This/These That/Those SINGULAR FORM This is a fork. That is a knife. PLURAL FORM These are forks. Those are knives. 3. Circle the correct words. a. This / These is my aunt and this / these are my cousins. b. A: What s that / those? B: It s my new watch. A: And are these / those your CDs over there? B: Yes, I ve got twenty. c. This / These is an iron and that / those is a sandwich toaster. d. That / Those are spoons and this / that is a fork. e. This / These are kettles and that / those are vacuum cleaners. There is There are / lots of - Use there is with singular nouns. Use there are with plural nouns. - Ask questions about quantity with How many. - Use lots of and a plural noun to talk about a large number. There is POSITIVE There is a beautiful lake. NEGATIVE There isn t a park near our flat. QUESTION / SHORT ANSWERS Is there a hotel? Yes, there is. No, there isn t. 1
There are POSITIVE There are lots of things to do. NEGATIVE There aren t any restaurants. QUESTION / SHORT ANSWERS Are there any cheap places to stay? Yes, there are. No, there aren t. 4. Complete the sentences. Use there is, there are, is there or are there. a. an elevator in your office? b. lots of closets in my home. c. two bedrooms in their flat. d. a garage and an elevator in her building. e. There is a great house. a garden? f. two windows in your classroom? g. a market near your school? h. any nice hotels in your hometown? Countable Uncountable one banana Countable nouns two bananas 5. Look up these words in your dictionary. Which are countable / uncountable? some bread Uncountable nouns peach milk egg grape pepper burguer water beef biscuit NOT one bread, two breads BUT: (one loaf of bread, two loaves of bread) 2
A/An/Some/Any 6. Some or any? Choose. a. Are there tomatoes? Yes, there are. b. Is there cheese? Yes, there is cheese left. c. Have we got mushrooms? Yes, there are mushrooms in the fridge. We don t need. d. Would you like fish? No, thanks. 3
7. Complete the dialogue with some or any. At the restaurant Hello, sir. What would you like? I d like sausages and rice, please. Sorry, sir. We haven t got rice. What about chips with sausages? OK, sausages with chips then. I d also like a milkshake. We haven t got milkshakes, sir. Sorry. OK, then. I d like chocolate ice cream. Is it all? Yes, thank you. 8. Read. Try to explain the sentences in your language. a. What would you like? b. What else can I do for you? c. Let s get some bread rolls. d. That s a good idea. e. What else do we need to buy? f. The dairy section is over there. 9. Read the dialogues (A-B), and correct the sentences 1-3. 1. The pineapples are $3.00 each. 2. The fruit costs $17.00 altogether. 3. Andy wants brown bread. A: Excuse me. How much are these pineapples? They re a dollar each, madam. Give me one then, please. Certainly. What else can I do for you? I d like a kilo of green apples and a small bunch of bananas. Right. That s $7.00, please. Here you are. Thank you very much. 4
B: Do you want brown or white bread, Andy? Let s get white. Okay. How Many loaves do we want? One. Let s get some bread rolls as well. That s a good idea. Right. What else do we need to buy? Some milk and some cheese. Well, the dairy section is over there. 10. Read again. What do Mrs Burns and Debbie and Andy buy? 5