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  • The teacher gave us (a little / a few) time to prepare before a test.
    a little (time is an uncountable noun)
  • Countable or Uncountable? ORANGE
    Countable!
  • "There aren´t (any / many) documents in the folder. It is empty!"
    any (any because in the second sentence it says that the folder is empty!!)
  • Nowadays, I only have time for (a little / a few) activities
    a few ( activities is a countable noun)
  • 'Do we need ... rice?' 'No, there is some in the cupboard.'
    any (we use any for questions and negatives)
  • (A little / few) of my school friends are interested in painting for fun
    A few (friend is a countable word)
  • Write the sentence using the word in brackets so that it has a similar meaning: A small number of my friends use Twitter. (a few)
    A few of my friends use twitter.
  • Could you give me (an / some information) about this dance class?
    some (information is an uncountable noun)
  • How (much / many) bedrooms are in your house?
    How many... (bedrooms is a plural countable noun)
  • I don't have ( much / many )money to pay for that.
    not much (money is an uncountable noun)
  • Find a mistake: In the past not much people had televisions, but now more people are getting them.
    not many (people is a countable noun)
  • Write the sentence using the word in brackets so that it has a similar meaning: A big number of students were absent today. (a lot of)
    A lot of students were absent today.
  • She always takes (some / any) sugar with her coffee.
    some (we use some for affirmative sentences)
  • He speaks (a few / a little) Spanish.
    a little (Spanish is uncountable)
  • "Do you have (any / some) water? I'm thirsty."
    any (we use any for questions or negatives)
  • "Look! There are (a few / a little) mice on the roof."
    a few (mice is a plural countable noun)
  • Find a mistake: I borrowed (a few / a little) books from the library.
    a few (book is a countable word)
  • Find a mistake: I´ve got a really exciting news.
    I´ve got (some) really exciting news (news is an uncountable noun)
  • Pam does not have (many / much) pencils on her desk.
    not many (pencils is a plural countable word)
  • Countable or Uncountable? BREAD
    Uncountable
  • The teacher gave us (a lot of / many) homework to do during the weekend!
    a lot of (we use a lot of with countable and uncountable nouns)
  • Find a mistake: You have to remember much things if you are going to fly a plane.
    many (things is a countable word, plural)
  • (Any / Some) people brought food and drinks to the party.
    Some (we use some in affirmative sentences)
  • I’ve got (a few / some) cheese.
    some (cheese is an uncountable noun)