Nouns

1 Tick (✔) the correct boxes.

• What did Mo throw at Snapper?
Milk Water Curry
• What did Snapper want?
More curry A glass of water
REMEMBER! 2
You can count most nouns.
One (Singular) Two or more (Plural)
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GRAMMAR a banana three bananas

a crocodile ten crocodiles

REMEMBER! 1 Use a singular verb with one, and a plural verb

with two or more.
Nouns are words for people, animals, things and
places. Always use a capital letter for names of The boy is naughty. Oranges are nice.
people and places. A car has got wheels. Sweets taste good.
Mo has got a sister. London is in England. 3 Fill in the gaps with a singular or plural verb.
2 Write four sentences. Use nouns. ❿ There is
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . (be) a mouse in Mo’s bed.

❿ I like oranges.
..............................................................
1 ..............................................................
2 ..............................................................
3 ..............................................................
4 ..............................................................
1 The neighbours . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (have got)
two cats.
2 Cats usually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (chase) mice.
3 A mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (live) in a small hole.
4 Mice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (eat) cheese.

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REMEMBER! 3 4 Choose the correct verb to fill in the gaps.
Be careful! You can’t count these nouns. clean be ✔ have got taste grow
If you don’t know them, learn them now.
❿ Milk is
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . good for you.
water not waters cheese not cheeses
honey not honeys milk not milks 1 Rice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . in fields.
bread not breads juice not juices 2 Soap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . your hands.
rice not rices meat not meats 3 Orange juice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of oranges.
sand not sands flour not flours 4 This coffee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . sugar in it.
tea not teas coffee not coffees
soap not soaps soup not soups

Always use a singular verb with nouns you can’t

count.
Honey is sweet. Apple juice tastes nice.

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You can use these words with nouns you can’t count:

a cup of coffee/tea

a bottle of water a slice of bread

a glass of water/milk/juice

a tin of soup a bag of sugar/rice

a bowl of soup

a carton of milk/juice a loaf of bread a piece of meat/cheese

5 Complete the conversation. Think carefully!

Mo’s dad I’m going to the supermarket. Do you want anything?
Mo’s mum Yes, please. I want a ❿ tin
. . . . . . . . . . . . of soup,

a (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of bread, two (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of rice,

a (3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of water and three (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . of milk.

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