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- 3. There are 2kinds of noun in English: • Countable • Things you can count (singular or plural) • One apple, two apples, three apples…
- 4. There are 2kinds of noun in English: • Uncountable • Things you can´t count (they can’t be plural) • Butter, meat… • Some nouns can be countable or uncountable but the meaning is different. • Example: chocolate
- 5. There are 2kinds of noun in English: • Countable and uncountable? • Some words can be countable or uncountable with a difference in meaning. • e.g. • Iron • Cake • Chicken • time
- 11. Exception There are almostalways exceptions to English grammar rules! One common exception to the some/any rule is that we usually use some in questions that are offers and requests. Examples: •Do you want some coffee? (offer) •Can I have some coffee, please? (request) •Can I offer you some strawberries for dessert? (offer) •Can I trouble you for some more strawberries? (request) https://www.english-4u.de/en/grammar-exercises/some-any3.htm
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- 14. • Countable anduncountable? • Some words can be countable or uncountable with a difference in meaning. • e.g. potato coffee rice aubergine omelette prawn pizza salad tomato vegetable salmon fruit chicken coffee juice milk sugar salt lettuce spaghetti curry food
- 15. A / AN/ SOME / ANY Type of sentence Type of sentence Countable Countable Uncountable Uncountable + We need + We need an apple an apple some apples some apples some butter some butter some milk some milk - We don’t need - We don’t need a tomato a tomato any tomatoes any tomatoes any rice any rice any sugar any sugar ? Do we need ? Do we need a tomato? a tomato? any tomatoes? any tomatoes? any rice? any rice? any sugar? any sugar?
- 16. A / AN/ SOME / ANY • Use a / an with singular countable nouns. • Use some with plural countable nouns and uncountable (+ sentences) • Use any with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in – or ? sentences. • We can also use some in ? to ask for and offerings: – Can I have some coffee? – Do you want some biscuits?
- 17. How much /how many…? • Use How much…? with uncountable nouns. • How much water do you drink? • Possible answers: • I drink a lot of water. • I drink quite a lot. • I don’t drink much water. (not much) • I don’t drink any water.
- 18. How much /how many…? • Use How many…? with plural countable nouns. • How many students do you have? • Possible answers: • None. • Not many (students).
- 22. Choose a /an / some • some • some • a • some • some • some • some • some / a • some • some • some • some • some / an • an • some • some Milk Milk Biscuits Biscuits Chair Chair Coffee Coffee Pasta Pasta Money Money Students Students Toast Toast Wine Wine Cars Cars People People Homework Homework Ice cream Ice cream Orange Orange Fruit Fruit Fish Fish
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