Countable &     Uncountable Nouns Quiz

In each of the following sentences, indicate whether the highlighted noun is countable or uncountable.	Your answers
I have a lot of homework to do.	Countable Uncountable		See comments below
The information you gave to the police was very misleading.	Countable Uncountable
She asked for a glass of water.	Countable Uncountable		See comments below
Smoking damages your health.	Countable Uncountable
Whyzee is studying music at the university.	Countable Uncountable

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Comments:

1. "Homework" is a grouped item. It is uncountable though the number of items within the group are countable e.g., a piece of Science homework, two pieces of Mathematics homework.

3. Liquids such as water are typically uncountable but in Sentence #3, there is a quantifier for water (i.e., a glass of ... ). Although we cannot count "water" itself, we can count "glasses of water". In this case, water is a countable noun.
   
   Examples of other quantifiers (of uncountable nouns) are
   • a slice of (cake), a piece of (steak) ... for food
   • a bag (of rice), a pile of (dust) ... for objects that are too small

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