COUNTABLE AND
UNCOUNTABLE NOU
Explanation and exercises by Begon
Are these nouns countab
uncountable?
• Uncountab
• There is so
coffee
• Uncountab
• There is so
• A cup of c
two cups o
Hamburger.
• Countable.
• A burger.
• One or two
burgers
• There are s
burgers.
Cheese.
• Uncountab
• There is so
• A piece of
Ice cream.
• Countable.
• There are t
ice creams
• There are s
ice creams
Sausage.
• Countable.
• A sausage.
• There is a s
• Two sausag
• There are s
sausages.
• There is a h
• Two hot do
Biscuit.
• Countable.
• A biscuit.
• Two biscui
• There is a b
• There are s
ginger bisc
• There aren
chocolate b
Chair.
• Countable.
• A chair.
• There is a c
• There are s
chairs in th
Sofa.
• Countable.
• A sofa.
• Two sofas.
• There is a
my house.
• There aren
sofas in thi
Banana.
• Countable.
• There is a b
• There are s
bananas.
• There are t
bananas.
Strawberry.
• Countable.
• There is a s
• Three straw
There are t
strawberie
• There are s
strawberrie
• There isn’t
Lemon, orange and tom
• All are coun
• A lemon, an
tomato.
• Two or three
oranges and
tomatoes.
• There are so
and some tom
some orange
aren’t any ca
A, an, some and any
• We use A
A with countable nouns: a pea
a tomato, a sofa.
• We use A
AN
N when the words starts with
an orange, an umbrella.
• We use S
SO
OM
ME
E with countable and un
nouns ( without specifying the exact n
affirmative sentences: some milk, som
potatoes, some sugar, some books, som
• We use A
AN
NY
Y with countable and unco
nouns in negative and interrogative se
any coffee, any chairs, any furniture.
Read the following exam
• There are so
• There are so
• There some
• There are so
• There aren’t
• There isn’t a
the greengro
• There isn’t a
in the greeng
Make sentences about the picture using t
following words: pan, fridge, table, kitch
spoon, milk, salad, window, oven, girl...

3.1.1 countable and-uncountable-nouns