Fill in the blanks with suitable abstract nouns.

The adjectives, verbs or nouns given in the brackets

should offer clues.
1. He is a man of (strong)
2. The people in this part of the country live in . (poor).
3. .. to animals is a punishable offence. (cruel)
4. He is on a . to Mecca. (pilgrim)
5. I have great . to welcome you. (please).
6. . is the best period of ones life. (child)
7. .. should always be avoided. (waste).
8. As a parent my childrens . is of utmost importance to me. (safe).
9. As the sun went below the horizon . enveloped the planet. (dark).
10. There is no end to his .. (wicked)

Fill in the blanks with the collective nouns from the box.
audience
gang

team
family

flock
orchestra

committee
crowd

faculty

herd

crew
government

1. The ____________________ played beautiful music.

2. We saw a _________________of goats lying over there.
3. The ___________________will meet again on Saturday.
4. Only ________________________is allowed to attend the school programme.
5. The _________________________on our flight was very helpful.
6. Our ____________________takes care of us.
7. Our ____________________will stay in Tahoe
8. A ____________________of ducks swam across the Lake Elizabeth.
9. The _____________________applauded with joy.
10. The _______________________was making a lot of noise.
11. Our __________________will win this time.
12. The whole __________________________was caught yesterday.

Fill in the boxes with countable and uncountable FOOD items.

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Countable

Uncountable

Are these nouns countable or uncountable? How can you make the uncountable nouns as countable?
1.

water ____________

14. table____________

2.

fruit ____________

15. cream____________

3.

coconut ____________

16. money____________

4.

bread ____________

17. oil

5.

DVD ____________

18. insect____________

6.

meat ____________

19. sofa____________

7.

ball ____________

20. yogurt____________

8.

snack____________

21. school____________

9.

glasses____________

22. bus

10. pen

____________

____________

____________

23. food ____________

11. milk____________

24. chocolate ____________

12. chair____________

25. ship

13. gasoline____________

Fill in the blanks with appropriate plural nouns.

_____________

1.

These ____________________________ are for cutting paper.

2.

Your ____________________________are dirty.

3.

Have you seen my _________________________? I want to read the newspaper.

4.

What kind of_________________________ does your company produce?

5.

The table of ___________________________ contains the chapters and page numbers of a book.

6.

I ran up the _____________________________and tore the door open.

7.

The police used _________________________________ to disperse the crowd.

8.

I live on the _____________________________ of the city.

Read the paragraph and complete these sentences with the appropriate adverb of time.
This morning, I got up as soon as the alarm clock rang at 6:10 a.m. I had breakfast after I had brushed my
teeth. I got dressed before I left home. I waited in the MTR station until the train arrived. I read a book while
I was travelling on the train. I went to the library when I arrived at school.
1. He cleaned his teeth __________ he went to bed.
2. The ambulance arrived at the scene five minutes __________ the accident had happened.
3. __________ I am older, I want to start my own business.
4. I went straight to the hospital __________ I heard about your accident.
5. They watched the programme __________ the end even though it was not very
1.

interesting.

6. They took short breaks every half an hour __________ they were playing tennis.
7. Rebecca went to bed __________ she got home because she was so tired.
8. People should be very careful __________ they cross busy roads.
9. We cannot light the barbecue __________ the rain stops.
10. Paul found somebodys wallet on the ground __________ he was walking to the bus stop.