als of Countable and Uncountable Nouns a CN ui | oop Listen and repeat. ananes, dogs, cats, books © bus — buses, hairbrush ~ hairbrushes, fox - foxes, dress — dresses, walch - watches, tomato - tomatoes baby — babies, lady - ladies leaf leaves, wife - wives child - children, foot feet, fish - fish, mouse - mice, man- men, tooth teeth, sheep - sheep, ‘0X — oxen, woman - women, goose - geese, deer — deer, louse - lice (Joop Listen and repeat. | | ‘A. Countable nouns are nouns which can be counted. Most nouns take -s in the plural, B. Nouns ending in-s, -ss, -sh, -ch, -x, -o take -es in the plural. BUT radio - radios Piano - pianos photo - photos video - videos C. Nouns ending in a consonant + y > + ies BUT Nouns ending ina vowel (a.¢,0,u)+y > -s toy toys day cays D. Nouns endingin-f,fe -» 34-1 +-ves BUT | ‘Oot — roofs, chief - chiefs, handkerchief - handkerchiets, proof - proofs, Some nouns form irregular plurals. @ fay Write the plurals in the correct column. Listen and check. Listen and repeat. radio lady = man cchild =—shandkerchief fy body fe tomato loaf watch fox kiss sheep shelf —_bencn radios, tomatoes, ladies, loaves, “men, 4 -b@ Plurals of Countable and Uncountable Nouns Pronunciation osp Listen and repeat. ‘sh fal id after (1. i, fo, (8. /8/ _after i, kl, ,/A3/, 21, '3/ after other sounds lifts lollipops foxes bridges pens meals proofs spots brushes roses babies records books baths churehes rmirages songs rooms YEN ® oop Write the plurals in the correct column. Listen and check, Listen and repeat. eat class roof fork leat lemon beach cup girl shirt nose peach boy desk potato pen bus box ee BL Re cats, beaches, boys, F. Some nouns are uncountable. They have no plural. A / Anis not used with uncountable nouns. Some is used with them. These nouns include: food/drinks: utter, bread, meal, cheese, water, tea, coffee, milk, lemonade, chocolate, sali, pepper, fish, elu. materials: paper, wood, siver, gold, iron, etc. abstract nouns: peace, anger, love, elo. many others: money, snow, soap, furniture, petrol, cil, information, news, etc. a + consonant sound (b, c, d,{,g, ete.) H. Some is also used with countable apen nouns in the plural. I've got some eggs. an + vowel sound (a, €, i, 0, u) an apple @ Underline the correct item. 1 a/anorange 4 a/anchair 7 a/somefumiture | 10 an/ some apples 2 a/somegold | 5 a/somectiluren © 6 a/anumbrella | 11 a/anpiano 3 an/somecil | 6 a/somewater 9 a/somebutter | 12 a/ some leaves 4:Plurals of Countable and Uncountable Nouns @ ®@ Write a/an or some. Then write C for countable or U for uncountable. Say two more countable and two more uncountable nouns. 1 ..A. berry 6 11.22. NEWS... 16 ..... water .. 2 i: 12ers stir ..9 17 esse Chair... 3 er. 19 4 9 14 0 & Rsccrs butter... | 1 15 Guess which one Which is my shopping bag? Ask each other questions to find out. ‘Student A: There is some cheese, some milk, some juice and a lemon in my bag. Student B: Is it bag C? Student A: Yes, it is. is anew car. (What kind of caris it? A new car.) ‘anew record ~ two new records 5 Rewrite the sentences in the plural. 1 There ic a wooden chair in the kitchen, 6 She isa clever student There. are. gore. wooden. ¢ the kitche 2 She is an old tee 7 Ihave got a new hat. 8 She is a famous actress. 9 There is a white goose in the garden. 10 He has got a heavy suitcase.a Plurals of Countable and Uncountable Nouns en Listen and repeat. &ivs atin aglass ajug acup a packet ajar of tuna of water of veter of fea orice of honey abar aber of meat ofscap of chocolate of flour. «=—«=ofcheese of furiture J. Some uncountable nouns can be made countable by using the above words. @ Peae ana write. at Duy five “| 4) weevee of milk for the ceteeeeeeeee r cfricel price of one! Get two free! Sx5) ....... ofjam |} Buy three 6) a for the price of three! f) of tuna! Get two free! J) of onions for just £2! | cola half price! 4 bhPlurals of Countable and Uncountable Nouns @ @ Underline the correct item. Jeff: Let's make a list of what we need to buy from the supermarket! Alyssa: OK. We need one 1) carton / jug of milk, two 2) bags / tins of flour, 3) a / some cheese and two 4) packets / jars of biscuits. Jef Have we gat any meat? Alyssa: Let me see... No, there's no meat in the fridge. Jef; Wellthen, we need a 5) slice / kilo of reat and six6) bottles / cans cf water. What else dowe need? Alyssa: We also need a7) carton / packet of orange juice and @) some / a chocolate for the children! OK! Let's go then! Peete PCat You and your partner are going on a picnic. Go through the list and decide what you need to buy. Use Ex. 7 to act out similar dialogues. aoedrdahadhhbhecddrdbbodbbhydd tuna wR apple é see bread ehh tomato @® oleted cheese Wwe water eevee rill € am chocolate GP... A: Let's make a list of what we need for the picnic. B; We need two loaves of bread and .........- ones ia. What do you need for your picnic? Write a note to your mum. Use the liet from the Speaking Activity. > Mum, Here's what we need for the picnic: © two loaves of bread