
Activities: “What are mass nouns in English?”
By: Erin Kuester, Isabel McKay
Activity 1: Grocery List
Ana is doing her grocery shopping for the next week and has written a list of groceries that she needs. Each grocery item is a mass noun and requires a unit word + ofin front of it. Can you figure out which unit word below goes with each mass noun on Ana’s grocery list?
You will use every word, but you can use each one more than once!

GROCERY LIST
bar
head
wedge
box
jar
loaf
can
bottle
pack
bag
gallon
stick
a of bread
a of orange juice
a of cheese
a of chocolate
a of milk
a of cereal
a of jam
a of butter
a of pasta
a of lettuce
a of soup
a of water
a of flour
a of sugar
a of tea bags
a of gum
a of olive oil
a of salsa
Activity 2: Mass noun or count noun?
Select the phrase that describes each picture. In some cases, both are correct!