Unit 6 Food and lifestyle Grammar A countable

Unit 6 Food and lifestyle Grammar

可数与不可数名词 A countable noun refers to something we can count. An uncountable noun refers to something we cannot count. Here are some examples.

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns Singular Plural an apple two apples bread a table two tables water a ruler two rulers hair TIP 只有可数名词有复数形式： apples tables rulers

a pig a dog two pigs two dogs

a banana many bananas an orange two oranges

a tomato four tomatoes a potato some potatoes

To form the plural form of most countable nouns, we add ‘s’ to the singular form. However, there are some exceptions. Most nouns +s a book → books Nouns ending in a – y + ies a story → stories consonant + y

Nouns ending in s, sh, ch or x Nouns ending in o + es +s + es a glass → glasses a wish → wishes a watch → watches a box → boxes a piano → pianos a radio → radios a mango → mangoes

Nouns ending in f or fe – f or fe + ves a shelf →shelves a knife →knives

cakes Most nouns + S The plural of most （复数） countable nouns Some other nouns man men woman women foot feet tooth teeth sheep fish Chinese

请给下列单词找朋友 a watches a family families a knife knives a box bo xes a radios a wishes a potatoes a a glass a watch a box a wish glasses watches boxes wishes s, sh, ch, or x + c a story a family a consonant +y b o es stories families -y +ies a mango a radio a potato d mangoes radios potatoes + s or es a shelf shelves a knife knives f or fe -f or fe+ves

Phrases: 十一个婴儿 九个男孩 eleven babies nine boys 四个班级 four classes 我的五张相片 my five photos 六头大象 six elephants 三个好朋友 three good friends 十八只猴子 eighteen monkeys 七把小刀 seven knives

Look at the pictures. Write a C for countable nouns and a U for uncountable nouns. bread ( U ) banana ( C )

tea ( U ) carrot ( C )

We can also use nouns in front of uncountable nouns to show their amounts. a…of + uncountable noun a glass of milk a kilo of meat

a…of + uncountable noun a cup of tea a packet of salt a bowl of rice

a packet of salt two packets of salt

a glass of juice three glasses of juice

Finish and write the nouns in the correct column of the table. Millie: Mum , What do we need? Mrs. Wang: We need some _____, chicken bag of_____ rice and a____ packet of____. salt a ____ Millie: Do we need to buy somevegetables _______?

carrots Mrs. Wang: Yes. Let’s buy some_______ potatoes and _____. mangoes Millie: I want to buy some_____. They are Grandpa’s favourite, apple And we have only one_______. We need to buy some, too. Mrs. Wang: OK. We can also buy a few juice _____of ______. bottles

bag packet apple vegetables carrots potatoes oranges bottles chicken rice salt

翻译词组 1 十二个鸡蛋 twelve eggs 2 一个橘子 an orange 3 三碗米饭 three bowls of rice 4 七瓶牛奶 seven bottles of milk 5 五千克肉 five kilos of meat 6 六把小刀 six knives 7 两篮土豆 two baskets of potatoes 8 四袋盐 four packets of salt

一些牛奶 一个小时 两袋 大米 五公斤肉 几袋盐 一杯茶 三碗汤 一罐糖 两瓶牛奶 一篮水果 some milk an hour two bags of rice five kilos of meat some packets of salt a cup of tea three bowls of soup a pot of sweets/sugar/candies two glasses of milk a basket of fruits

1、李小姐经常喝两杯绿茶。 drinks two cups of green tea. Miss Li often________________. 2、我妈妈需要买三袋盐。 needs to buy three packets of salt. My mother _________________. 3、中秋节我们将吃5盒月饼。 On Mid-Autumn Festival we will eat five boxes of mooncakes. _______________________. 4、厨房里有两篮 土豆。 baskets of potatoes There are two __________in the kitchen. 5、他早餐吃几片面包。 has some slices of bread for breakfast He ___________________.

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