Food and Drink Dinner time

Countable and Uncountable

Countable nouns are those nouns we can count:an/one egg, two eggs. Uncountable nouns are those we cannot count: some flour NOT: one flour, two flours

Countable or Uncountable?

Biscuit Chicken Sandwich Milk Melon Tea Water Shrimp Onion Rice Flour Tomato Butter Sugar Chocolates

Countable nounsa some any a lot (of) much many

Affirmative X X X

Interrogative X X

Negative X X

There are __________ bananas in the fridge. somea lot ofmany

There is __________ apple in the fridge. an

Are there __________ strawberries in the fridge? any

No, there aren’t ________ . any/many

Yes, there are _________ . some/a lot

Uncountable nounsa some any a lot (of) much many

Affirmative X X

Interrogative X X

Negative X X

There is __________ sugar in the cupboard.somea lot of

Is there __________ sugar in the cupboard?any

No, there isn’t _______. muchany

Yes, there is _______. somea lot

How much / how many…?Use How much…?

with uncountable nouns.

How much water do you drink?

Possible answers:

I drink a lot of water.

I drink quite a lot. I don’t drink much

water. (not much) I don’t drink any

water.

some

somesome

some

some

any

some

some

any

any

a little

a little