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    The document summarizes countable and uncountable nouns. It discusses whether objects can be counted, and provides examples of countable nouns like oranges, dogs, cars that can be pluralized, versus uncountable nouns like rice, paint, water that do not have plural forms. It also discusses quantifiers like a/an, some, any, much/many, a lot of and how they are used with countable versus uncountable nouns, including in affirmative and negative sentences and questions.

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    The document summarizes countable and uncountable nouns. It discusses whether objects can be counted, and provides examples of countable nouns like oranges, dogs, cars that can be pluralized, versus uncountable nouns like rice, paint, water that do not have plural forms. It also discusses quantifiers like a/an, some, any, much/many, a lot of and how they are used with countable versus uncountable nouns, including in affirmative and negative sentences and questions.

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    Countable and uncountable

    Quantifiers
    Can we count the objects?

    Countable
    Uncountable
    Can we count oranges?
    BIG, UNITS

    an orange
    two oranges
    Can we count rice?
    Uncountable don’t have plural
    Waters x--ricesxxxx
    Container---a bag…
    1 bottle (wáter)

    some rice
    Can we count dogs?

    a dog
    four dogs
    Can we count cars?

    a car
    four cars
    Can we count paint?

    some paint
    Can we count students?

    a student
    some students
    Can we count water?

    some water
    a/an + countable singular nouns
    an + vowel
    a + consonant
    some: affirmative sentences
    with plural nouns
    some: affirmative sentences.
    With uncoutable nouns
    any: negative sentences and questions
    with plural nouns
    negativ
    e
    any: negative sentences and questions
    with uncoutable nouns negativ
    e
    a lot of with plural nouns and
    uncountable nouns
    negativ many with coutable nouns in
    e
    negative sentences
    negativ much with uncoutable nouns in
    e
    negative sentences
    how many with countable
    nouns in questions
    how much with uncoutable
    nouns in questions
    a – an – some – any
    Countable Countable Uncountabl
    singular plural e

    affirmative a - an some some


    negative a - an any any
    questions a - an any any
    much – many – a lot of
    how much- how many
    Countable Uncountabl
    plural e

    affirmative a lot of a lot of


    negative many much
    questions How many How much
    Complete the sentences
    There is ____________ new teacher at school.

    This cake needs ____________ sugar. 500 grams!!

    ____________ students are there in your class? 24

    There isn’t ____________ butter in the fridge. Only a


    little bit.

    There were ____________ people at the concert! It


    was a success!
    There are ____________ expensive flats in the centre.
    Maybe 3 or 4

    ____________ water do you drink every day?

    It was good because there weren’t ____________


    mistakes in the exam. Only 2.

    This is ____________ interesting story

    How ____________ sugar do you want in your tea?


    A spoon una cucharada

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