expressions_of_quantity_countable_and_uncountable_nouns.ppt
- 3. There are 2 kinds of noun in English: • Countable • Things you can count (singular or plural) • One apple, two apples, three apples…
- 4. There are 2 kinds 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 2 kinds 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. • Countable and uncountable? • 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
- 12. A / AN / SOME / ANY Type of sentence Countable Uncountable + We need an apple some apples some butter some milk - We don’t need a tomato any tomatoes any rice any sugar ? Do we need a tomato? any tomatoes? any rice? any sugar?
- 13. 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?
- 14. 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.
- 15. How much / how many…? • Use How many…? with plural countable nouns. • How many students do you have? • Possible answers: • None. • Not many (students).
- 19. Choose a / an / some • some • some • a • some • some • some • some • some / a • some • some • some • some • some / an • an • some • some Milk Biscuits Chair Coffee Pasta Money Students Toast Wine Cars People Homework Ice cream Orange Fruit Fish