Countable (Can count) uncountable (cannot count) I have one cat. ( I have a cat. ) I have one milk. I have one of milk (I have a of milk) I have three cats I have three milk s (I have three of milk) examples cars bottles books windows tables Milk rice paper coffee chairs shoes hands trees help information news Are these nouns countable or uncountable? C / U Pens. meat. butter. friends. fingers. water. fruit. houses. bread. DVD. balls. glasses. sandwiches. bread. jam. cars. salt. cheese. honey. carrots. cream. flour. apples. tea. games. oranges. rain. dogs. colour. oil. money. juice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Circle the correct article Countable 1. Lisa s got a / some pens. 2. Can I have some / a strawberries? 3. Lucía s got three / a pen 4. Are there some / a plants here? 5. Choi wants a / some DVD 6. Will threw a / some ball. 7. Stephanie has got an / some apples. 8. Cali lives in a / some house. 9. There is a / some tree in the garden? 10. Have you got some / a carrots? 11. We ve got some / a sandwiches. 12. We need a / some torches for camping. Uncountable 14. Anna s got a / some meat. 15. I have some / a fruit 16. You can have this cereal with some / a milk. 17. I ve got two / some cream. 18. We have some / a tea in the cupboard. 19. Why is there some / a jam on the floor. 20. Della wants some / one bread 21. Ray wants three / some money. 22. Is there some / a cheese in the fridge? 23. Joseph has a / some water. 24. The supermarket has got some / a honey. 25. I ve got a / some soup in the fridge. 13. Elaine ate an / some oranges.
Many Much (A lot of) Countable I have too many books Many cars are on the road Much cars are on the road Uncountable I drank too much water I drank too many water I drank many water I drank a lot of water --------- much or many Pens meat butter friends fingers grass fruit houses bread DVD balls glasses sandwiches bread. jam cars salt cheese honey carrots cream flour apples tea games oranges rain dogs colour oil money juice hair (not countable) hairs (countable) some hair two hairs a lot of hair some hairs much hair many hairs too much hair too many hairs --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Any in a question about numbers or amount Do you have any brothers? Is there any bread on the shelf? Or Answer to say not. I do not have any brothers. There isn t any bread I do not have any bread. In the next exercise choose `a / an, `some and `any Remember an for words stating with vowels (a e I o u) Remember a for other words
`a / an, `some and `any 1. There isn t electricity at the campsite. 2. There aren t sunglasses in the shop. 3. I ve got apple in my bag. 4. There are sandwiches. 5. I ll buy bottle of water at the beach. 6. I haven t got radios in my room. 7. Is there internet café in your town? 8. There aren t computers in my classroom. 9. Have you got brothers and sisters? 10. My teacher s got new car. 11. There s water in the bottle. 12. I m going to buy chips. 13. There is camera. 14. She s got pear. 15. You can have potatoes. 16. Have you got lemons? 17. I ve got cherries. 18. We need water. 19. We ve got bread. 20. We don t need strawberries. 21. Have we got cheese? 22. Have you got apple? 23. We need banana. 24. I ve got orange juice. 25. They haven t got hamburgers.
(Helper information) Nouns that can be either uncountable or countable: existence of subtypes. A countable noun showing existence of subtypes is fuels (or a fuel). If we read it in a text, we would understand that there are different fuel types, even if we did not know what they were (coal, oil, uranium, etc). Here is an example of its use: (a) The price of fuels varies. This sentence suggests that prices differ according to the type of fuel on sale. If we replaced fuels with the uncountable fuel (singular without a or the), the reader would be more likely to consider other causes of varying prices, such as where the goods were sold. This is because the existence of fuel subtypes would not be highlighted. In general, the uncountable use is preferred when the existence of different subtypes is not important to what we are saying, for example when we mention something that is true for all subtypes, like this: (b) Fuel is necessary for machines to function. We could again say fuels are instead of fuel is here, but it would be unusual because the existence of types of fuels is not obviously relevant to the point being made. Now consider this further example of the countable use: (c) Nuclear energy is a fuel obtained by splitting uranium atoms. This definition suggests that nuclear energy is only one of many fuel types (and perhaps that other fuel types are obtained in different ways). Again, we could replace the countable a fuel with the uncountable fuel, thus giving less attention to the existence of other fuel types. However, the existence of other types is very relevant when we are defining... COUNTABLE NOUNS EXPRESSING SUBTYPES Here are some more examples of nouns whose uncountable form means a general substance and countable one suggests the existence of subtypes. Try naming some of the subtypes in each case: (a) colour, (a) difficulty, (a) food, (a) fruit, (an) industry, (a) language, (a) metal, (a) philosophy, (a) science, (a) society, (an) understanding, (a) virtue.
So Neither Stephanie has a car. So do I. Mary can t fly a plane. Neither can I So am I. So do I. So did I. So will I. So have I. Neither have I Neither am I. Neither do I I like milk.. I can not drive a bus.. I am a good student.. I ate a pizza yesterday.. I have a lot of friends.. I did not go to the zoo last week.. I am not a rich person.. I do not like oranges.. I have forgotten to ring Peter.. I haven t talked to John yet.. I will paint the house.. Stephanie has a car. So does Joo. Sookie doesn t have a car. Neither does Jack e.g. I like pizza. (Jane) > So, does Jane. I can play tennis. (Jerry).. I love chocolate. (my brother).. I am tall. (my friends).. I haven't done my homework. (Sue).. I don't like loud music. (my neighbour).. I wrote a letter. (Teddy).. I have tidied my bedroom. (Peter).. Mary and Tom are good students. (Susan).. Mat and George haven't arrived yet. (Kate).. We can't speak Italian. (our friends).. My aunt read a book. (my uncle).. I don't have a computer. (Betty).. Tim rode his bike yesterday. (Jim).. My father didn't wash the car. (my mother).. Sophie is very clever. (her children) )..
When using So & Neither (Continued exercises) When hearing Action verbs = doing words Present first person second person third person singular Plural singular / Plural singular Plural I run we run you run He runs they run I eat we eat you eat She eats they eat I drink we drink you drink John drinks they drink I write we write you write Mary writes they write I paint we paint you paint Jack paints they paint Answer using the action helping verbs do or does So do I so do we so do you so does she so do we (I do not run) (we do not run) (you do not run) (he does not run) (they do not run) Neither do I Neither do we Neither do you Neither does she Neither do we ============================================================ Choose the most appropriate answer I went to the library yesterday. Neither didn t I Neither did I So did I So was I Anton doesn't want to go there, and Maria. neither does so does so doesn't Ann never borrows money, and Tom. does too neither does so does so did Peter lives in Italy Peter does not live in Italy I live in an apartment Coffee keeps you awake I love going to the cinema. My sister loves chocolate. I don't like mushrooms I wish it was Saturday I want to go shopping
Past first person second person third person singular Plural singular / Plural singular Plural I ran we ran you ran He ran they ran I ate we ate you ate She ate they ate I drank we drank you drank John drank they drank I wrote we wrote you wrote Mary wrote they wrote I painted we painted you painted Jack painted they painted Answer the above using the action helping verb did So did I so did we so did you so did she so did we (I did not run) (we did not run) (you did not run) (he did not run) (they did not run) Neither did I Neither did we Neither did you Neither did she Neither did we Peter climbed the tree. So. So. So. They stood on the hill. So. So. So. We bought an ice cream So.. So. So. You ran very fast. So.. So. So. We came in the bus So So. So. I didn't like that book.. Neither did I Neither have I So did I So I did I didn t enjoy the game. Neither have I So did I So I did Neither did I I didn t see him last night So did I Neither have I Neither did I So I did Bill didn't understand the joke I saw him last month I didn't go on vacation last year. I exercised this morning Students were not tired at the end of the day I enjoyed the game.
When hearing helping verbs (am are is was were) I am we/they/you are he/she/john is I/he/she was we/they/you were answer using the same word (unless you change person) so am I so are we so is he so was I so were we ==================================================================================== I am not we/they/you are not he/she/john is not I was not we/they/you were not answer using the same word (unless you change person) neither am I neither are we neither is he neither was I neither were we They were not happy about it. Neither were we Neither weren't we So were we So weren't we I am very tired.. I'm either Neither am I Nor am I So am I Melissa is disappointed, and Mark. neither does neither is so does so is She is going to the dentist Peter was late My mother was very upset by his behaviour. My mother was not worried Jane is an engineer John is learning French. Jane isn t an engineer John isn t learning French. I'm going to a party tonight I am not going to a party tonight. She isn t going to the dentist today
More helping verbs. Always answer So & Neither with the same helping verb as spoken to you. shall will may must might can could would should have has had Sophia will not come to the party. (underline the correct word) Either will Helena Neither will Helena So will Helena So will not Helena Peter won t come to the party. (underline the correct word) ( won t = will not ) So will John So won't John Neither will John Either won't John You haven't finished your work. (underline the correct word) Neither did you Neither had you Neither have you Neither haven't you I've seen this movie before. (underline the correct word) So do I So did I So had I So have I Discuss the following. Decide on a response you would give for correct English My mother has been a nurse for years. We should visit our friends I will do it. We should follow his advice. They've been to Austria. We have been there twice. I can ride a motorbike My mother has never been a nurse We shouldn t do that I won t do it We could not stay I can t play the piano I can play the piano. They can't speak Chinese My parents would love to live by the sea