JHANET NANCY DE LA CRUZ AMES

PRACTICE 5: COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Meat

COUNTABLE NOUNS pepper

II. Label the pictures.
 They are nouns for things that we can count with numbers.
 They have singular and plural forms. CHEESE ONIONS
 The singular form can use “a” or “an” (one).
Singular Plur
al Bread FISH CHOP
a dog two dogs
an four oranges
orange OLIVE OIL STRAWBERRIES
a man three men
a two people
person UNCOUNTABLE EGGS MILK CHICKEN
NOUNS.
 They are nouns for things that we can´t count with numbers. A / AN - SOME – ANY with countable and uncountable nouns.

 They don’t have plural form: Use a / an for countable singular nouns (aff – neg – int):
Examples: milk - milks water - waters a lemon an onion a melon an orange a banana

I. Write the words from the box in the correct column. Use some for countable plural nouns (affirmative):
some lemons some onions some melons some oranges
potato carrot onions bread pasta strawberries
cheese grapes pear garlic lemons rice melon Use some for uncountable nouns (affirmative):
olive oil oranges cupcakes pepper bananas meat Some cheese some rice some oil some water some milk

Use any in questions and negative sentences (countable plural and

Countable Countable plural Uncountable
uncountable nouns)
singular nouns
pot onions bread There isn’t any sugar (uncount) are there any bananas? (count plural)
ato III. Complete with: a – an – some – any.
carrot strawberries pasta
1. Are there any eggs in the basket?
pear grapes cheese
2. I need ___a___ pepper for the salad.
melon lemons garlic
3. I didn’t buy any garlic in the market.
oranges rice
bananas olive oil 4. Is there __any___ milk in the bottle?

cupcakes 5. I don’t have _some__ mushrooms in the fridge.

6. There isn’t _any_ lemon in the box.
7. Do you have _some_ cheese?
8. Do you need _any__ orange for the cake?
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