A car, some money (Countable and Uncountable 2) a/an and some Alan + singular countable nouns (carlapplelshoe, et.) a Ineed a new car. e@ = Would you like an apple? an apple Some + plural countable nouns (carsfapples/shoes, et.) 1 Ineed some new shoes. fowl = Would you like some apples? some apples Some + ticountable nouns (water/moneylmusic, ec.) = Ineed some money. = Would you like some cheese? or m Would you like a piece of cheese? some cheese or a piece of cheese Compare a and some: = Nicole bought a hat, some shoes, and some perfume. = [read a newspaper, wrote some letters, and listened to some music. Many nouns are sometimes countable and sometimes uncountable. For example: Fs Sos, 4 some cake or Ss = © some cakes a piece of cake a SS) some RQ some chicken or a chicken SS chickens 4 a piece of chicken = I’m going to make a cake tonight. = Look! The bakery has some nice cakes today. = Would you like a piece of chicken? (or . . . some chicken?) acake Be careful with these nouns — they are usually uncountable: advice information weather news bread hair furniture paper work = Can I talk to you? Ineed some advice. = Inced some information about hotels in Mexico City. (not informations) m We're having nice weather this year. = Listen! I just got some good news. (not a good news) = I'm going to buy some bread. (not a bread) = Sue has very long hair. (not hairs) = They've got some very nice furniture in their house. (not furnitures) = Ineed some paper / a piece of paper. I want to make a list. = “Do you like your job?” “Yes, but it’s hard work.” (not a hard work) We say a job, not “a work.” = T've got a new job. (ot a new work) Countable and Uncountable 1 Unit 68 Somelany Unit 77Exercises UENSLT 69.1 What did you buy? Use the pictures and write sentences (I bought. 22 4 NS aE a 1. /bought a hat. some Tes sae arin Thought —— 1 2. 3. Would you like some cheese? _ 4. 2 Would you like ss e Would 6. 69.3 Write a/an or some. Beep 69.4 Which is right? Sqoneve ass Tread 2 book and listened to some mi Inced ~ money. I want to buy food. We met interesting people at the party. P'm going to open ‘window to get fresh air. Rarana didn’t eat much for lunch - only _ apple and bread, ‘We live in __ big house. There’s nice yard with __ beautiful trees. I'm going to make a table. First Ineed wood. Listen to me. I'm going to give you advice. I want to write a letter. need paper and _ pen. I'm going to buy some new shee/shoes. (shoes is right) Mark has brown eye/eyes. Shu Ling has short black hait/hairs. ‘The guidebook had some information/informations about the city. We're going to buy some new chair/chairs. ‘We're going to buy some new furniture/furnitures. Is hard to find a worksjob right now. ‘We had wonderful weather / a wonderful weather when we were on vacation. 139