Lesson 9: Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Lesson 9: Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Lesson 9: Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Countable and
Uncountable nouns
Countable Uncountable nouns
nouns
+ Car + Water
+ Table + Milk
+ Animals + Bread
+ Toys + Rice
+ TV + Pasta
+ Egg + Butter
+ Apple + Meat
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Containers
They can transform an uncountable
noun in countable
e.g. glass of water / cup of coffee / glass of milk /
loaf of bread / slice of bread / bottle of juice
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Quantifiers
Is a word or phrase used to talk about
quantities
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Countable nouns : Quantifiers
+ Many + Some + Few
+ A lot of + Several + A few
+ Lots of
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Uncountable nouns : Quantifiers
+ Much + Some + Little
+ A lot of + A little
+ Lots of
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Do It Yourself!
+ Many + Much
+ A lot of + A little
+ Some + A few
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How many x How
much?
… are there? … is there?
… do they cost? … does it cost?
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Indefinite Pronouns
People Things Places
Someone Somewher
Some Somebody Something
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Anyone
Any Anybody
Anything Anywhere
No one
No Nobody
Nothing Nowhere
Everyone Everywhe
Every Everybody Everything
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Some ? *
Any ? *
+ I eat some pasta - I don’t eat any pasta / There isn’t any pasta
? Can I have some pasta? ? Is there any pasta in your house?
? Would you like some pasta? *Anybody here is happy
*orders / offers
No Every
- I eat no pasta / There is no pasta Is everybody happy?
Everybody dance now
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It’s time to practice!
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Homework!
Bring me next class!
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