1. Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns
Unit 9: Food You Like!
Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns

2. Countable nouns

3. Countable nouns e.g. I eat a banana every day. I like bananas.
“Banana” is a countable noun.

4. Countable nouns A countable noun can be 1. singular (banana) or
2. plural (bananas)
Countable nouns are things we can count.
So we can say ‘one banana’ ,‘two bananas’ etc.

5. Examples of countable nouns:
singular plural
 apple apples
 pineapple pineapples
 cucumber cucumbers
 strawberry strawberries
 grape grapes

6. Uncountable nouns

7. Uncountable nouns e.g. I eat rice everyday. I like rice.
Rice is an uncountable noun.

8. Uncountable nouns Uncountable nouns are things we cannot count.
An uncountable noun has only one form. (rice)
Uncountable nouns are things we cannot count.
They cannot be plural, so we cannot say ‘one rice’, ‘two rices’, etc.

9. Examples of uncountable nouns:
 lettuce
 water
 milk
 sugar

10. Practice:
Are the things countable or uncountable?

11. Countable
Uncountable

12. flour
Countable
Uncountable

13. cheeseburger
Countable
Uncountable

14. cheeseburgers
Countable
Uncountable

15. butter
Countable
Uncountable

16. butter
Countable
Uncountable
Uncountable

17. orange juice
Countable
Uncountable

18. orange juice
Countable
Uncountable
Uncountable

19. grapes
Countable
Uncountable

20. grapes
Countable
Countable
Uncountable

21. The Use of 'is/are some' & 'isn't/aren't any'

22. is/are some
Look at the following table:

23. 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.)

24. isn’t/aren’t any
Look at the following table:

25. isn’t/aren’t any
We use ‘isn’t any’ when the noun is uncountable. (milk, coffee.)
We use ‘aren’t any’ when the countable noun is plural. (cats, watches)

26. Quiz

27. I. Put the correct form of the words in brackets into the spaces.
potatoes
1.John is eating some __________(potato).
2.Is there any ___________ (water) in the jar?
3.Mother says, ‘Sam, please give me some __________ (jam).’
4.There are some _________ (fish) in the river.
5.There aren’t any ______________(tomato) on the table.
water
jam
fish
tomatoes

28. II. Fill in the spaces with “some” or “any”.
1.There is not ________sugar in the coffee.
2.There are ___________ stars in the sky.
3.There aren’t ________ roses on the table.
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________ oil.’
5.Is there ________ orange juice?
any
some
any
some
any

29. How many mark(s) did you get?
8-10 Well done!
4-6 You can do much better!
0-2 Work hard! Don’t give up!

30. Thank You Very Much!!