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OUNTABLE

AND

UN OUNTABLE

NOUNS

Some - Any - No - A lot

of

By. Mr. Jay

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COUNTABLE NOUNS

e.g.I eat bananaevery day.

I like bananas.

banana is a countablenoun.

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COUNTABLE NOUNS

A countable noun can be

1. singular(banana) or2.plural(bananas)

Countable nounsare thingswe can count.

So we can say onebanana,two bananas etc.

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COUNTABLE NOUNS

Examples of countable nouns

singular lural

apple apples

pineapple pineapples cucumber cucumbers

strawberry strawberries

grape grapes

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COUNTABLE NOUNS

We add - s t mst nuns in - !

tmat tmatesptat ptates

But we "ust add-s

t!radi radis

p#t p#ts

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COUNTABLE NOUNS

$rregular Nuns!

S$N%ULA& 'LU&AL

Singular t plural -EN

C#ild c#ildren

(an men

O) )en

Wman wmen

NO C*AN%E

Deer deer

+is# ,is#

(eans meansO,,spring ,,spring

Series series

S#eep s#eep

Species species

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COUNTABLE NOUNS

$rregular Nun

S$N%ULA& 'LU&AL

-EE

,t ,eet

gse geese

tt# teet#

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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

e.g.I eat riceevery day.

I like rice.

rice is an uncountablenoun.

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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

An uncountable noun !as only

one form. "rice#

$ncountable nouns are t!ings

%e cannotcount.&e cannotsay one rice' tworices' etc.

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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

()amles of uncountable nouns*

Ink

+ettuce

Sugar

&ater

Milk

Etc.

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SOME ANY NO A LOT OF

SOMESome is used with:

,ositive sentences.&!en asking a uestion' if t!e ans%er ise)ected to be ositive.

e.g.!e c!ildren !ave somefree time.

,lease buy somebananas.

&ould you like somecake/

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SOME ANY NO A LOT OF

ANYAn is used with:

Negative sentences.&!en asking a uestion.

e.g.

0o you !ave anyice cream left/I don1t !ave anymoney today.My brot!er never does anyt!ing good.

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SOME ANY NO A LOT OF

A LOT OFA !ot o" is used with:

ositive sentences' negativesentences and uestions.

e.g.

!ere are a lot ofdogsin t!e street.I !ave a lot oftimeto ans%er your uestions.

I sa% a lot ofpeople%aiting in t!e ueue.

&e did !ave a lot offun' didn1t %e/

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#U$%,ut in a 4 an or some.

5. I read 6666 book and listened to 6666 music.

7. I need 6666 money . I %ant to buy 6666 food.

8. &e met 6666 interesting eole at t!e arty.

9. I:m going to oen 6666 %indo% to get 6666 fres!air.

;. S!e didn:t eat muc! for lunc! < only 6666 aleand 6666 bread.

=. &e live in 6666 big !ouse. !ere:s 6666 nicegarden %it! 6666 beautiful trees.

>. I:m going to make a table . ?irst I need 6666 %ood.

@. +isten to me carefully . I:m going to give you 6666advice.

. I %ant to %rite a letter . I need 6666 aer and6666 en.

5. I:d like to eat 6666 cookies.

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Circle t!e correct ans%er*

5. I:d like some / any!el.

7. !ere aren:t some / anyletters for you.8. Dave you got some / anybrot!ers or

sisters/

9. S!e:s got some / anyinteresting friends.

;. Are t!ere some / anyrestaurants near!ere/

=. I:m !aving some / anyroblems %it! mycar.

>. I didn:t !ave some / anybreakfast today.

@. &e need some / anymore milk.

. !e !asn:t done some / any%ork for tenyears.

5.0o you kno% some / anyAmericans/

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F$LL $N T&E 'A(S )$T& SOME* ANY* O+ NO:

1) Ann has _________candies.

2) Bill doesn't have _________money.

3) Sue will give us _________information.

4) here is _____________ mil! in the fridge.

") here isn't ________________#eer.$) %nly _____ of his friends came. &ot all of them.

) here isn't ______ food in the refrigerator( is there

*) +e are #ro!e. +e have ________money to #uy

grand,a a gift.-) on't you !now the ,rover#/ 0________ news is

good news0

1) 'm #usy. have ____ time to chat with you now.

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11) here aren't ___ #oo!s on this to,ic in the

li#rary

12) gave him ___ medicine for his headache( sohe feels much #etter now.

13) e doesn't want ___ dessert( for he's on a diet.

14) +e are ta!ing a short ride. here's ___ time for

a long one1") he ,oor man has ___ food to eat. e's

starving.

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Countable Uncountable

here are two hairs in mycoffee

hair don't have much hair.

here are two lights in our#edroom.

light 5lose the curtain. here'stoo much light

Shhhhh thought hearda noise.

noiset's difficult to wor! whenthere is too much noise.

ave you got a ,a,er toread 67 news,a,er)

paper want to draw a ,icture.ave you got some ,a,er

%ur house has sevenrooms.

rooms there room for me to sithere

+e had a great time at the,arty.

timeave you got time for acoffee

Macbethis one ofSha!es,eare's greatestwor!s.

work have no money. needwor!