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Pre Intermediate 2:
STUDENTS:
Yanet Loza Romero
Teresa Pedraza Bustamante
Luis Cancino Mori
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Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are thingsthat be can count.
We can count them, and they have plural forms.
For example:
I eat banana every day.
I l ike bananas.
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dog, cat, animal, man, person.
bottle, box, litre .
note, dollar. cup, plate, fork .
table, chai r, suitcase, bag.
Countable nouns can be singular or
plural:
My dog is playing.My dogs are hungry.
I have got one egg.
I have got two eggs.
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Examples of countable nouns
singular plural
apple apples
pineapple pineapples
cucumber cucumbers
strawberry strawberriesgrape grapes
hat hats
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OBJECTI VE: To recognize the
difference in use between the countable
and uncountable nouns.
NOUNS ARE DI VI DED IN : countable
and uncountable.
Countable nouns are things you can
count.
For example: three pears
one pear two pears
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Uncountable nouns are things you
see as a whole, things you can not
count.
Uncountable nouns has only one
form.For example:
water
jelly
chicken
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Examples of countable nouns
Money
Music
Luggage
Furniture
Electricity
Wine
Information
Advice
Travel
Work
Scenery
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Other nouns are not countable. We can' t countthem, and they do not have plural forms.
Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc
that we cannot divide into separate elements. We
cannot "count.We dont usual ly use the indefini te article a/an
with uncountable nouns.
For example:
water
jellychicken
NOTE: money is considered as an
uncountable noun. Example:
I dont have money.
Susan has much money.
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Natural Phenomenona: rain-snow-thunder-l ightning.
Languages: Spanish - Engl ish - F rench Arabic.
F ields of Study: math - chemistry - biology ari thmetic.
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Thechil dren are playing in the garden. ( )
I don' t like milk. ( )
I prefer tea. ( )
Scientistssay that the envir enment is thr eatened by polluti on. ( )
My mother uses butterto prepare cakes. ( )
A r ise in oil pri ces is inevitable since there is more and more worl demand for energy. ( )
The exercises on this website are interesting. ( )
Dehydrated babies must drink a lot of water.( )
Adul t il li terates learn through a special government programme. ( )
I met some nice people when I was walki ng along the beach. ( )
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There are a lot of windowsin our classroom. ( )
We need some glueto f ix this vase. ( )
The waitersin this restaurant are very professional. ( )
My father drinks two big glassesof water every morning. ( )
The breadmy mother prepares is del icious. ( )
Drivers must be careful; the road is sl ippery. ( )
Some policemenare organizing road traff ic to avoid any accidents. ( )
I bought three bottlesof mineral water for our picnic. ( )
I 'd like somejuiceplease! ( )
Successful condidateswil l join the camp later thi s year.( )
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Countable REMEMBER Uncountabledollar money
song musicsuitcase luggage
table furniture
battery electricity
bottle wine report information
tip advice
journey travel
job work
view scenery
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