprawling coconut (4) _________ (plantation) that is inhabited by many kinds of (5) _________ (flora) and (6) _________fauna.  In the middle runs a small river that contains several kinds of freshwater (7) ________ (life), including (8) _________ (fish), (9) _________ (prawn) and (10) ________ (crab).  It is a common meeting (11) _________ (place) for the village (12) ___________ (child) who usually bring along their bamboo fishing (13) _________ (rod) and small (14) _________ (bottle) of wriggling (15) _________ (earthworm).  There is always a lot of (16) _________ (laugh) by the river bank where a herd of (17) __________ (cow) grazes lazily. 

 

Next to the house is a large (18) ________ (barn) where many things are being stored. My father has left some of his farming (19) _________ (equipment) on the barn (20) ___________ (floor), while my mother has put some used (21) __________ (furniture) beside the farming tools.  Several sacks of unmilled (22) __________ (rice) are stacked at one corner.  At another corner are several jars of rice (23) __________ (wine) and bottles of (24) __________ (honey).  I think my sister has hidden some rare (25) __________ (currency) and (26) __________ (jewellery) under its parquet floor.

     

Adjacent to the house is a spacious kitchen with some (27) _________ (firewood) and (28) __________ (charcoal) stacked neatly at one corner.  There is a wooden cupboard filled with two dozen (29) _________ (bottle) of preserved ___________ (30) ____________ (vegetable), (31), dried __________ (fruit) and salted (34) _________ (meat).  A few packets of brown (35) _________ (sugar), (36) ___________ (flour), and (37) __________ (noodle) are neatly stacked on the top of the cupboard.  Next to it is a small rat trap with some (38) ________ (bait) made from prawn (39) _________ (paste). 

 

Beside the kitchen stand two large tanks that are used to collect (40) __________ (rainwater).  They always overflow in the months of November and December as the rainy _________ (41) season occurs during these two months. 

 

Just a stone’s throw away is a deep well where we collect pails of crystal clear (42) ___________ (water) during a drought.  At the bottom of the well are some black (43) ___________ (eel) and (44) __________ (tortoise).  Besides the well is a large patch of elephant (45) __________ (grass), which is a hiding place for (46) ___________ (rodent) and small (46) _________ (reptile).  There are a few (47) ___________ (deer), (48) __________ (boar) and (49) ___________ (skunk) roaming nearby too.