(nouns)

Somsak,
Doi Sutep, Bangkok, table, freedom,
peace

Proper Noun

Common Noun

Countable nouns
Things I can count

Two oranges
Three
oranges

COUNTABLE NOUNS
SINGULAR:

a + noun
one + noun

a potato

PLURAL:

noun + -s / -es

potatoes

Uncountable nouns
Things I cant count

Uncountable Nouns
An uncountable noun has only
one form. (rice)
Uncountable nouns are things
we cannot count.
We cannot say one rice,
two rices, etc.

Countable Nouns
s
book - books, pen - pens, car - cars
s, x, z, ch,
sh es
bus-buses, watch-watches, box-boxes
y y

y i -es
company-companies, city-cities,lady-ladies
y y
-s
day-days, key-keys, way-ways

Countable Nouns
o o
-es
potato-potatoes, mango-mangoes,
o -s
radio-radios, zoo-zoos, kangarookangaroos

Countable Nouns
Irregular Nouns:
SINGULAR
PLURAL
Singular to plural -EN
child
children
man
men
woman
women
NO CHANGE
deer
fish
sheep

deer
fish
sheep

Countable Nouns
Irregular Noun
SINGULAR
-EE
foot
goose
tooth

PLURAL
feet
geese
teeth

quantifiers

SOME ANY NO

Some ():
Weve got some cousins.
countable
Im going to get some food.

uncountable

Any ( ) :
I cant have any friends?
countable
I cant do any homework.
uncountable
Do you have any time at the weekend?

SOME ANY NO
No () :

countable
There are no problems.
uncountable
I get no independence.

There is a mango.
I have an egg.

Singular countable

There are some apples.

Plural countable
I have some eggs.
There is some sugar.
He has some bread.

Uncountable

7-3 Lets Practice

an

some

a banana in the recipe.

There is _____
singular countable noun

7-3 Lets Practice

an

some

There is _____
some ice cream in the fridge.
uncountable noun

7-8 Lets Practice

some

any

I need _____
some time to study.

7-8 Lets Practice

some

any

some cheese.
There is _____

7-8 Lets Practice

some

any

There arent any

_____ horses in
the field.

quiz
Put in a / an or some.
1. I read ____ book and listened to ____ music.
2. I need ____ money . I want to buy ____ food.
3. We met ____ interesting people at the party.
4. Im going to open ____ window to get ____ fresh
air.
5. She didnt eat much for lunch only ____ apple
and ____ bread.
6. We live in ____ big house. Theres ____ nice
garden with ____ beautiful trees.
7. Im going to make a table . First I need ____
wood.
8. Listen to me carefully . Im going to give you ____
advice.
9. I want to write a letter . I need ____ paper and
____ pen.
10. Id like to eat ____ cookies.

Circle the correct answer:

1. Id like some / any help.

2. There arent some / any letters for you.
3. Have you got some / any brothers or
sisters?
4. Shes got some / any interesting friends.
5. Are there some / any restaurants near
here?
6. Im having some / any problems with my
car.
7. I didnt have some / any breakfast today.
8. We need some / any more milk.
9. he hasnt done some / any work for ten
years.
10.Do you know some / any Americans?

fill in the gaps with Some, Any, or no:

Ann has _________candies.
Bill doesn't have _________money.
Sue will give us _________information.
There is _____________ milk in the fridge.
There isn't ________________beer.
Only _____ of his friends came. Not all of them.
There isn't ______ food in the refrigerator, is
there?
8) We are broke. We have ________money to buy
grandpa a gift.
9) Don't you know the proverb: "________ news is
good news"?
10) I'm busy. I have ____ time to chat with you now.
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

11) There aren't ___ books on this topic in the

library
12) I gave him ___ medicine for his headache, so
he feels much better now.
13) He doesn't want ___ dessert, for he's on a diet.
14) We are taking a short ride. There's ___ time for
a long one
15) The poor man has ___ food to eat. He's
starving.

A LOT OF - MUCH - MANY

Is there much ham on the plate?

No, there isnt much. There are only three slices.

A LOT OF - MUCH - MANY

Has she got many friends?

plural
Yes, shes got a lot of friends. countable

A LOT OF - MUCH - MANY

Are there many people in the
swimming pool?
No, there arent many.
There are only two.

A LOT OF - MUCH - MANY

a lot of/lots of plural countable nouns

(books, cars, etc.) uncountable nouns (e.g. sugar,
milk, etc.)
Shes got lots of/a lot of books.
Theres a lot of milk in the fridge.

Note: of a lot noun

Are there many people in the room?
Yes, there are a lot.

A LOT OF - MUCH - MANY

much uncountable nouns
How much money have you got?
There isnt much sugar in the bowl.

How Much
or
How Many

A LOT OF - MUCH - MANY

Affirmative Question
Countable
nouns
Uncountable
nouns

Negative

a lot (of)
lots of

(how) many

many

a lot of

(how) much

much

If you can count it, use many

Too many flowers

If you can count it, use

many
I ate so
many
grapes that
I felt sick

If you can count it, use

many
How many
boats can you
see?

If you cant count it, use

much
How much
sand do you
need?

If you cant count it, use

much
There is too
much water
on the floor!
Clean it up!

Much or many?

For plurals, use

many
For non-countable
things, use much

How
Much

Uncounta
ble
Nouns

How
Many

Countabl
e Nouns

How Many or How

Much ?

1. How much/ How many cars

are there?

There are six

cars!

2. How much/ How many

Sugar is there?

There are three spoons of

sugar

3.How much/ How many pictures

are there?

There are six

pictures.

4.How much/ How many milk is

there?

There are two

boxes of milk

much
How _________
orange
juice do you want?

many
How _________
biscuits did you eat?

There were
tooman
_____
y in
people
the queue,
so I didnt
wait.

He put so
muc salt in
_____
h soup
the
that it
tasted
horrible.

The
teacher
muc us too
gave
h
_____
homework.

I saw
man
_____
y
toucans
in the
tree.