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- 2. an apple things we can count plural : three apples Countable nouns singular:
- 3. We use singular verbs or plural verbs with countable nouns. e.g. There is a chicken leg. There are three oranges. Countable nouns
- 4. Uncountable nouns things we cannot count a meat two waters We don’t use a, an or 1,2,3… before them.
- 5. We only use singular verbs with uncountable nouns. e.g. There is a lot of soup. There is some water. There are two waters. Uncountable nouns
- 8. We use a few and a little. We use a few with plural countable nouns. e.g. There are a few apples. There are a few fruit tarts. = not many apples = not many fruit tarts
- 9. We use a little with uncountable nouns. There is a little bread. e.g. There is a little water. = not much water = not much bread
- 10. We use plural verbs with a few and singular verbs with a little. There are a few rulers. e.g. a few a little a little milk. There is bread congee fruit soup cakes eggs melons oranges
- 11. is a little a few a little a few is a little is a little are a few e.g. There ____ _________ apples. are a few 1 There ____ _________ soup. 2 Mary has _________ fruit tarts. 3 Peter ate ________ fish and ________ prawns. 4 There ____ _________ cheese. 5 There ____ _________ water. 6 There ____ _________ vegetables.
- 12. We use plenty of and a lot of. We use plenty of with both uncountable and plural countable nouns. e.g. There is plenty of rice. There are plenty of chicken wings.
- 13. We use plenty of with positive sentences. We should eat plenty of vegetables. (positive) Don’t eat plenty of sweets. (negative)
- 14. We use a lot of with both uncountable and plural countable nouns. e.g. There is a lot of water. There are a lot of fruit tarts.
- 15. We use a lot of with both positive and negative sentences. We should drink a lot of water. (positive) Don’t eat a lot of sweets. (negative)
- 16. a few a little plenty of a lot of uncountable countable positive negative
- 17. Sally Peter a lot of a few a little a lot of a few a little vegetables fruit tarts soup
- 18. Sally Peter a lot of a few a little a lot of a few a little fish chicken wings prawns
- 19. We use many with countable nouns and much with uncountable nouns. We usually use many and much in negative sentences. I don’t have many cakes. (negative) She doesn’t eat much fruit. (negative)
- 20. We use a lot of with both uncountable and plural countable nouns. e.g. a lot of orange juice a lot of chicken wings
- 21. We use a lot of in both positive and negative sentences. e.g. There is a lot of food in the kitchen. (positive) Don’t eat a lot of sweets. (negative)
- 22. Finish the sentences with many, much or a lot of. 1 Sally is not hungry. She does not eat ______________ food for dinner. 2 There are not _________ hamburgers. 3 Is there ____________ orange juice left? 4 John ate _________ chicken wings yesterday. much many much a lot of / a lot of / a lot of / a lot of / many
- 23. 5 I don’t have _________ oranges. 6 There is not ________ milk left in the bottle. 7 There is _________ rice on the plate. 8 Are there ____________ tomatoes in the basket? many much a lot of many/a lot of / a lot of / a lot of
- 24. There are enough pears. There are not enough pears. There are four people and four pears. Everyone can have a pear. There are four people but only three pears. One of them cannot have a pear.
- 25. Both of these mean more than enough. We use too much with uncountable nouns and too many with plural countable nouns. e.g. too much water too many chicken wings
- 26. We use singular verbs with too much and plural verbs with too many. e.g. There is too much salt in the soup. uncountable There are too many sweets in Harry’s bag. countable
- 27. Finish the sentences with too much, too many, enough or not enough. 1 Jenny is unhealthy. She eats __________ meat and __________ sweets. 2 There are ten people and eighty mangoes. There are __________ mangoes. 3 There are five dogs but only two bones. There are __________ bones. 4 Tim is too thin because he does not eat __________. 5 We should not drink __________ cola. It’s not good for our health. too much too many too many not enough enough too much
- 28. 6 I have to go now. I don’t have __________ time to wait for him. 7 Mum bought twenty cakes for only two of us. There are __________ cakes. 8 The baby is still hungry because there is __________ milk in the bottle. 9 John ate three chicken legs, ten cakes and five sandwiches. He ate __________. 10 My sister is unhealthy because she does not do __________ exercise. enough too many not enough too much enough