91 countable and uncountable nouns ‘There are two types of nouns in English: countable and ‘uncountable nouns, * Countable nouns are things you can count, so they can be singular or plural. We use aor an with them. lemon two lemons an olive - lots of olives * Uncountable nouns are things you usually can’t count, We don’t ‘use a oran with them and they are never pl Tice NOT aviee ots of bread NOT lets oFbreeds ‘Some nouns can be countable or uncountable, but the meaning Is itferent, We don’t have time. (Time we measure using a clock) te went rnere four times tase week. (we can count each visit) Cross out the word thats NOT possible, dike some chicken / a pear /anyment. Idon'thave @ banana /a lemon / a mitk Is there any coffee / oles / honey? Are there any pasta / pears/ eggs? Can Thave some knives / spoon / forks? Would you like some salad/ breads / mushrooms? She doesn't have a money /glass/ plate. ‘There isn't any coffee / vegetable / fruit ‘There are four bottles of oranges / water / milk: 10 He'sgota pear / biscuit / applesin his pocket. Complete the sentences using some, any, aoran. 1 Take samt honey plese. some/any 2 CanThave. eggs, please? _ 3 isthe ih ’ | edonttave ment ‘Countable JUncountable 5 There aren't mushrooms. ee ¢ Arethes ogee | Ces some pears. hia 7 Does he have drink? 8 Shedocsnthave money © raentwane 28OME, yea. © Wouldyoutie woos a0 Tharelatt_parrarannudrhire, amor? 7 |boyounave any roney? you any lemons? Oy) Complete the sentences with two, a or an. + We use avan with singular countable nouns, e.g. a lemon, + We use some with plural countable nouns or uncountable ‘nouns in postive sentences, ¢ some pears, some far. * We use any with plural countable nouns or uncountable nouns | Innegative sentences and questions, ¢, any olives, any bread. + We also use some in questions to sk fr things orto offer 1 dike tis teasand __cottee, please. 2A Would youlike coke? B No, thanks, butTdlove apple juice. 2 Can Thave enone place, with milk? 4 black eas, please, and_ glass of water 5 Tusually have coffee before breakfast. something complete the message that Ala lft or her farm a See Use some, any, aoran. Saad vale scone ree ec asc eiection ‘Can you buy * came food for dinner tonight? There's 2 Canihave __someeges?__—_some cake? beef inthe rg, but we con't nave ?_vegetabes Can you get 4 ‘sweetcorn and tomatoes? I'd also like SeNyPN a. UO Wenave®poraoesy Lan yu check, Drinks are usually uncountable. We say I'd like some tea. please? Can you also buy” __nice big salad bowl? We only But we oten say a 20 as Quek way of saying a cup of toa havea smal one. left ® money next tothe ket. Abo two coffees (= two cups of coffee, three orange juices Thanks! (etree gasses of orange ico, ore te 152GRAMMAR REFERENCE 9.2 quantifiers - much/many/a lot of Reza) 1 Ihave a lot of books on my shel 2 she eats quite a ot of ce 3 They dink Tots oF water. 4 don't have much coffe. Seine eave many too + tn postive sentences we usually use alot ofots of for both countable and uncountable nouns to talk about a big quantity, + We use quite lot oft tak about a medium quantity. He has quite alot of clothes. NOT He has auiteots-oflothes * In negative sentences we usually use much with uncountable ‘nouns and many with plural countable nouns. ‘don't have much coffee (only have a small quantity) ‘Thy don ave many ferns = Ty ive soe, Bu OL TOD ‘+ We can also use a lot of or lots of in negative sentences for both, countable and uncountable nouns, ‘don't havea lot offots of time, We don't have a lat of/ots of tomatoes, Rob) 1 How many burgers can you eat? 8 Not many. 2A How much bread do you eat? B leat qutea lot of bread. To ask questions about quantity, we use 11 How many with plural countable nouns. 2. How much with uncountable nouns. Countable How many |Alot/Lots.| There area lot offots of books. Pooks are Quite a lot. There are quite a lot of books. Not many. | Tere arent many books None. There arent any books Uncountable How much |Alot.ots | drink lotzots of mil Fc YOU quite aot. arink quite att of mk Not much || doit dink much mi None. | dor't dink any ik We use none ina short answer, but we say no with a noun in a fll sentence, We often use no in sentences with there is/ there are There's no mil. OR There isn’t any milk. NOT FrereHeneme-mie There are no potatoes. OR There aren't any potatoes, NOT Pherae HONE Complete the sentences using much, many ora lot of 1 How many glasses of water do you drinka day? 2 Ididn'tdrink ___wateryesterday. 3 How ___ milkistherein the tridget 4 There's quite__milk. 5 How apples did you eat? 6 Ididn'eoat apples. 7 How timedid you spend in the café yesterday? 8 How ___ times did you go back tothe same café? 9 Iliketodrink twa every day. 10 How __ people are there in this class? 11 There's not juice in my glass. 12 Iate___ noodles last night. Rewrite the sentences using no, 1 There isn't any yoghurt, Th ‘There aren't any tomatoes. We don'thave any money, ‘There isn'ta living room in my house. ‘There isn't any water in the bath. Complete the conversation using muck, many, alot, no and none. Anas Excuse me. 'm doing some research, Can Laskyou. some questions? Yes, OK. How * many. hours do you spend sleeping? Ohnot? About fivehoursa night. 'm always tired! Anas How __time do you thinkyou spend eating. and drinking? Berna Hmm quite! About two hours day. And, 1 spend® __oftime cooking. Anas Thankyou. OK, next question. How Kilometres do you drive every day? Berna 7. Idon'tdrive. Anas Do you work? Berna Yes, Ido, ‘Anas How® Berna About 50, Anas Andhow internet every day? Berna Not". There's" ___ internet at my house. So, think about 30 minutes a day at work, How %2___questions are you going to ask me? don't have ® time. Anas _Justone more. How you watch ina week? Berna Quite Tusually watch about two hours every day. [love TV. Anas That'sall. Thankyou very much. hoursa week do you work? edo you spend surfing the hours of television do 153