unit 6 food and lifestyle grammar. 可数与不可数名词 a countable noun refers to something we...

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 nounsUncountable

nounsSingular Plural

an apple two apples bread

a table two tables water

a ruler two rulers hair

只有可数名词有复数形式：

apples tables rulers

TIP

a pig two pigs

a dog 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 consonant + y

– y + ies a story → stories

Nouns

ending in s,

sh, ch or x+ es

a glass → glasses

a wish → wishes

a watch → watches

a box → boxes

Nouns

ending in o

+ s

+ es

a piano → pianos

a radio → radios

a mango → mangoes

Nouns

ending in

f or fe

– f or fe + vesa shelf →shelves

a knife →knives

Most nouns + S

cakes

Some other nouns

man

foot

fish

sheep

woman

tooth

Chinese

men

sheep

Chinese

women

fish

teeth

feet

The plural of most

countable nouns（复数）

a b

c d

请给下列单词找朋友

a wish wishes

a watch watches

s,sh,ch,or x

+ es

o + s or es

a consonant +y -y +ies f or fe -f or fe+ves

a wish

a family a knife

a box a radio a potato

a watch watches families knives

bo xes radios wishes potatoes

a box boxes a radio radios

a potato potatoes

a glass glasses

a story stories

a mango mangoes

a shelf shelves

a family families a knife knives

Phrases:

十一个婴儿

九个男孩

四个班级

我的五张相片

六头大象

三个好朋友

十八只猴子

七把小刀

eleven babies

nine boys

four classes

my five photos

six elephants

three good friends

eighteen monkeys

seven knives

Look at the pictures. Write a C for

countable nouns and a U for uncountable

nouns.

U Cbread ( ) banana ( )

U Ctea ( ) carrot ( )

We can also use nouns in front of We can also use nouns in front of uncountable nouns to show their uncountable nouns to show their amounts.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 _________,

a____ of_____ and

a ________ of____.

Millie: Do we need to buy some

_______?

chicken

bag rice

packet salt

vegetables

Mrs. Wang: Yes. Let’s buy some_______

and _________.

Millie: I want to buy some__________.

They are Grandpa’s favourite,

And we have only one_______.

We need to buy some, too.

carrots

potatoes

mangoes

apple

Mrs. Wang: OK. We can also buy a few

_________of ______.bottles juice

bagbag packetpacket appleapple

vegetablesvegetables carrotscarrotspotatoespotatoes orangesoranges

bottlesbottles

chickenchicken ricerice saltsalt

翻译词组

1 十二个鸡蛋

2 一个橘子

3 三碗米饭

4 七瓶牛奶

5 五千克肉

6 六把小刀

7 两篮土豆

8 四袋盐

twelve eggsan orangethree bowls of riceseven bottles of milkfive kilos of meatsix knives

two baskets of potatoesfour 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 hourtwo bags of rice

five kilos of meatsome packets of salt

a cup of tea

three bowls of soup

a pot of sweets/sugar/candiestwo glasses of milka basket of fruits

1 、李小姐经常喝两杯绿茶。

2 、我妈妈需要买三袋盐。

3 、中秋节我们将吃 5 盒月饼。

4 、厨房里有两篮 土豆。

5 、他早餐吃几片面包。

Miss Li often________________________________.

My mother __________________________________.

On Mid-Autumn Festival ______________________________________________.

There are two ____________________in the kitchen.

He ______________________________________.

drinks two cups of green tea.

needs to buy three packets of salt.

we will eat five boxes of mooncakes.

baskets of potatoes

has some slices of bread for breakfast

Thank you !Thank you !