English for the beginner elementary course (25)

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Countable and uncountable nouns Countable noun Uncountable noun An egg/ 2 eggs An apple/ 3 apples A book/ 4 books A CD/ 5 CDs Milk Butter Money Music 1.We can use countable nouns in the singular or plural. Have you got a cat? Do you like cats? 2. Uncountable nouns do not have a plural from. Do you like classical musics? 3. there is /are: (singular) There is a banana. (plural) There are (5) oranges. (uncountable)  There is  milk. True or false? a)There’s an apple. b)There are a lot of grapes. C)There are five sausage. d) there’s a lot of toast. e) there’s some tea. f) There are six bread rolls. g) there are no bananas. h) there’s no yoghurt.  Useful phrases for ‘ counting ’ food and drink. Counting phrase Most common examples a piece of cheese, toast, cake, fruit, meat a slice of cheese, toast, cake, bread, ham, meat a bowl of rice, cereal, pasta, noodles a plate of rice, pasta, noodles a packet of sweets, cigarettes, biscuits, butter a bottle of sauce, beer, wine, alcohol, water, a spoonful of sugar, oil a cup of tea, coffee, milk a glass of milk, orange juice, water a jug of water, milk, orange juice a pot of  yoghurt, jam, tea, coffee a litre of water, fruit juice a kilogram of meat, rice a portion of vegetable, fruit, rice, pasta, noodles, prawns

Countable and uncountable nouns

Countable noun	Uncountable noun
An egg/ 2 eggs An apple/ 3 apples A book/ 4 books A CD/ 5 CDs	Milk Butter Money Music

1.We can use countable nouns in the singular or plural.

Have you got a cat? Do you like cats?

2. Uncountable nouns do not have a plural from.

Do you like classical musics?

3. there is /are:

(singular) There is a banana.

(plural) There are (5) oranges.

(uncountable)  There is  milk.

True or false?

a)There’s an apple.

b)There are a lot of grapes.

C)There are five sausage.

d) there’s a lot of toast.

e) there’s some tea.

f) There are six bread rolls.

g) there are no bananas.

h) there’s no yoghurt.

 Useful phrases for ‘ counting ’ food and drink.

Counting phrase	Most common examples
a piece of	cheese, toast, cake, fruit, meat
a slice of	cheese, toast, cake, bread, ham, meat
a bowl of	rice, cereal, pasta, noodles
a plate of	rice, pasta, noodles
a packet of	sweets, cigarettes, biscuits, butter
a bottle of	sauce, beer, wine, alcohol, water,
a spoonful of	sugar, oil
a cup of	tea, coffee, milk
a glass of	milk, orange juice, water
a jug of	water, milk, orange juice
a pot of	yoghurt, jam, tea, coffee
a litre of	water, fruit juice
a kilogram of	meat, rice
a portion of	vegetable, fruit, rice, pasta, noodles, prawns

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