Unit3 Module 2 The natural world Oxford English Grammar A/B The Earth Countable and uncountable nouns There be structure

1. To learn how to use countable and uncountable nouns 2. To learn how to use the pattern there is/are… Objectives

This is a fridge( 冰箱 ). What’s in the fridge?

six pears some bananas

grapes watermelons carrots

half an apple an apple three apples

a piece of orange two oranges

three tomatoes a piece of tomato

a strawberry many strawberries

salad n. 沙拉

a potato French fries potatoes = potato chips

four sandwiches cookies

some meet some beef

ice cream Delicious but too sweet !

Grammar A Countable and uncountable nouns What things are there on Earth? plant field mountain river forest pollution water land air food rubbish sea animal light place

home people plants places fields mountains rivers forests pollution water land air food rubbish sea animals plant place field mountain river forest pollution water land air food rubbish sea animal How can we divide these things? Uncountable nouns light

Countable and uncountable nouns In English, we can count some things, e.g. rivers and mountains. We cannot count other things, e.g. water and air. Countable nounsUncountable nouns one animal, two animalssome rubbish I have a world map at home. There is an article about the Earth. All plants need light and water. This plant is beautiful. These animals are dangerous. Air has no smell. Water is important.

Work out the rule (Countable/Uncountable) nouns can have plurals. We can use a or an before (countable/uncountable) nouns. Uncountable nouns only take (singular/plural) verbs.

A1 Read the sentences below and decide whether the nouns in italics are countable or uncountable. Write the words in the correct columns. Grammar exercises 1 There is grass in a forest. 2 Do not throw rubbish into the river. 3 The air is fresh in the mountains. 4 The flowers are beautiful. Let me take a photo. 5 We should drink water every day. Here is a glass for you. 1 There is grass in a forest. 2 Do not throw rubbish into the river. 3 The air is fresh in the mountains. 4 The flowers are beautiful. Let me take a photo. 5 We should drink water every day. Here is a glass for you.countableuncountable forest river mountains flowers photo glass grass rubbish air water

1. orange( 复数 ) 2. banana( 复数 ) 3. photo( 复数 ) 4. family( 复数 ) 5. bus( 复数 ) 6. watch( 复数 ) 7. woman( 复数 ) 8. child( 复数 ) oranges bananas photos families buses watches women children II. Rewrite the words.

III. Translate the phrases. 1. 一个鸡蛋 2. 一些水果 3. 三个胡萝卜 4. an apple 5. some vegetables 6. ice cream an egg some fruits three carrots 一个苹果 一些蔬菜 冰激凌

bottle/milk box/egg bowl/riceglass/waterbag/applecup/coffee S1: What’s this? S2: It’s a bottle. S1: What’s inside it? S2: Some milk. S1: What are these? S2: They’re boxes. S1: What’s inside them? S2: Some eggs. A2 In pairs, ask and answer questions about each photo. Follow the example.

a piece of a loaf of a slice of We use them with (countable/uncountable) nouns.

More exercises You are in a fast food restaurant now. You are going to order something. Use I want …, I would like … to make orders. I want a bowl of salad. I’d like a hamburger.

6 Grammar B Using there is/are … Describe the pictures above with the sentence pattern below: There is/are ____________ on the table.

We often use there is … or there are … to say that something exists somewhere. There is a beautiful world under the water. a lot of pollution on Earth. Is there any water in the glass? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t. There are different plants and animals on Earth. Are there five apples in the bag? Yes, there are. No, there aren’t.

Note the difference below: There is a glass of water and three apples on the table. There are three apples and a glass of water on the table. Things to remember there is = there’s there is not = there isn’t there are not = there aren’t We use ____________ with a singular noun or an uncountable noun. We use ____________ with a plural noun. Work out the rule there is there are

1. There __ a pencil in the pencil box. 2. There ____ some flowers on the desk. 3. There ____ four people in my family. 4. There __ a picture and two maps on the wall. 5. A: __ there a cat under the tree? B: Yes, there __. is Is is IV. Use is or are to finish these sentences. are

Jane: (1)_______ pollution in the sea. What can we do to help protect the sea? Danny: (2)________ many things we can do. We can have a beach clean-up day. You see, (3)_________ always many bottles on the beaches. They pollute the sea. Jane: That’s a good idea! What else can we do? Danny: We can ask people not to eat shark fin soup. (4)_______ a seafood restaurant near your home? Jane: No, (5)__________. (6)__________ any other things we can do to help? Grammar exercise Jane is asking Danny about what they can do to help protect the sea. Complete their conversation with there is (not), is there, there are or are there. There is There are Is there there isn’tAre there

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