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COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

COUNTABLES: you CAN


count them.
For example:

One

Three

UNCOUNTABLES: you
CANT count them.
For example:

COUNTABLE AND
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
COUNTABLES

UNCOUNTABLE
S

grape

grapes

sugar

strawberry

strawberries

meat

potato

potatoes

cheese

toast

toasts

butter

plum

plums

jam

COUNTABLE nouns have


SINGULAR and PLURAL
UNCOUNTABLE nouns
have only SINGULAR form.

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

A/AN SOME ANY MUCH MANY


USE: with COUNTABLES in
Singular.
Example: There is A plum.
There is AN
apple.
USE: With Countables and
Uncountables in
AFFIRMATIVE sentences.
Example: There is SOME
sugar.
USE: With Countables and
There
are SOME
Uncountables
in NEGATIVE
apples.
AND INTERROGATIVE
sentences.
Example: There isnt ANY
sugar.
There arent ANY
apples.
Is there ANY
sugar ?
Are there ANY

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

A/AN SOME ANY MUCH MANY


with COUNTABLES in (Plural)
in AFFIRMATIVE sentences .
Example: There are MANY
apples in the fridge.
There are MANY students.
With UNCOUNTABLE nouns in
AFFIRMATIVE sentences.
Example:
There is MUCH sugar.
There is MUCH rice in the bag.

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

A/AN SOME ANY MUCH MANY


with COUNTABLES.
Example:
HOW MANY apples do you eat?
I eat some apples.
I eat many apples.
I eat a lot of apples.
UNCOUNTABLE nouns
Example:
HOW MUCH water do you
drink every day?
There is MUCH sugar.
There is MUCH rice in the
bag.

CONTAINERS
CONTAINERS

a bag of
flour

a box of
chocolates

a bar of
chocolate

a carton of
juice

a bottle of
milk

a can of
cola

a tin of
sardines

a cup of
coffee

a glass of
water

a packet of
crisps

a jar of
jam

a loaf of
bread

a tube of
cream

a slice of
cheese

a piece of
cake

a bag of

flour

a
of
bar chocolate

a
bottle

of milk

a
a
a
of chocolates
of juice a can of cola
of sardine
box
carton
tin

NEX
T

CHE
CK

a
a
a
of coffee
of water
of crisps
cup
glass
packet

a jar of jam

a
a
a
a
of cream
of bread
of cheese
loaf
tube
slice
piece

of cake

Do you like going to


the market?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc7faAckye8
at the supermarket.
Watch the Video and answer what does the mas
ask for?

ONLINE PRACTICE
There is /are
( http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=5272 )
Countables and Uncountables
( http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3055 )
A/an, Some, Any
( http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1208 )

There is / are + A/an, Some, Any


(http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2920 )

Food ( video activity )


(http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=2105 )

https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=vg47Gcwt_V8 food with audio (veg, fruits,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rc7faAckye8
at the supermarket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ2oPVocbd0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bGnxhCjDPUQ no audio cn
and un
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qz2eUa79dAk with audio

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