The document discusses countable and uncountable nouns in English and how they are used in affirmative, negative, and interrogative sentences. It provides examples of sentences using "there is/there's" for singular nouns and "there are" for plural nouns. It also shows how to form negative sentences using "there is/there's not", "there aren't" and interrogative sentences starting with "Is there..." and "Are there...". Finally, it distinguishes that countable nouns can be singular or plural while uncountables are always singular, and uses different quantifiers like "some, any, many, few" with countables and "some, any, much, little" with uncount

1. Countables and
Uncountables
negative, afirmative and interrogative
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2. Forma
longa
Forma
contraída
Exemplos Usos
There is
(há, existe)
There’s
There is a man in the car.
There’s a new store here.
Uma só coisa,
pessoa ou situação
FORMA SINGULAR
There are
(há, existe)
—
There are two dogs in the
house.
There are 10 people in the
family.
FORMA PLURAL
There is and There are

3. Negative form
Afirmativa
Negativa
(forma longa)
Negativa
(forma contraída)
Negativa
(forma contraída)
There is There is not There’s not There isn’t
There are There are not — There aren’t

4. Interrogativa
Are there two dogs in the house?
Is there a man in the car?
Interrogative form

5. Countables Uncountables
A book.
Two flags.
Water.
Coffee.
SOME – ANY – MANY – FEW SOME – ANY – MUCH – LITTLE

6. Question
How many flags?
Are there many flags?
Many

7. Answer
There are two flags.
Yes, there a few.
Many

8. Question
How much water?
Is there much water?
Much

9. Answer
There´s a little water.
Yes, there´s a little.
Much

10. There is / There´s = singular
There are = plural NOT = Forma negativa
Are there... ?
Is there... INTERROGATIVE FORM
COUNTABLES
• Singular e plural
• Objetos, pessoas, lugares,
animais, etc...
• Ex: pencil, bee, bottle...
• Quantifiers: some, any,
many, few...
UNCOUNTABLES
• Singular
• Coisas que percebemos mais
como uma massa do que um
ou vários objetos isolados.
• Ex: coffee, salt, air...
• Quantifiers: some, any,
much, little...
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