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Countable and uncountable nouns; How much?/How many?

Countable nouns are things that we can count.

They have singular and plural forms and we can use numbers in front of them.

one banana three bananas twenty-five bananas

Use How many...? to ask questions about the number of countable nouns.

How many bananas do you buy every week?

Uncountable nouns are things we can’t count.

They do not have plural forms and we cannot use numbers in front of them.

Use How much...? to ask questions about the quantity of uncountable nouns.

How much water do you drink every day?

Show the quantity (how much/many) of countable and uncountable nouns by using another noun (e.g. a bag) or a measurement (e.g. kilos) + of in front of the noun.

A bag of bananas. Halfa kilo of bananas.

A glass of water. A Utrę of water.

a/an, some and any

Singular countable nouns

Use a/an before singular countable nouns when there is only one of the noun. Use a/an in positive and negative statements and in questions.

0	We have a car.
a	We don’ t have a car.
©	Do you have a car?

Uncountable nouns

We also use some and any with uncountable nouns.

0	; We have some cheese.
0	; We don' t have any cheese.
©	• Do you have any cheese?

Object pronouns

Use subject pronouns (see page 13) before verbs and object pronouns after verbs.

Subject	/	Object	me
pronouns	he	pronouns	him
	she		her
	it		it
	we		us
	you		you
	they		them

He loves her.    He loves them.

r ......... ..............i

Key vocabulary

Food

Dishes: burger fries pizza salad sandwich

Meat and fish: (minced) beef chicken lamb trout tuna

Dairy: butter cheese cream icc cream milk Fruit and vegetables: apple banana carrot papaya pineapple potato tomato (water)melon

Drinks: coffee cola fruit/orange juice tea mllk watpr

Other: biscuils (white/brown) bread rereal crisps eggs mayonnaise pasła rice sugar

Plural countable nouns

Use some and any to talk about a number of something, when we don’t know how many, or the number isn’t important. We usually use some in positive statements, and any in negative statements and questions. Use some and any with plural countable nouns.

Money

choque coin credit card notę receipt

Adjectives for physical and emotional States fit happy/unhappy healthy/unhealthy hungry thirsty tired

V_J

0	We have some magazines.
©	We don* t have any magazines.
0	Do you have any magazines?