Countable uncountable
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The document discusses countable and uncountable nouns in English. It explains that countable nouns can be singular or plural, while uncountable nouns cannot be plural. It provides examples like apples and butter. Some nouns can be used as either countable or uncountable depending on their meaning. Articles like a, an, some and any are used differently with countable and uncountable nouns. Questions about quantity also differ, using how much for uncountable nouns and how many for plural countables.
Countable uncountable
- 3. There are 2 kinds of noun in English: • Countable • Things you can count (singular or plural) • One apple, two apples, three apples…
- 4. There are 2 kinds of noun in English: • Uncountable • Things you can´t count (they can’t be plural) • Butter, meat… • Some nouns can be countable or uncountable but the meaning is different. • Example: chocolate
- 5. There are 2 kinds of noun in English: • Countable and uncountable? • Some words can be countable or uncountable with a difference in meaning. • e.g. • Iron • Cake • Chicken • time
- 11. • Countable and uncountable? • Some words can be countable or uncountable with a difference in meaning. • e.g. potato coffee rice aubergine omelette prawn pizza salad tomato vegetable salmon fruit chicken coffee juice milk sugar salt lettuce spaghetti curry food
- 12. A / AN / SOME / ANY Type of sentenceType of sentence CountableCountable UncountableUncountable + We need+ We need an applean apple some applessome apples some buttersome butter some milksome milk - We don’t need- We don’t need a tomatoa tomato any tomatoesany tomatoes any riceany rice any sugarany sugar ? Do we need? Do we need a tomato?a tomato? any tomatoes?any tomatoes? any rice?any rice? any sugar?any sugar?
- 13. A / AN / SOME / ANY • Use a / an with singular countable nouns. • Use some with plural countable nouns and uncountable (+ sentences) • Use any with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in – or ? sentences. • We can also use some in ? to ask for and offerings: – Can I have some coffee? – Do you want some biscuits?
- 14. How much / how many…? • Use How much…? with uncountable nouns. • How much water do you drink? • Possible answers: • I drink a lot of water. • I drink quite a lot. • I don’t drink much water. (not much) • I don’t drink any water.
- 15. How much / how many…? • Use How many…? with plural countable nouns. • How many students do you have? • Possible answers: • None. • Not many (students).
- 17. Choose a / an / some • some • some • a • some • some • some • some • some / a • some • some • some • some • some / an • an • some • some MilkMilk BiscuitsBiscuits ChairChair CoffeeCoffee PastaPasta MoneyMoney StudentsStudents ToastToast WineWine CarsCars PeoplePeople HomeworkHomework Ice creamIce cream OrangeOrange FruitFruit FishFish