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Countable and

Uncountable nouns
Countable nouns
-These nouns can be counted.

an apple seven apples


a flower
two flowers
Uncountable nouns
You cannot count them.

They have no plural. money

gold
milk
honey
Uncountable nouns include:
foods
liquids
materials
others
abstract nouns
beauty
love
happiness
Foods

Liquids

Materials
 We use some with uncountable nouns. (not a/an)

some cheese some rice

some chocolate

some coffee
some gold

some paper
some flour some jam
 We use some with uncountable nouns. (not
a/an)
some ham some water

some wine some juice


some milk

some jam
some wood
some flour
 We also use some with countable nouns
but only in plural!

some cherries
some apples
some bananas
some eggs
some sandwiches
Write a/an or some!
some
……....potatoes
an
……....egg
some
……...leaves
some
……....coffee
a
……....boy
an
……....orange
Write a/an or some!
 some
………….tea

……….
a carrot

 a ring
………

 some milk
…………


some
……..money

 some
…………lemons

 a
………dress
some
1.There is ________sugar in the coffee.
some
2.There are ___________ stars in the sky.
3.There is ________ a rose on the table.
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________
some oil.’
an
5.Is there ________ orange on the table?
6.There is ________
some paper on the desk.
II. Put the correct answer into the
spaces with “some” or “a/an”.
15-19 Well done!

10-14 You can do much better!

0-9 Work hard! Don’t give up!


Look! How many mark(s) do you get?
Study the following table:

is meat in the fridge.


cheese
There some

are rulers on the desk.


pencils
Is/are some
 We use ‘is some’ when the noun is
uncountable. (meat, cheese.)

 We use ‘are some’ when the countable noun is


plural. (rulers, pencils.)

Is/are some
Study the following table:

isn’t milk in the shop.


coffee
There any

aren’t dishes under the bed.


watches
Isn’t/aren’t any
potatoes
1.John is eating some __________(potato).
2.Is there any ___________
water (water) in the
jar?
3.Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some
__________ (jam).’
jam
4.There are some _________ (fish) in the
river. fish
5.There aren’t any ______________(tomato)
I. Put thetable.
on the correct form of the given
tomatoes
words into the spaces.
any
1.There is not ________sugar in the coffee.
some
2.There are ___________ stars in the sky.
3.There aren’t ________
any roses on the table.
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________
some oil.’
5.Is there ________
any orange juice?
6.There is ________ paper on the desk.
some
II. Put the correct answer into the
spaces with “some” or “any”.
8-11 Well done!

4-7 You can do much better!

0-3 Work hard! Don’t give up!


Look! How many mark(s) do you get?

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