Lesson 4 Countable and Uncountable Nouns Introductory University

Lesson 4: Countable and Uncountable Nouns Introductory University English for Deaf Students 1 ภาษาองกฤษระดบอดมศกษาขนแ นะนำสำหรบคนหหนวก ๑

Nouns a word that refers to a person, place, thing, event, substance or quality Perso Man, Baby, n Student Anima Dog, Rat, l Pen, Door, Thing Newspaper Fish Place 4

Singular Nouns a person (sing. ) 5

Plural Nouns 2 people (pl. , plur. ) 7

Nouns Singular Nouns Plural Nouns 8

ทำ กลม make groups of 3 9

Singular vs Plural a rabbit 10

Singular vs Plural 2 rabbits 11

Singular vs Plural a cup 12

Singular vs Plural 6 cups 13

Singular vs Plural an apple 14

Article Use a or an before singular nouns. a rabbit a cup Use an before words beginning with vowels (a, e, i, o, ). u an apple an ice-cream orange an umbrella an egg an 15

Singular vs Plural 4 apples 16

Singular vs Plural an orange 17

Singular vs Plural 5 oranges 18

Singular vs Plural a foot 19

Singular vs Plural 2 feet 20

Plural Nouns 1. Most nouns are made plural by adding -s at the end. a star 2 stars 2. Some plural nouns end in -es. a glass 2 glasses 3. Nouns like these are made plural by changing y to i, and adding -es. a candy candies 21

Plural Nouns 4. What if there is a vowel before the y? In that case, add -s to form the plural. a keys 5. If a noun ends in -f, you often change f to v, and add -es. a leaf leaves 6. If a noun ends in -o, you just add -s to form the plural. a kangaroos 7. Some plural nouns don’t follow the -s rule. Instead, the word changes form. a mouse mice 22

Noun s Singular Nouns Plural Nouns 1 2, 3, … a, an -s, -es, -ies, ves, etc. 23

Countable Nouns นบ ได 1, 2, 3. . . , an apple ถาม 1 เตม aa, leaf an a kangaroo a mouse ถามมากกวา 1 3 apples-ตองเตม –s, -เตม 2, 3, … (ไ leaves kangaroos 3 mice 25

Countable or Uncountable? e l b a nt u o C a coconut 28

Countable or Uncountable? e l b a t n u o C oranges 29

Countable or Uncountable? e l b a t n u o C an onion 30

Countable or Uncountable? e l b a nt u o c n U garlic 31

Countable or Uncountable? e l b a nt u o c n U water 32

Countable or Uncountable? e l b a nt u o c n U salt 33

Uncountabl Countable e a coconut garlic oranges water an onion salt ม Singular form: a, an ม Plural form: คำเดมตลอด 34

Noun s Countable Nouns Singular Nouns Plural Nouns 1 2, 3, … a, an Uncountable Nouns -s, -es, -ies, ves, etc. 35

Countable or Uncountable Nouns? make groups of. Countable 3 Uncountable a coconut garlic oranges water an onion salt ม Singular form: a, an คำเดมตลอด 36

Uncountable Nouns แกว a glass of water กลบ 7 cloves of garlic ชอนชา one teaspoon of salt ชอนชา 2 teaspoons of salt 37

Put in container ขวด a bottle of water 38

Put in container ขวด 2 bottles of Coke 39

Put in container กลองใสอาหาร a carton of milk 3 cartons of milk 40

How to buy some soda? May I have a can of Coke, please? 2 cans of Coke May I have ……………… 41

How to buy some soda? May I have a carton of juice, please? 2 cartons of juice May I have ……………… 42

How to buy some soda? May I have a carton of milk, please? 3 cartons of milk May I have ……………… 43

How to buy these items? แทง May I have a bar of chocolate, please? 2 bars of chocolate May I have. . . . , please? 44

How to buy these items? ถง May I have a bag of chips, please? 5 bags of chips May I have. . . . , please? 45

How to buy these items? ซอง May I have a pack of cookies, please? 4 packs of cookies May I have. . . . , please? 46

How to buy these items? ซอง May I have a pack of crackers, please? 3 packs of crackers May I have. . . . , please? 47

How to buy these items? May I have a pack of waffle crisp, please? 2 packs of waffle crisp May I have. . . . , please? 48

How to buy some snacks? Shop keeper: Hello. How may I help you? Customer: Do you have any chips ? *Shop keeper: Sorry, we don’t have any of that. Customer: Never mind. Thank you. 49

How to buy some snacks? Shop keeper: you? Customer: *Shop keeper: Customer: please? *Shop keeper: please. Customer: Shop keeper: day! Hello. How may I help Do you have any milk? We have a few of that. How much is it? It is 20 baht. May I have 3 cartons of milk, That would be 60 baht , จายเงน Thank you. Have a nice 50

How to buy some snacks? Shop keeper: Customer: *Shop keeper: Customer: please? *Shop keeper: be 40 baht , please Customer: Shop keeper: Customer: Hello. How may I help you? Do you have any milk? We have a few of that. How much is it? It is 20 baht. May I have 3 cartons of milk, Sorry, only 2 left. That would จายเงน Thank you. Have a nice day! Thanks, you too! 51