.4.A vocabulary

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 1

Today

- Grammar: countable & uncountable

- practise reading texts

Student's book

p. 59    ex. 12

Countable vs uncountable

Countable = telbaar

Kan enkelvoud (a/an) en meervoud (some) zijn. 

          singular                           plural

bijv: 1 appel, 2 appels / one apple, two apples

uncountable = ontelbaar

altijd enkelvoud singular (some) 

bijvoorbeeld: water, pasta / water, pasta

Countable or uncountable?

Can I have some milk?

Answer

Uncountable

(You cannot say; one milk, two milk or milks)

Countable or uncountable?

They eat pancakes all the time.

Answer

Countable

(They can eat 1,2,3 and more pancakes)

Countable or uncountable?

We ate a lot of eggs

Answer

countable

(You say; we ate 1 egg, 2 eggs)

Countable or uncountable?

Are you eating some olives?

Answer

Countable

( You can say: are you eating an olive, two olives, three olives, etc..)

Countable or uncountable?

I want some tea.

Answer

Uncountable

(You cannot say; I want some teas)

I understand countable / uncountable

Yes!

no

a little bit

Practise

SB p. 59   ex. 12

WB p. 54