COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS grade 7.ppt

1. Countable
&
Uncountable nouns

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

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

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

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

9. 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.

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

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

12. There is/ There are some
Study the following table:
is meat
cheese
in the fridge.
There
are
some
rulers
pencils
on the desk.

13. 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 is/There are some

14. There isn’t/There aren’t any
Study the following table:
isn’t milk
coffee
in the shop.
There
aren’t
any
dishes
watches
under the bed.

15. 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 isn’t/There aren’t any

17. I. Put the correct form of the
given words into the spaces.
1.John is eating some potatoes (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 the correct answer into the
spaces with “some” or “any”.
1.There is not any sugar in the coffee.
2. There are ___________ pen on the floor.
3. There aren’t ________ roses on the table.
4. Father says, ‘Please give me ________ oil.’
5. Is there ________ orange juice?

19. Identification: Underline the indefinite
pronoun in each sentence.
1. Someone left their umbrella in the
classroom.
2. Is there anything I can do to help you?
3. Few understood the lesson clearly.
4. Everybody is excited about the field
trip tomorrow.
5. The teacher said that nothing is
impossible with hard work.

20. Fill in the blanks: Choose the correct indefinite
pronoun: (anyone, everyone, something, nothing,
each, somebody, few, many)
1. Everyone knows the answer to the
riddle.
2. I looked around but saw _______ I
knew.
3. The teacher gave _______ of us a task.
4. _______ wants to join the spelling
contest.
5. There are only a _______ cookies left in
the jar.