Countable or Uncountable I
watermelon
answer and use in a sentence
countable
there are a few / many watermelons at the market
dogs
answer and use in a sentence
countable
there are a few / many dogs at the park.
___ a pencil on your desk?
Is there a pencil on your desk?
Does Peter have (some / any) magazines in his office?
Does Peter have any magazines in his office?
Have you got ___ pen?
Have you got a pen?
information
answer and use in a sentence
uncountable
I need a piece of information / some information
trouble
answer and use in a sentence
uncountable
I had a little / a lot of trouble
___ lots of books on the shelf.
There are lots of books on the shelf.
Can you help me? I need any / some advice.
Can you help me? I need some advice.
How ___ chairs do we need for the party?
How many chairs do we need for the party?
Give 3 examples of countable nouns and use them in a sentence
There is a car outside.
Give 3 examples of uncountable nouns and use them in a sentence
There's still time.
Do you have any water?
They have a lot of sugar.
___ children in the yard.
There are children in the yard.
We don't have ___ milk.
We don't have any milk.
Would you like ___ tea?
Would you like some tea?
Do you have many ___ in class?
Do you have many students in class?
Is there any butter / milk / orange juice left in the fridge?
Say 3 things with there is
* 1 affirmative
* 1 negative
* 1 interrogative
There is a tree outside.
There isn't a pen inside the pencil case.
Is there a bag on the floor?
We haven't got _____ petrol. We need to stop and get some.
We haven't got much petrol. We need to stop and get some.
Are there ___ students in the college?
Are there any students in the college?
Give 5 countable nouns that you can see around town and use them in a sentence
trees, cars, buses, traffic lights, zebra crossings, roundabouts, markets, stop signs, bus stops, benches, etc.
Say 4 sentences with uncountable nouns:
* 2 affirmative (don't use not)
* 1 negative
* 1 interrogative
I drank too much coffee today.
We eat too much junk food.
There isn't much milk inside the fridge.
How much peanut butter do we have left?
Give 4 sentences with there are:
* 2 affirmative
* 1 negative
* 1 interrogative
There are a lot of cars outside.
There are bags on the floor.
There aren't any oranges left.
Aren't there many books on the shelf?
We had ________ rain in the past month.
We had a lot of rain in the past month.
Find the mistake and correct it (you can add words)
Please pass me the rices
Please pass me some rice / Please pass me the rice bag