Page 13 - Oxford Grammar for Schools 2 Student Book

Countable and uncountable nouns

I can recognizecountable and uncountable nouns.
I can use a, an, some and any.

A, an and some

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
There's a child. There are some children. There's some tea.

There's an apple. There are some apples. There's some milk.
There's a tree. There are some trees. There's some sugar.

Countable nouns are the names of things that we can count.They have a singular and pluralform:
apple - apples, child -children, tree - trees

Uncountable nouns are the names of things we can't count.They only have a singular form:
tea, milk,sugar
Inaffirmative sentences, we use a or an before singular countable nouns, and some before plural
countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

*1 O 3.1 Look, listen and point.Then listen and repeat.

1 There's a table. 5 There's some spaghetti?
2 There's an orange. 6 There's some milk.
3 There are some eggs. 7 There's some sugar.
4 There are some pears.
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2 Write the words inthe correct lists.
*
pears milk table bananas sugar
money orange oil eggs children
apple orange juice spaghetti bag

Countable nouns

There's a/an... There are some...
\y.oü
table pears JJlCb.

Uncountable nouns

There is (There's) some...
milk

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