Countable and uncountable nouns

Countable & Uncountable nouns

Countable nouns

Countable nouns – Rzeczowniki policzalne
e.g. I eat a banana every day.
I like bananas .
“ Banana” is a countable noun .
We can put an ‘ s ’ on a countable noun : „Bananas”

A countable noun can be
1. singular ( banana ) or
Countable nouns
Countable nouns are things we can count .
W e can say ‘one banana’ , ‘two bananas’ etc.
2. plural ( bananas )

Countable nouns
Examples of countable nouns
singular plural
 apple apples
 pineapple pineapples  cucumber cucumbers  strawberry strawberries  grape grapes

Countable nouns
We add -es to most nouns in -o :
 tomato tomatoes
 potato potatoes
But we just add -s to:  radio radios  photo photos

Uncountable nouns

Uncountable nouns
e.g. I eat rice everyday.
I like rice .
Rice is an uncountable noun .

Uncountable nouns
An uncountable noun has only one form. ( rice )
Uncountable nouns are things we can ’ t count.
We can ’t put an ‘ s ’ on an uncountable noun.
We can ’ t say ‘one rice’ , ‘two rices’ , etc.

Uncountable nouns
Examples of uncountable nouns:
 salad dressing
 lettuce  ham  water  milk

There is/There isn’t There are/There aren’t + some/any

There i s/ There are some
Study the following table:

We use ‘ There is some’ when the noun is uncountable . ( meat, cheese.)
We use ‘ There are some’ when the countable noun is plural . ( rulers, pencils.)
There i s/ There are some

There i sn’t/ There aren’t any
Study the following table:

We use ‘ There isn’t any’ when the noun is uncountable . ( milk, coffee.)
We use ‘ There aren’t any’ when the countable noun is plural . ( dishes, watches)
There i sn’t/ There aren’t any

I. Put the correct form of the given words into the spaces.
1.John is eating some __________(potato).
2.Is there any ___________ (water) in the jar?
3.Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some __________ (jam).’
4.There are some _________ (fish) in the river.
5.There aren’t any ______________(tomato) on the table.

II. Put the correct answer into the spaces with “ some” or “any”.
1.There is not ________sugar in the coffee.
2.There are ___________ stars in the sky.
3.There aren’t ________ roses on the table.
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________ oil.’
5.Is there ________ orange juice?
6.There is ________ paper on the desk.

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Countable and uncountable nouns

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