Primary 3 English

by Chan Chau Sze

1999

Countable nouns

&

Uncountable nouns

Introduction

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Title: “Primary 3 English – Countable nouns

and Uncountable nouns”

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Author: Chan Chau Sze

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Software used: MS Powerpoint

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Teaching points:

1. Use nouns to refer to countable objects.
2. Use nouns to refer to uncountable objects.

3. Use ‘some’ and ‘any’ to show quantities.

How to Use?

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Start the programme with the MS Powerpoint.

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Click the “Outline View” for the overview
purpose.

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Sort the specific slide with the “Slide Sorter
View”.

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Click on the “Slide View” for any amendment.

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Make any notes with the “Notes Page View”.

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Start the presentation with the “Slide Show”.

Countable nouns

e.g. I eat

banana

every day.

I like

bananas

.

Banana is the countable nouns.

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A countable noun can be

1. singular (

banana

) or

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Countable nouns are things we

can

count.

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So we can say ‘one

banana’ ,‘two bananas’ etc.

Countable nouns

2. plural

(

bananas

)

Countable nouns

Examples of countable nouns

singular

plural

 apple

apples



pineapple pineapples

 cucumber cucumbers

 strawberry

strawberries

 grape

grapes

Countable nouns

We add -es to most nouns in -o:

tomato

tomatoes

potato

potatoes

But we just add -s to:

radio

radios

photo

photos

Uncountable nouns

e.g. I eat

rice

everyday.

I like

rice

.

Rice

is an uncountable noun.

Uncountable nouns

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An uncountable nouns has only one form. (

rice

)

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Uncountable nouns are things we

cannot

count.

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We

cannot

say ‘one rice’, ‘two

rices’, etc.

Uncountable nouns

Examples of uncountable nouns:

 salad dressing

 lettuce



ham

 water

 milk

Is/are some

Study the following table:

is

meat
cheese

in the f ridge.

There

are

some

rulers
pencils

on the desk.

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We use ‘is some’ when there is the
uncountable noun. (

meat,

cheese.)

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We use ‘are some’ when there is the
plural countable noun.(

rulers,

pencils.)

Is/are some

Isn’t/aren’t any

Study the following table:

isn’t

milk
coff ee

in the shop.

There

aren’t

any

dishes
watches

under the bed.

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We use ‘isn’t any’ when there is the
uncountable noun. (

milk, coffee.)

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We use ‘aren’t any’ when there is
the plural countable noun.(

dishes,

watches)

Isn’t/aren’t any

I. Put the correct form of the
given words into the spaces.

1.John is eating some __________(potato).
2.Is there any ___________ (water) in the jar?
3.Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some

__________ (jam).’

4.There are some _________ (fish) in the

river.

5.There aren’t any ______________(tomato)

on the table.

potatoes

water

jam

fish

tomatoes

II. Put the correct answer into
the spaces with

“some”

or

“any”.

1.There is not ________sugar in the coffee.
2.There are ___________ stars in the sky.
3.There aren’t ________ roses on the table.
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________ oil.’
5.Is there ________ orange juice?
6.There is ________ paper on the desk.

any

some

any

some

any

some

Look! How many mark(s) you

get?

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8-11 Well done!

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4-7

You can do much better!

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0-3Work hard! Don’t give up

!