Friday, March 1st 2013

Book pages: 18, 19, 21

To review the topic of countable and uncountable nouns, you can see the guide of the class 25 of the
first level of this English course.

Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns

How many because you can count things How much because you cannot count
or nouns things or nouns

Few = poco(s), poca(s) – negative context. Little = poco, poca – negative context
Example:
Example: She speaks little English. So she cannot
She has few friends to invite to her get the job. It means it is not enough the
birthday party. It means she does not English she knows to get the job.
have enough friends to invite to her
party. A little = un poco, un poco – posite
context
A few = unos(as) pocos(as) – positive
context Example:
I have a Little money. Let¨s have coffee. It
Example: means although she has little money,
She has a few stamps that you can use. It she can invite to a coffee.
means she does not have enough
stamps but she share them with other
person.

REMEMBER: You can count uncountable nouns if you have a measurement.

Example:

Money – uncountable noun

Coins and bills – countable nouns related to money

Drinks as milk, water, juice, coffee - uncountable nouns

A cup of coffee, a bottle of water, a carton of milk – countable nouns related to drinks

Do the following exercise:

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/little-few/exercises?04
Review the dialogues on page 19.

Homework: write the dialogues according with the example.

Page 21, reading comprehension and pronunciation exercise.