Countable Uncountable nouns Countable nouns Reading comprehension course

Countable & Uncountable nouns

Countable nouns Reading comprehension course e. g. I eat a banana every day. I like bananas. “Banana” is a countable noun. 4 We can put an ‘s’ on a countable noun: „Bananas”

Countable nouns A countable noun can be 1. singular (banana) or 2. plural (bananas) Countable nouns are things we can count. We can say ‘one banana’ , ‘two bananas’ etc.

Countable nouns Examples of countable nouns singular plural apples pineapple cucumber strawberry grape pineapples cucumbers strawberries grapes

Countable nouns We add -es to most nouns in -o: tomatoes potatoes But we just add -s to: radios photos

Uncountable nouns e. g. I eat rice everyday. I like rice. Rice is an uncountable noun.

Uncountable nouns An uncountable noun has only one form. (rice) • Uncountable nouns are things we can’t count. • We can’t put an ‘s’ on an uncountable noun. • We can’t say ‘one rice’, ‘two rices’, etc.

Uncountable nouns Examples of uncountable nouns: salad dressing lettuce ham water milk

There is/There isn’t There are/There aren’t + some/any

There is/ There are some Study the following table:

There is/There are some We use ‘There is some’ when the noun is uncountable. (meat, cheese. ) We use ‘There are some’ when the countable noun is plural. (rulers, pencils. )

There isn’t/There aren’t any Study the following table:

There isn’t/There aren’t any We use ‘There isn’t any’ when the noun is uncountable. (milk, coffee. ) We use ‘There aren’t any’ when the countable noun is plural. (dishes, watches)

I. Put the correct form of the given words into the spaces. 1. John is eating some _____(potato). 2. Is there any ______ (water) in the jar? 3. Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some _____ (jam). ’ 4. There are some _____ (fish) in the river. 5. There aren’t any _______(tomato) on the table.

II. Put the correct answer into the spaces with “some” or “any”. 1. There is not ____sugar in the coffee. 2. There are ______ stars in the sky. 3. There aren’t ____ roses on the table. 4. Father says, ‘Please give me ____ oil. ’ 5. Is there ____ orange juice? 6. There is ____ paper on the desk.

Look! How many mark(s) do you get? 8 -11 Well done! 4 -7 You can do much better! 0 -3 Work hard! Don’t give up!

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