Countable and uncountable food (6th grade)

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Class rules:

1. Enciende tu cámara toda la clase.
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3. Respeta los turnos de habla de compañeros, compañeras y profesora.

Countable and uncountable nouns

Miss Daniela Solis

Objective

By the end of the class, we will have differentiated between countable and uncountable food.

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Before we watch:

- Search on the internet the word count. What does it mean? Pay attention to the rules for countable and uncountable nouns.

For countable food:

1. We can count these nouns:

one apple, two pizzas, three hot dogs, etc. 2. They have a singular and a plural form: 3. We can add the article a/an (un, una): an apple, a pizza, a lollipop.

For uncountable food:

1. We can't count these nouns: It's incorrect to say one water, two waters.

one rice, two rices.2. They only have singular form: water, salt, sugar, rice, flour. 3. a/an is not used. We use some with uncountable nouns: Some water, some milk, some sugar, etc. 4. Measure units are alse used: A bag of rice, a spoon of sugar, a glass of juice.

Activity

How much and how many

Miss Daniela Solis

How much?How many?

¿Cuánto?

How much? is used with uncountable nouns- How much water do you drink? -How much rice do you want? How many? is used with countable nouns. - How many apples do you want? -How many bananas do you need?

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