44 GRAMMAR Countable and uncountable nouns 1 a, an, some, any Countable nouns ‘We can count countable nouns. They have plural s. a bottle two bottles three bottles © Singular nouns with a/an ‘We use an before words beginning with a vowel. Tve got an umbrella, Do you want an orange? Some words are irregular because the sound is different. an hour (the h is silent) a university © Plural nouns with some, any, not any ‘We use some for statements. There are some chairs in the other room. ‘We use any for questions. Are there any chairs in the other room? ‘We use not .. any for negatives. There aren't any chairs in the other room. Uncountable (mass) nouns ‘We cannot count uncountable nouns. They do not have plural s. some coffee some milk some rice © Uncountable/mass nouns with some, any, not any Statement We bought some tea. Question Did you buy any tea? Negative We didn’t buy any tea. ‘We can use some with polite questions, or when we expect the answer ‘yes. Could you buy me some tea? —_ (polite question) Are there some sandwiches for me? (expecting the answer ‘yes’) Scanned with CamScannerGRAMMAR 44 COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS 1 1 Choose a or some. bird .. sandwiches money 2. Underline the correct word in each sentence. Jack hasn't got a/ any brother. ‘There weren't some / any letters for me this morning, Could I have a / some water, please? Iwent to the supermarket because I didn't have a / any milk, ‘There isn’t a / any railway station in this town, Sorry, we don't have some / any boxes left. Have you got a/ any pen that I can borrow? Naunuene 3 Complete the sentences with some or any. .. good restaurants in this town. . sandwiches. 1 There aren't 2. Don't worry about lunch, I've brought ._ scissors to cut the paper: Have you got brothers and sisters? I think you owe me ‘money. Wel like to stay longer, but we don't have Could you give me .. . information please? 3 You need .. yaue m Scanned with CamScanner