COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

COUNTABLE &UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Ms. Maholy Quintero B.

- Have singular and plural form - We can add a number before them, that means we can count them.

Countable Nouns

ApplesSandwichesEggs pencils computers tomatoes children fingers

Apple -Sandwich- Egg- Pencil- Computer- tomato- child finger-

Countable Nouns

Uncountable Nouns

a bottle of water- a glass of water pounds of rice bottles/glasses/cups of milk,juice, coffee bills, coins, dollars, cents apples, oranges, grapes, bananas, etc.. bars of chocolate slices of bread- a loaf of bread a teaspoon/spoon of salt

water rice milk-juice- coffee money fruit chocolate bread salt

There is / There are

singular

plural

Examples:

There is a pencil. There are two pencils. There is a child. There are five children.

Are these nouns Countables or Uncountables? Write C or U

potato ___cookies ___ juice ____ banana ___ sugar ____ hamburgers ___ coffee ____

tomatoes ____egg ____ chocolate ___ ice cream ____ water ____ money ____ coins ____

Write there is / there are

_______ one potato _______ four cookies _______ a jar of juice. ______ a banana. _______ a spoon of sugar _______ three hamburgers ________ a cup of coffee

________ five tomatoes________ an egg _______ six bars of chocolate _______ two ice cream cones ______ a bottle of water

Team

Countable Nouns(plurals)

some a lot of any many

Questions

Affirmative

Negative

There are some / a lot of...

How many.... are there?Are there any.....? Do you have any.......?

There aren´t any /many ....

Team

UNCountable Nouns

some a lot of any much

Questions

Affirmative

Negative

There is some / a lot of....

How much.... is there?Is there any.....? Do you have any....?

There isn´t any /much....

countables and uncountables

Explanatory Video

countables and uncountables

countables and uncountables

Explanatory Video

EXERCISES

____ there _____ water?

Complete the sentences with is/ are and some, a lot of , any, many, much

There ____ ______ people. (-)

You can use more than 1 option in some sentences.

____ there _____ batteries?

There ____ ______ magazines. (+)

How ____ money do you have in your purse?

There ____ ______ orange juice in the refrigerator.(+)