Count It or Not: Countable and Uncountable Nouns Worksheet for Class 4

This Grade 4 worksheet on Countable and Uncountable Nouns is a comprehensive and thoughtfully designed grammar resource that helps young learners understand one of the most foundational concepts in English grammar. Built for Class 4 students, this worksheet teaches children to distinguish between nouns that can be counted — like apples, books, and chairs — and nouns that cannot be counted in the usual sense — like rice, water, knowledge, and courage. Through five varied and progressively challenging exercises, students move from basic identification to applying this concept naturally in paragraph writing.

Why Do Countable and Uncountable Nouns Matter in Grammar?

Understanding the difference between countable and uncountable nouns is essential for Grade 4 learners because:

1. It directly affects how we use articles (a, an, the) and quantifiers (some, many, much, a few, a little) in sentences.
2. It prevents common grammar errors such as "advices," "furnitures," or "informations" — incorrect plurals of uncountable nouns.
3. It builds strong noun awareness that supports better reading, writing, and spoken English.
4. It is a core grammar topic tested in school exams, comprehension passages, and composition writing at the primary level.

What's Inside This Worksheet?

This worksheet contains five well-structured exercises that build students' understanding of countable and uncountable nouns from word-level recognition all the way to paragraph writing:

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
Students choose the correct countable or uncountable noun from three options to complete each sentence. This exercise is carefully designed to highlight common errors — such as the incorrect plural forms "advices," "sheeps," and "furnitures" — helping students learn which nouns cannot be pluralised.

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks
Students complete sentences using nouns from a given word bank that includes both countable nouns (sheep, children) and uncountable nouns (water, furniture, rice, advice, knowledge, information, courage, happiness). Context clues in each sentence guide students to select the most appropriate noun.

Exercise 3 – Match the Following (Picture-Based)
Students match pictures to the correct countable noun label, choosing from words such as kites, slices, bottles, pieces, leaves, cups, balls, sheets, bags, and grains. This visual and hands-on activity reinforces the idea that countable nouns can be grouped and numbered in specific units.

Exercise 4 – Underline and Circle
Students read sentences containing both countable and uncountable nouns, then underline the countable noun and circle the uncountable noun in each sentence. This identification task builds the habit of recognising noun types in natural sentence contexts.

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing
Students complete a market-scene paragraph by filling in blanks with appropriate countable and uncountable nouns. This is the most creative and applied exercise in the worksheet, asking students to use their noun knowledge holistically in a continuous writing context.

Answer Key (For Parents & Educators)

Exercise 1 – Multiple Choice Questions
1. b) sheets
2. c) salt
3. b) cattle
4. a) slices
5. a) equipment
6. b) time
7. a) bars
8. b) noise
9. c) advice
10. a) pieces

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks
1. water
2. furniture
3. information
4. children
5. rice
6. courage
7. sheep
8. knowledge
9. happiness
10. advice

Exercise 3 – Match the Following (Picture to Label)
Kites → kites
Bread (sliced loaf) → slices
Bottles → bottles
Puzzle pieces → pieces
Leaves (mint/herb) → leaves
Cups → cups
Bags → bags
Balls → balls
Folded sheets → sheets
Grains → grains

Exercise 4 – Underline (Countable) and Circle (Uncountable)
1. Countable: apples, bottle → Uncountable: juice
2. Countable: pencils, children → Uncountable: paper
3. Countable: books → Uncountable: knowledge
4. Countable: vegetables → Uncountable: rice
5. Countable: biscuits → Uncountable: milk
6. Countable: nails → Uncountable: wood
7. Countable: clothes → Uncountable: money
8. Countable: chairs → Uncountable: furniture
9. Countable: cakes → Uncountable: bread
10. Countable: medals → Uncountable: courage

Exercise 5 – Paragraph Writing (Sample Answers)
Last Saturday, Anjali went to the market with her mother. They needed to buy many things for the week. First, they bought five kilograms of rice and some vegetables. Then, they picked up three loaves of bread from the bakery. Anjali's mother also bought fresh milk and two kilograms of flour. At the fruit stall, they selected ten apples and a bunch of bananas. Anjali asked for some juice to drink, so her mother bought two bottles of juice. They also needed furniture for the kitchen, so they bought a new chair and four plates. They also needed a few seeds to plant in the garden. So, Anjali chose five pots to plant them in. Finally, they purchased some oil for cooking and three bars of soap. Anjali felt happiness helping her mother.

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