COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE NOUNSand SOME /ANY / NO / A LOT OF

REVISION ON

REMEMBER

• Countable nouns are nouns which can be counted and can be in the singular or the plural. If it is singular we use a /an before the noun. If theWord is plural we add –es/s/ies to the end of the word.

a flower (singular) three flowers (plural)

MATERIALS:Gold, iron, silver, wood, paper….

ABSTRACT NOUNS: Beauty, love, happiness…

OTHERS:Hair, money, news, snow, furniture, advice, weather….

LIQUIDS:Coffe, milk, water, tea, wine, lemonade, petrol, oil, …

FOOD: Cheese, butter, meat, salt, pepper, bacon, bread, chocolate,honey, jam....

• Uncountable nouns are nouns which cannot be counted and they usually have no plural.

Some uncountable nouns can be made countable by using QUANTIFIERS in front of them:

a jar of marmalade

a piece of cake

a loaf of bread a bar of chocolate

a bowl of soup

SOME - ANY

• We use• We also use some with countable nouns but only in the plural.

some cheese some bananas

some with uncountable nouns and not a/an.

Some

1.Used in positive sentences with countable and uncountable nouns .,

There are some people at the bus stop.There is some milk in the fridge .

2.Polite requests.Would you like some tea ?Can I have some water , please ?

Any

1.Used in negative and question sentences with countable and uncountable nouns .

There isn’t any sugar in my tea.Have you got any money ?Are there any books ?

Write: 1) A 2) AN 3) SOME

…….coke …….hat …boys…..biscuits …...chocolate ….pencil…..orange juice …….cheese ….bottles…..apple …….tea ….bread…..apples …….orange ….glass……butter …….book ……hats …..friends …....meat ….potato

Put in SOME or ANY

1.There isn’t ……………. sugar in this bowl.

2.Would you like …………... milk in your

coffee ?

3.I’ve got ………….. soap but I haven’t got

…………….. shampoo.

4.Please give me ………….… water .

5.Are there …………..… birds in the tree?

NO

We use «no» in positive sentences but it makes the meaning of the sentence negative.

Example: She hasn’t got any water in her

glass. = She has no water in her glass. There aren’t any people here. = There are no people here.

A LOT OF

It means in big quantity. We use «a lot of» both with countable and uncountable nouns.

We can use «a lot of» in either positive, or negative sentences. But usually we prefer to use it in positive sentences.(We usually use «much / many» in negative sentences.)

There are a lot of books in his room. There is a lot of fruit juice in the jug.

EXERCISES: Write a/an, some, any, no, a lot of in to the gaps to make meaningful sentences.

1. Would you like ………………. more fruit juice?

2. There is ………… heater here. I’m cold.

3. I have got ……………….. flowers. I can give you

…………… of them.

4. I don’t know ……………… people here.

5. It is ………. spider that you are holding.

6. My brother has got ………………… computer games

in his room, around 400, I think.

7. Do you watch ………….. Western films at all?

GOOD JOB