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 Cake
preparation
Imagine you are preparing a cake
and someone is telling you what
LLeett'
'ss bbaak ingredients to use in your recipe
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 Ingredients

Everything you can Everything you

just put one unit is need to measure is
considered considered
countable uncountable

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 ..
Countable nouns are words we can put a
number in front, such as one banana, two
bananas. We can count the units of this item
with no need for measures.

They can be used in the singular and plural

forms.
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 Liquids,
..
cream, pasta, gases, and items that are too small
to count or can vary too much in quantity are considered
uncountable.
One way to decide if something is uncountable is by
imagining your teacher asks you to bring an item to class
but doesn't specify the quantity.
If everyone can bring something completely different in
quantity, the item is probably uncountable. Let's look at
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 Everyone, please bring some…

ice cream cheese

chocolate bread

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 Liquids,
Liquids,cream,
cream,pasta,
pasta,gases,
gases,and
anditems
itemsthat
thatare too
aretoo
small
smalltotocount
countor
orcan
canvary
varytoo
toomuch quantity
muchininquantity

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Rice
Meat
Water
Bread
Coffee

Ice Cream
UNCOUNTABLE

A steak
A bread roll

A bowl of rice
A cup of coffee
COUNTABLE
A bottle of water
units become countable:

An ice cream cone

Uncountable nouns measured in

The
Thecontainers
containersor measured
ormeasured
parts
partscan
canbe counted
becounted
 Some uncountable nouns are
made up of countable items or
UNCOUNTABL subgroups:
COUNTABLE
E
Money Dollar, Euro, Coin, Bill
Time Minute, Hour
Luggage Bag, Backpack, Suitcase
Food Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
Clothing
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Jacket, T-shirt
 Let's practice
Are these nouns countable or uncountable? Say it before the answer is revealed

burger pasta pizza butter yogurt waffle

COUNTA UNCOUNT COUNTA UNCOUNT UNCOUNT COUNTA

BLE ABLE BLE ABLE ABLE BLE

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 Let's review
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 Why is this important?
Countable
Countable nouns can be singular or plural, and
we can use numbers, a, an, some or any before
them when forming sentences

Uncountable
Uncountable nouns are generally singular, and we
use only some or any in front of them when
forming sentences

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 Let's form sentences
COUNTABLE
a, an some any
(+)
(+)He
Heisiseating
eatingaabanana.
banana. (+)
(+)We
Weneed
needsome
some (-)
(-)IIdon't
don'twant
wantany
anyolives
olivesin
in
(-)
(-) She
She doesn't
doesn't want
want an
an apple
apple potatoes
potatoesfor
forthe
thesalad.
salad. my
mypizza.
pizza.
now for breakfast.
now for breakfast.
(?)
(+)
(+)They
Theyhave
havesome
some (?)
(?)Are
Arethere
thereany
anysandwiches
sandwiches
(?)Do
Doyou
youneed
needananegg
eggfor
forthe
the oranges in the box. in the fridge?
cake?
cake? oranges in the box. in the fridge?

+ + - ?
- ?
SINGULA PLURAL PLURAL
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 Let's form sentences
UNCOUNTABLE
some any
(-)
(-)IIdon't
don'twant
wantany
anyketchup
ketchupin inmy
mypizza.
pizza.
(+)
(+)We
Weneed
needsome
somemilk
milkfor
forthe
thecake.
cake. (-)
(+) (-)He
Hedidn't
didn'thave
haveany
anysoup
soupon onthe
theweekend.
weekend.
(+)They
Theyusually
usuallyhave
havesome
somepasta
pastaatatnight.
night. (?)
(?)IsIsthere
thereany
anycheese
cheeseininthe
thefridge?
fridge?
(+)
(+)Let's
Let'sget
getsome
somecoffee
coffeebefore
beforework.
work. (?)
(?) Do you need any salt on yourecipe?
Do you need any salt on you recipe?

+
SINGULA
- ?
SINGULA
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 Let's practice
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