Do all exercises in your notebook Nouns: countable and uncountable Countable nouns Uncountable nouns You can count them. A lemon, two lemons. An apple, two apples. You need a unit of measurement or a container. Some bread, a slice of bread. Some coffee, a cup of coffee. They have a plural form. I eat a banana for breakfast. I ate two bananas last night! They don’t have a plural form. I drink milk for breakfast. I drank two glasses of milk last night! Use there is or there are. There is a kiwi on the table. There are two kiwis here. Use there is some. There is some butter in the fridge. Use there aren’t any. There aren’t any mangoes in the fridge. Use there isn’t any. There isn’t any toast on the plate. Countable nouns are things that we can count. They have a singular and a plural form. I’ve got a dog, but my aunt’s got three dogs. Have an apple. Apples are good for you! Uncountable nouns are things which we can’t count. They only have a singular form and we can’t use a or an with them. They like fruit, but they don’t like cheese. We use some in affirmative sentences to talk about an unspecified quantity. Here’s some fruit for the monkeys. We use any in questions and negative statements with countable and uncountable nouns. Have you got any apples for the horse? There isn’t any water in the bottle. Quantifiers Countable nouns Uncountable nouns How many apples do you eat a week? How much bread do you eat a day? Use a number, a lot of or a few to answer the question. I eat two apples a week. I eat a lot of apples. I eat a few apples a week. Use some, a lot of or a little to answer the question. I eat some bread every day. I eat a lot of bread. I eat a little bread every day. Countable nouns With countable nouns, we use how many to ask about quantity. How many bananas do you have? We can answer questions about quantities of countable nouns using a number, a lot of or a few. We use a number to express an exact quantity. We use a lot of to express a high quantity. We use a few to express a low quantity. I have three bananas. I have a lot of bananas. I have a few bananas. Uncountable nouns With uncountable nouns, we use how much to ask about quantity. How much water do you have? We can answer questions about quantities of uncountable nouns using some, a lot of or a little. We use some to express a medium quantity. We use a lot of to express a high quantity. We use a little to express a low quantity. There’s some water in the bottle. There’s a lot of water in the bottle. There’s a little water in the bottle. 71 Unit 6 Language reference Food beans bread butter eggs meat milk nuts oil rice seeds spinach vegetables Units of measurement a bag of … a bottle of … a box of … a jar of … a loaf of … a packet of … a slice of … a spoonful of … a tin of … Richmond
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