english grammar - 6
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COUNTABLE AND
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Some - Any - No - A lot of
By. Mr. Jay
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COUNTABLE NOUNS
e.g. I eat banana every day.I like bananas.
“banana” is a countable noun.
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COUNTABLE NOUNS
A countable noun can be1. singular (banana) or2. plural (bananas)
Countable nouns are things we can count.
So we can say ‘one banana’ ,‘two bananas’ etc.
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COUNTABLE NOUNS
Examples of countable nouns
singular plural apple apples
pineapple pineapples cucumber cucumbers strawberry strawberries grape grapes
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COUNTABLE NOUNS
We add -es to most nouns in -o:tomato tomatoespotato potatoes
But we just add -s to:radio radiosphoto photos
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COUNTABLE NOUNS
Irregular Nouns:SINGULAR PLURALSingular to plural -EN Child childrenMan menOx oxen Woman women
NO CHANGE Deer deerFish fishMeans meansOffspring offspring Series seriesSheep sheepSpecies species
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COUNTABLE NOUNS
Irregular Noun
SINGULAR PLURAL
-EE
foot feet
goose geese
tooth teeth
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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
e.g. I eat rice every day.I like rice.
“rice” is an uncountable noun.
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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
An uncountable noun has only one form. (rice)
Uncountable nouns are things we cannot count.
We cannot say ‘one rice’, ‘two rices’, etc.
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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Examples of uncountable nouns:Ink LettuceSugar WaterMilkEtc.
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SOME – ANY – NO – A LOT OF
SOMESome is used with:
Positive sentences.When asking a question, if the answer is
expected to be positive.
e.g.The children have some free time.
Please buy some bananas. Would you like some cake?
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SOME – ANY – NO – A LOT OF
ANYAny is used with:Negative sentences.
When asking a question.
e.g.Do you have any ice cream left?
I don't have any money today.My brother never does any thing good.
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SOME – ANY – NO – A LOT OF
NONo is used with:
Positive sentences with negative meaning.
e.g.There is no coffee left in the jar.We have no milk this morning.
They had no pens.
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SOME – ANY – NO – A LOT OF
A LOT OFA lot of is used with:positive sentences, negative
sentences and questions.
e.g.There are a lot of dogs in the street.
I have a lot of time to answer your questions. I saw a lot of people waiting in the queue.
We did have a lot of fun, didn't we?
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QUIZPut in a / an or some.1. I read ____ book and listened to ____ music.2. I need ____ money . I want to buy ____ food.3. We met ____ interesting people at the party.4. I’m going to open ____ window to get ____
fresh air.5. She didn’t eat much for lunch – only ____ apple
and ____ bread.6. We live in ____ big house. There’s ____ nice
garden with ____ beautiful trees.7. I’m going to make a table . First I need ____
wood.8. Listen to me carefully . I’m going to give you
____ advice.9. I want to write a letter . I need ____ paper and
____ pen.10. I’d like to eat ____ cookies.
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Circle the correct answer:
1. I’d like some / any help.2. There aren’t some / any letters for you.3. Have you got some / any brothers or
sisters?4. She’s got some / any interesting friends.5. Are there some / any restaurants near
here?6. I’m having some / any problems with
my car.7. I didn’t have some / any breakfast today.8. We need some / any more milk.9. he hasn’t done some / any work for ten
years.10. Do you know some / any Americans?
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FILL IN THE GAPS WITH SOME, ANY, OR NO:
1) Ann has _________candies.
2) Bill doesn't have _________money.
3) Sue will give us _________information.
4) There is _____________ milk in the fridge.
5) There isn't ________________beer.
6) Only _____ of his friends came. Not all of them.
7) There isn't ______ food in the refrigerator, is there?
8) We are broke. We have ________money to buy grandpa a gift.
9) Don't you know the proverb: "________ news is good news"?
10) I'm busy. I have ____ time to chat with you now.
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11) There aren't ___ books on this topic in the library
12) I gave him ___ medicine for his headache, so he feels much better now.
13) He doesn't want ___ dessert, for he's on a diet.
14) We are taking a short ride. There's ___ time for a long one
15) The poor man has ___ food to eat. He's starving.
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Countable Uncountable
There are two hairs in my coffee!
hair I don't have much hair.
There are two lights in our bedroom.
lightClose the curtain. There's too much light!
Shhhhh! I thought I heard a noise.
noiseIt's difficult to work when there is too much noise.
Have you got a paper to read? (= newspaper)
paperI want to draw a picture. Have you got some paper?
Our house has seven rooms.
roomIs there room for me to sit here?
We had a great time at the party.
timeHave you got time for a coffee?
Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest works.
workI have no money. I need work!
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