2.

4 Countable and
uncountable nouns |
Quantifiers
When do we use quantifiers?

We can use quantifiers with countable and uncountable nouns to

talk about quantities of things.

How many carrots and sandwiches are there in

the fridge? And how much milk is there?

There are a lot of carrots and some sandwiches,

but there isn’t much milk.

Is there much orange juice?

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 Find the nouns. Which are countable? Which are
uncountable?

Can we bake a cake? Is there any butter or any

sugar? And how many eggs are there? Oh, good!
There’s some butter, and there’s a lot of sugar.
There aren’t many eggs, but we can make a cake
with only two. And there are a lot of lemons.
We can make a cake with lemons in it!

Countable: cake, eggs, lemons

Uncountable: butter, sugar

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What are countable and uncountable
nouns?
Uncountable nouns have
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns no plural form.
Singular Plural

a burger burgers bread, butter, cheese, cola,

ketchup, salt, soup
an egg eggs

We don’t use a/an with

uncountable nouns.
You can count countable nouns.
They have a singular and
plural form.

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How do we talk about quantities?
Countable nouns
Affirmative There’s a burger.
There’s an egg.
There are some chips.
There are a lot of/lots of chips.
Negative There aren’t any cookies.
There aren’t many beans.
Questions Are there any forks?
How many forks are there?
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With uncountable nouns and
Uncountable nouns plural countable nouns we use
some/any instead of a/an.
There’s some cheese.
There’s a lot of/lots of soup.
There isn’t any bread.
There isn’t much butter.
Is there any cola?
How much cola is there?
With plural countable nouns
we use many.
With uncountable nouns
we use much.
 Practice Time
Choose the correct words.

1. There are a lot of / much kebabs in the fridge.

2. There isn’t some / any salt on my chips.

3. How many / much spaghetti is in the bowl?

4. There are some / any brownies on the plate.

5. There aren’t some / any potatoes in the frying pan.

6. Are there much / many sandwiches in the bag?

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