Food and containers. Countable and uncountable nouns
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Explanations and exercises identifying countable and unocuntable nouns with items of food.
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Food and containers. Countable and uncountable nouns
- 2. Countable nouns are individual objects, people, places, etc. which can be counted. • books, Italians, pictures, stations, men, etc. •There is a book on the table. •That student is excellent! There are some students in the classroom. •Those houses are very big, aren't they? A countable noun can be both singular - a friend, a house, etc. - or plural - a few apples, lots of trees, etc. Use the singular form of the verb with a singular countable noun: Use the plural form of the verb with a countable noun in the plural:
- 3. • Information, water, understanding, wood, cheese, etc. • There is some water in that pitcher. • That is the equipment we use for the project. Uncountable nouns are always singular. Use the singular form of the verb with uncountable nouns: Uncountable nouns are materials, concepts, information, etc. which are not individual objects and can not be counted
- 4. Some uncountable nouns in English are countable in other languages. This can be confusing! Here is a list of some of the most common, easy to confuse uncountable nouns. furniture garbage information knowledge luggage money news pasta progress research travel work accommodation advice baggage bread equipment
- 5. Obviously, uncountable nouns (especially different types of food) have forms that express plural concepts. These measurements or containers are countable: water - a glass of water equipment - a piece of equipment cheese - a slice of cheese
- 6. COUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS • A or an before the noun (e.g. an apple, a banana) • They have plural form (two bananas, three apples) • They have the form there is for singular, and there are for plural. • In the plural form they have some, many, a lot of, lots of, a few before the noun. • Question form: HOW MANY…? • They don’t have a, or an before the noun. • They don’t have plural form. • They have the form There is… • They have some, much, a lot of, lots of, a little before the noun. • Most of categories are uncountable nouns. • Liquids are uncountable nouns. • Question form: HOW MUCH…?
- 7. Is there a banana on the table? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t any banana on the table./ No, there is no banana on the table Isn’t any = is no Aren’t any = are no Are there any oranges in the fridge? Yes, there are. No, there aren’t any oranges in the fridge/ No, there are no oranges in the fridge. any = for questions and negative statements. Would you like some coffee? Yes, I would. No, I wouldn’t. some = for offers
- 8. Identify the following objects as countable or uncountable. When you are finished click on the "Next Question" button. There are 25 questions to this quiz. Try to use only 10 seconds per question. Q: Rules __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Information __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Sheep __ Countable __ Uncountable COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE - NOUN QUANTIFIERS Q: Clothes __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Music __ Uncountable __ Countable Q: Deserts __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Land __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Nations __ Countable __ Uncountable
- 9. Q: Money __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Learning __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Rice __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Bottles Of Wine __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Equipment __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Traffic __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Stone (the material) __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Stones __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Talent __ Countable __ Uncountable Q: Web Sites __ Countable __ Uncountable
- 10. A glass of … A bottle of … A package of … A cup of… A can of… A slice of… A stick of… A dozen eggs A kilo of… A carton of… A dish of… A cup of…
- 11. WITH COUNTABLE NOUNS WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS There are too many bananas. a few apples. (very) few donuts. not many biscuits. plenty of peas. a lot of / lots of nuts. (not) enough tomatoes. hardly any eggs. no pineapples. There is too much fruit. a little milk. (very) little cheese. not much orange juice. plenty of salt. a lot of / lots of sugar. (not) enough water. hardly any rice. no butter.
- 12. Complete these sentences with phrases from the box above: 1. There __________________ snow in the winter, but there___________________ rain in the summer. 2. Unemployment is high in the north of the country because there ___________ industry there. 3. It’s best to visit in April or May. There ____________ tourist then, and it’s easy to get an hotel room. 4. Unfortunately, there ____________ pollution because there ___________ factories in the city. 5. If there _________ rain in the spring, then we often have a drought in July. 6. It’s a safe city because there ___________ crime.
- 15. 11. lettuce 13. beans 12. mushrooms 14. peas 15. cucumber 16. carrots 17. potatoes 18. onion 19. tomatoes 20. lemon 21. melon 22. apple 23. peach 24. orange 25. banana 26. beef 28. lamb 27. olive oil 29. chicken 30. bread 31. pasta 32. rice
- 16. TASTE SHAPE COLOUR TEXTURE ORIGIN Sweet Sour Crunchy Spicy Hot Cold Bland Delicious Disgusting Cylindrical Round Crumbly Oval green purple white Chewy oily Crispy Cream soft Hard Creamy Fluffy Italian Chinese Indian Japanese
- 17. Material collected by: M.ED. PAOLA FORERO SALAMANCA Information from: www.foodnetwork.com www.esl-galaxy.com www.english-4kids.com http://www.britishcouncil.org/learnenglish- central-grammar-adverb-enough-and- too.htm