COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Nouns that we can
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Nouns that we can count are countable.
One book Two books Three books
One pen Two pens Three pens
Nouns that we cannot count are u n c o u n t a b l e.
Water Milk Sugar
Put the nouns in the right column: Egg, cheese, girl, pencil, butter, jacket, oil, Salt, juice, school, meat, cat COUNTABLE egg, girl, Jacket, cat, Pencil, school UNCOUNTABLE cheese, butter, oil, salt, juice, meat
SOME AND ANY are used to state the quantity, amount of something.
SOME AND ANY ARE USED WHEN 1. The exact number is not known; 2. The exact number is not important.
SOME IS USED IN POSITIVE SENTENCES. There are some apples on the table. / countable / There is some water in the glass. / uncountable /
ANY IS USED IN QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVE SENTENCES. Are there any apples in the basket ? Is there any milk in the fridge ? There aren’t any apples in the basket. There isn’t any milk in the fridge.
SOME or ANY ? �I have bananas. �Mary �Don’t got �I apples didn’t buy but I don’t have flowers. buy pasta , we in the cupboard. can see a house and have trees.
• There isn’t bottle. • I can’t find dinosaurs. • Are there fridge? • There are wall. water in the books about oranges in the pictures on the
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SOME or ANY ? have some apples have any bananas. �I �Mary didn’t buy �Don’t got �I buy some any but I don’t flowers. any pasta , we in the cupboard. can see a house and some have trees.
• There isn’t any water in the bottle. • I can’t find any books about dinosaurs. • Are there any oranges in the fridge? • There are some pictures on the wall.
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