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countable and uncontable nouns rules.pptx
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- 3. Countable nouns – Rzeczownikipoliczalne 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”
- 4. Countable nouns A countablenoun can be 1.singular (banana) or 2.plural (bananas) Countable nouns are things we can count. We can say ‘one banana’ ,‘two bananas’ etc.
- 5. Countable nouns Examples ofcountable nouns singular apple pineapple cucumber strawberry grape plural apples pineapples cucumbers strawberries grapes
- 6. Countable nouns We add-es to most nouns in - o: tomato potato tomatoes potatoes But we just add -s to: radio photo radios photos
- 8. Uncountable nouns e.g. Ieat rice everyday. I like rice. Rice is an uncountable noun.
- 9. Uncountable nouns Anuncountable 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’,
- 10. Uncountable nouns Examples ofuncountable nouns: salad dressing lettuce ham water milk
- 11. There is/There isn’t Thereare/There aren’t + some/any
- 12. There is/ Thereare some Study the following table: There is some meat chees e in the fridge. are rulers pencils on the desk.
- 13. We use ‘Thereis some’ when the noun is uncountable. (meat, cheese.) We use ‘There are some’ when the countable noun is plural. (rulers, pencils.) There is/There are some
- 14. There isn’t/There aren’tany Study the following table: There isn’t any milk coffee in the shop. aren’t dishes watches under the bed.
- 15. We use ‘Thereisn’t any’ when the noun is uncountable. (milk, coffee.) We use ‘There aren’t any’ when the countable noun is plural. (dishes, watches) There isn’t/There aren’t any
- 17. I. Put thecorrect 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.
- 18. II. Put thecorrect 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 6.There is orange juice? paper on the desk.
- 19. Look! How manymark(s) do you get? 8-11 Well done! 4-7 You can do much better! 0-3 Work hard! Don’t give up!
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