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Nouns countable and-uncountable 2 (to use)
The document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. It provides examples of countable nouns that can be singular or plural, as well as uncountable nouns that only have one form. It explains that countable nouns refer to things that can be counted, while uncountable nouns are for things that cannot be counted. The document also covers the use of quantifiers like "some", "any", "no" and "a lot of" with nouns and example sentences.
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Nouns countable and-uncountable 2 (to use)
- 1. Some - Any- No - A lot of Wei Yee
- 2. e.g. I eat bananaevery day. I like bananas. “banana” is a countable noun.
- 3. A countable nouncan be 1. singular (banana) or 2. plural (bananas) Countable nouns are things we can count. So we can say ‘one banana’ ,‘two bananas’ etc.
- 4. Examples of countablenouns singular plural apple pineapple cucumber strawberry grape apples pineapples cucumbers strawberries grapes
- 5. We add -esto most nouns in -o: tomato tomatoes potato potatoes But we just add -s to: radio radios photo photos
- 6. Irregular Nouns: SINGULAR PLURAL Singular toplural -EN Child children Man men Ox oxen Woman women NO CHANGE Deer Fish Means Offspring Series Sheep Species deer fish means offspring series sheep species
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- 8. e.g. I eat riceevery day. I like rice. “rice” is an uncountable noun.
- 9. An uncountable nounhas only one form. (rice) Uncountable nouns are things we cannot count. We cannot say ‘one rice’, ‘two rices’, etc.
- 10. Examples of uncountablenouns: Ink Lettuce Sugar Water Milk Etc.
- 11. SOME Some is usedwith: Positive sentences. When asking a question, if the answer is expected to be positive. e.g. The children have some free time. Please buy some bananas. Would you like some cake?
- 12. ANY Any is usedwith: Negative sentences. When asking a question. e.g. Do you have any ice cream left? I don't have any money today. My brother never does any thing good.
- 13. NO No is usedwith: Positive sentences with negative meaning. e.g. There is no coffee left in the jar. We have no milk this morning. They had no pens.
- 14. A LOT OF Alot of is used with: positive sentences, negative sentences and questions. e.g. There are a lot of dogs in the street. I have a lot of time to answer your questions. I saw a lot of people waiting in the queue. We did have a lot of fun, didn't we?
- 15. Put in a/ an or some. 1. I read ____ book and listened to ____ music. 2. I need ____ money . I want to buy ____ food. 3. We met ____ interesting people at the party. 4. I’m going to open ____ window to get ____ fresh air. 5. She didn’t eat much for lunch – only ____ apple and ____ bread. 6. We live in ____ big house. There’s ____ nice garden with ____ beautiful trees. 7. I’m going to make a table . First I need ____ wood. 8. Listen to me carefully . I’m going to give you ____ advice. 9. I want to write a letter . I need ____ paper and ____ pen. 10. I’d like to eat ____ cookies.
- 16. Circle the correctanswer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. I’d like some / any help. There aren’t some / any letters for you. Have you got some / any brothers or sisters? She’s got some / any interesting friends. Are there some / any restaurants near here? I’m having some / any problems with my car. I didn’t have some / any breakfast today. We need some / any more milk. he hasn’t done some / any work for ten years. Do you know some / any Americans?
- 17. 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) 9) 10) Ann has _________candies. Billdoesn't have _________money. Sue will give us _________information. There is _____________ milk in the fridge. There isn't ________________beer. Only _____ of his friends came. Not all of them. There isn't ______ food in the refrigerator, is there? We are broke. We have ________money to buy grandpa a gift. Don't you know the proverb: "________ news is good news"? I'm busy. I have ____ time to chat with you now.
- 18. 11) 12) 13) 14) 15) There aren't ___books on this topic in the library I gave him ___ medicine for his headache, so he feels much better now. He doesn't want ___ dessert, for he's on a diet. We are taking a short ride. There's ___ time for a long one The poor man has ___ food to eat. He's starving.
- 19. Countable Uncountable There are twohairs in my coffee! hair I don't have much hair. There are two lights in our bedroom. light Close the curtain. There's too much light! Shhhhh! I thought I heard a noise. noise It's difficult to work when there is too much noise. Have you got a paper to read? (= newspaper) paper I want to draw a picture. Have you got some paper? Our house has seven rooms. room Is there room for me to sit here? We had a great time at the party. time Have you got time for a coffee? Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest works. work I have no money. I need work!