Countable and uncountable nouns

presentation about countable and uncountable nouns

1. Countable
&
Uncountable nouns

3. Countable nouns –
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e.g. I eat a banana every day.
I like bananas.
“Banana” is a countable noun.
4We can put an ‘s’ on a countable
noun: „Bananas”

4. A countable noun can be
1. singular (banana) or
Countable nouns are things we can
count.
 We can say ‘one banana’ ,‘two
bananas’ etc.
Countable nouns
2. plural (bananas)

5. Countable nouns
Examples of countable nouns
singular plural
 apple apples
 pineapple pineapples
 cucumber cucumbers
 strawberry strawberries
 grape grapes

6. Countable nouns
We add -es to most nouns in -o:
tomato tomatoes
potato potatoes
But we just add -s to:
radio radios
photo photos

8. Uncountable nouns
e.g. I eat rice everyday.
I like rice.
Rice is an uncountable noun.

9. Uncountable nouns
An uncountable noun has only one form.
(rice)

•Uncountable nouns are things we can’t
count.
•We can’t put an ‘s’ on an uncountable
noun.
•We can’t say ‘one rice’, ‘two rices’, etc.

10. Uncountable nouns
Examples of uncountable nouns:
 salad dressing
 lettuce
 ham
 water
 milk

11. There is/There isn’t
There are/There aren’t
+
some/any

12. There is/ There are some
Study the following table:
is meat
cheese
in the fridge.
There
are
some
rulers
pencils
on the desk.

13. We use ‘There is some’ when the noun
is uncountable. (meat, cheese.)
We use ‘There are some’ when the
countable noun is plural. (rulers,
pencils.)
There is/There are some

14. There isn’t/There aren’t any
Study the following table:
isn’t milk
coffee
in the shop.
There
aren’t
any
dishes
watches
under the bed.

15. We use ‘There isn’t any’ when the noun
is uncountable. (milk, coffee.)
We use ‘There aren’t any’ when the
countable noun is plural. (dishes,
watches)
There isn’t/There aren’t any

17. I. Put the correct form of the
given words into the spaces.
1.John is eating some __________(potato).
2.Is there any ___________ (water) in the
jar?
3.Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some
__________ (jam).’
4.There are some _________ (fish) in the
river.
5.There aren’t any ______________(tomato)
on the table.

18. II. Put the correct answer into the
spaces with “some” or “any”.
1.There is not ________sugar in the coffee.
2.There are ___________ stars in the sky.
3.There aren’t ________ roses on the table.
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________ oil.’
5.Is there ________ orange juice?
6.There is ________ paper on the desk.

19. Look! How many mark(s) do you
get?
8-11 Well done!
4-7 You can do much better!
0-3 Work hard! Don’t give up!

20. Made by
Alicja Gutowska