U4 there is vs there are, some vs any

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Wat is een "countable noun"?

Countable
nouns

Uncountable nouns

Make two groups with the words

Group 1

Group 2

Onion             Milk                      Salt                     Eggs

Cheese          Tomatoes            Cookies               Bread

Butter          Burgers                  Sandwiches       Apples

Watch video until 1:50 minutes and check your answers

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SbJ1B1MTQg 

Group 1                     Group 2

Onion     Milk      Salt                      Eggs       Cheese      Tomatoes              Cookies       Bread       Butter              Burgers     Sandwiches Apples     

Keys

      Group 1                                     Group 2

Countable nouns                 Uncountable nouns

Onion                                     Milk

Tomatoes                              Salt

Eggs                                       Cheese

Cookies                                  Bread

Burgers                                  Butter  

Sandwiches

Apples

countable/uncountable nouns exercise

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/nouns-countable-and-uncountable-exercise-1.html

There is ____ milk in the fridge.

1. some
2. any

I've got _____ bananas for Jessy.

1. some
2. any

There aren't ____ oranges on the table.

Example sentences

There is an apple on the table.

There are six books in my school bag.

There aren’t any pupils in the classroom

Is there a church in your village?

There isn’t a bathroom in this hotel.

There is a spider in the closet

There are three chairs in the classroom.

Are there people in the house?

Example sentences

There is an apple on the table.

There are six books in my school bag.

There aren’t any pupils in the classroom

Is there a church in your village?

There isn’t a bathroom in this hotel.

There is a spider in the closet

There are three chairs in the classroom.

Are there people in the house?

Rules of there is there are

You use there is when there is one object. 

There is an apple on the table.

You use there are when there is more than one object.

There are three chairs in the room.

There is / There are in questions

You can use there is/ there are in questions.

Is there an apple on the table?

Are there three chairs in the room?

There is /there are in negative 

You can also say that something is not there.

There isn't (is not) an apple on the table.

Isn't there an apple on the table?

There aren't (are not) three chairs in the room.

Aren't there three chairs in the room?

Remember....

So, remember you use there is when there is one object and you use there are when there is more than one object.

Let's test our knowledge

_____ a pencil on the kitchen table?

1. Is there?
2. Are there?

_____ pets on the farm?

1. Is there?
2. Are there?

_____ 29 days in February next year?

1. Is there?
2. Are there?

Drag the right answer to the right box.

There is

There are

A bear

Books

Three bears

A girl

Two girls

One book

There____six boys in this class.

1. are
2. is

____there six boys in this class?

1. Are
2. Is

There ___ any pears left.

1. isn't
2. aren't

There ____ a boy in the street.

1. is
2. are

____ there any bread left?

1. Is
2. Are

There ____ a bathroom in this hotel.

1. Isn't
2. Aren't

Let's practice

• study vocabulary p38
• do wb p43