COUNTABLE
AND
UNCOUNTABLE
NOUNS
a/an/some/any
Are these nouns countable or
uncountable?
Uncountable.
There is some milk.Milk
Coffee
Uncountable.
There is some
coffee.
A cup of coffee or
two cups of
coffee.
Hamburger
Countable.
A burger.
One or two three
burgers
There are some
burgers.
Cheese.
Uncountable.
There is some
cheese.
A piece of
cheese.
Ice cream
Countable.
There are three
icecreams.
There are some
ice creams.
Sausage
Countable.
A sausage.
There is a
sausage.
Two sausages.
There are some
sausages.
Biscuit
Countable.
A biscuit.
Two biscuits.
There is a biscuit.
There are some
ginger biscuits.
There aren’t any
chocolate
biscuits.
Strawberry
Countable.
There is a
strawberry.
Three strawberries.
There are three
strawberies.
There are some
strawberries.
A, an, some and any
 AA > countable nouns: a pear, a peach
 ANAN > countable nouns which start with a vowel: an
orange, an umbrella.
 SOMESOME >> countable and uncountable nouns (in
+ sentences): some milk, some potatoes, some sugar
 ANYANY > countable and uncountable nouns (in
- and ? sentences): any coffee, any chairs
SINGULAR:
a + noun
one + noun
PLURAL:
noun + -s
some + noun -s
COUNTABLE NOUNS
potatoesa potato
SINGULAR:
some/the+
noun
NO PLURAL
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Some milkSome sugar
There is _____ sugar in the sugar bowl.
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uncountable noun
a an some
I need _____ water to wash
my hands.
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uncountable noun
a an some
unspecified quantity
specified quantity
I’d like some juice.
I’d like a glass of juice.
Singular countable
Uncountable
There is a mango.
I have an egg.
There are some apples.
I have some eggs.
There is some sugar.
He has some bread.
Plural countable
There is _____ banana in the recipe.
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singular countable noun
a an some
I need _____ time to study.
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some any
There is _____ cheese.
7-8 Let’s Practice
some any
There aren’t _____ horses in
the field.
7-8 Let’s Practice
some any
Make sentences about the picture using the
following words: pan, fridge, table, kitchen
cloth, spoon, milk, salad, window, oven,
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9 A Countable and uncountable nouns