These come in handy when talking about non-count items. For example,
A box of cereal
Two pounds of ground beef
Three gallons of ice cream
Five packs of gum
Speaking: Count and Non-count Nouns in Context
Speaking: Using Measure Words
The Noncount Noun (from Grammar Bytes)
For Pictures, see: The Oxford Picture Dictionary, pages 56-57.
For Vocabulary Games, see Learning Vocabulary Can Be Fun.