Countable and Uncountable Nouns- Answer Me

Countable and Uncountable Nouns- Answer Me

Warmer – Countable and uncountable nouns- Make me say Yes
Ask personal yes/ no questions with countable or uncountable nouns and numbers or
amounts like those in the table below to try to get positive answers from your partner. You
get one point if your partner says “Yes, (there is/ there are/ I do)”, but no points if they say
“No, (there isn’t/ there aren’t/ I don’t)”, “Actually, I…”, “I don’t know”, etc.

Optional extension: Play the same game, but this time with one point for “I don’t know”
answers.

Countable and uncountable nouns- Answer me card game
Deal out the pack of cards. Ask each other questions like the Yes/ No questions above or
“How much/ many…?” questions to try to get answers from your partner that are written on
your cards. If your question is grammatically incorrect, they can reject your question and
play passes to the next person. If your partner answers with one of the things on your one
of your cards, then you can place that card down on the table and score a point. The
winner is the first person to get rid of all their cards, or the person with fewest cards left
when the teacher stops the game.

Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2018

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Suggested yes/ no questions with countable and uncountable nouns

Do you have
Is there
Are there

so much
so many
a lot of
quite a lot of
some
a little
a few
very little
very few
a couple of
one or two
one/ a

beer
book
CD
chair
chewing gum
chicken
chopstick
cockroach
conditioner
cushion
dirt
duvet
DVD
flower
grass
lunch box
make up
milk
mud
photo
pillow
plant
pollution
receipt
rice
rubbish/ trash
seaweed
shampoo
shower gel
snack
snow
spaghetti
table
tatami
tie
toy
water

(s)

in
on
near
next to
under

your bag?
your bathroom?
your bed?
your bedroom?
your car?
your computer?
your desk?
your dining room?
your face?
your fridge?
your garden?
your hometown?
your house?
your kitchen bin?
your living room?
your neighbourhood?
your pockets?
your sofa?
your stomach?
your street?
your mother’s…?
your father’s…?
your grandmother…?
your wife’s…?
your husband’s…?
your… walls?
your… floor?
your… sink?
your… cupboards?
your… shelves?

“Yes, I do”/ “Yes, there is”/ “Yes, there are”
“No, I don’t. (I have…)”/ “No, there isn’t. (There is…)”/ “No, there aren’t. (There are…)”

Written by Alex Case for UsingEnglish.com © 2018

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Cards to cut up

Yes, there is.

Yes, there are.

No, there isn’t.

No, there aren’t.

Yes, I do./ Yes, I

have.

No, I don’t./ No, I

haven’t.

so many

so much

a lot (of)

quite a lot (of)

a little

a few

a lot (of)

quite a lot (of)

a little

a few

very little

a couple

one (or two)

none

There isn’t any (…)

I don’t have/ haven’t

got any (…)

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