Exercise on irregular Italian nouns (countable and uncountable nouns) - Drag and drop
Remember!
In Italian, the distinction between countable and uncountable nouns is the same as in English.
To express the plural quantity of uncountable nouns, you have to use other expressions.
1. Salve, potrebbe darmi ____acqua, per favore?
- Hello, may I have a glass of water, please?
2. Vuoi ____ burro? L'ho appena comprato.
- Do you want some butter? I have just bought it.
3. Pensi che bevendo ____ caffé tu riesca a restare sveglio tutta la notte?
- Do you think that drinking some coffee you will be able to stay up all night?
4. Quando mi ha detto che aveva bevuto ____ vino non le ho creduto.
- When she said she drank a lot of wine, I didn't believe her.
5. Si dice che mangiare ____ insalata tutti i giorni fa bene alla salute.
- They say that eating some salad every day is healty.
6. È da anni che non cadeva così ____ pioggia.
- It has been years since it rained this much.
7. Quei cani hanno bisogno soltanto di ____ affetto.
- Those dogs just need a little bit of affection.
8. Domani comprerò ____ latte.
- Tomorrow I will buy two litres of milk.
9. Per finire questa torta manca ____ zucchero.
- To complete this cake we still need a table spoon of sugar.
10. Ha comprato ____ pane e penso sia troppo.
- He bought two kilos of bread and I think it's too much.
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