5. COUNTABLE NOUNS
- Nouns you can count
- You can use a/an in front of countable nouns
- 2 types of countable nouns:
- Singular : I eat an apple every day
- Plural : I like to read books
- EXAMPLES
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6. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
- Nouns you cannot count
- Normally you cannot use a/an in front of
uncountable nouns
- Nouns that normally don’t have plural
form
- EXAMPLES
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7. EXAMPLES OF COUNTABLE NOUNS
Singular Plural
an aeroplane aeroplanes
a pencil pencils
a teacher teachers
a rabbit rabbits
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9. NOUNS AND QUANTIFIERS
EXAMPLES QUANTIFIERS
BANANAS
PENCILS A few
COUNTABLE NOUNS BISCUITS Some
RADIOS Several
PUPILS Many
SUGAR
SALT A little
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS FLOUR Some
CLOUD A lot of
MONEY Much
MILK
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11. CLICK THE COUNTABLE NOUNS
MUSIC
No, try again! Great Job!
ICE-CREAM
Great Job!
BUTTERFLY
ROOSTER
Great Job!
JUICE
No, try again! Great Job!
CAT
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12. CLICK THE UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
No, try again!
APPLE BREAD
No, try again! BUBBLES
Great Job!
RAIN
Great Job! BUILDING
No, try again!
Great Job!
MUSIC
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13. INTERNET LINK
• WORKSHEET
– http://www.onestopenglish.com/section.asp?docid=1
45099
• VIDEOS
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjyYkSFnjM0&feat
ure=related
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCTP0JpnWc&fea
ture=related
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14. REFLECTION
At the end of the lesson students should be
able:
to identify countable and uncountable
nouns
to differentiate between countable and
uncountable nouns
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