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COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
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How to prepare a sandwich….
First….. What do you need? tomatoe cheese bread mayonaisse mustard lettuce ham
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Quantity…
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OR How MANY slices of bread? How MUCH cheese?
Two slices of bread… Just a slice of cheese… How MUCH cheese? OR Three slices of cheese… How MANY slices of cheese?
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How MUCH ham? How MANY ham? How MANY slices of ham?
Three slices of ham… How MUCH ham? How MANY ham? How MANY slices of ham? Three slices of ham… How MUCH slices of ham?
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RECIPE Ingredients sugar flour cocoa eggs salt milk vanilla
Ingredients sugar flour cocoa eggs salt baking powder baking soda milk RECIPE vanilla vegetable oil
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How much VS how many Ingredients How much sugar? How much flour?
2 cups sugar How many eggs? 1 ¾ cups flour How many cups of milk? 2 eggs 1 cup milk
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I eat apple every day. I love apples. Countable nouns
“apple” is a countable noun.
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Countable nouns are things we can count.
‘one apple’ ‘two apples’ ‘three apples’
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Examples of countable nouns
singular plural banana bananas pencil pencils window windows strawberry strawberries planet planets Rule: In general, the plural is formed by adding an -s to nouns…….HOWEVER……there are exceptions.
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e.g. I eat meat every day. I love meat. “meat” is an uncountable noun.
UNCountable nouns e.g. I eat meat every day. I love meat. “meat” is an uncountable noun.
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An uncountable noun has only one form. (meat)
uncountable nouns An uncountable noun has only one form. (meat) Uncountable nouns are things we cannot count. We cannot say… ‘one meat’ ‘two meats’ ‘three meats’
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Examples of uncountable nouns:
rice air sugar water milk bread
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Countable and uncountable nouns
I need some cups of sugar to prepare the cake. Jim, please bring me a few eggs. I need all the ingredients. I can´t help you. I have little time to bake the cake. Do you have any chocolate cake recipe? Mom, I want some cake! It looks delicious.
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