Countable/uncountable

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Thursday November 23rd

-Read for 10 minutes

Today:

We are going to talk about Countable and Uncountable Nouns.

To help you with the script of your food preparation clip.HOMEWORK: PAGE 26 ALL EXERCISES

Today's goals

After this lesson:

- you know the difference between countable & uncountable nouns

- you know when to use much, many, a lot of, some and any

Let's listen to yesterday's radio programme again.

- Listen if you can hear the amount of ingredients needed for a healthy fast food meal.

Which words are used to talk about the amount of ingredients needed?

Countable & uncountable nouns

How many are there?

How much is there?

Countable & uncountable nouns

Telbare en ontelbare zelfstandige naamwoorden

3 apples --> telbaar. Je kunt de appels tellen

Money --> ontelbaar. Je kunt niet zeggen: '3 money'

Meervoud

Singular - enkelvoud

 1 dog, 1 cat

Plural - meervoud

5 dogs, 8 cats

Wat zijn countable en uncountable nouns?

Countable nouns: Telbaar (1 bottle -> 2 bottles = many bottles)

Uncountable nouns:(1 water - not 2 waters -> much water)

Woorden die lijken alsof ze countable zijn:

Water, food, bread, money

countable & uncountable nouns

Countable= you can count them

1 apple 2 apples - 1 money 2 money

apple

shirt

table

glass

dollar

money

water

love

milk

Countable & uncountable nouns from the text

Countable

Uncountable

photos

magazine

window

music

time

weddings

market

outfit

money

Practise

Grammar focus

ex 2 page 26

Quantifiers - Rules

Much/Many

• Als je een woord kunt tellen, gebruik je many 
•  There are many apples in that bag.
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• Als je een woord niet kunt tellen, gebruik je much/ a lot
• I don't have much money/ I don't have a lot of money.
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• Je gebruikt much en many (veel) alleen bij vragen (?) en ontkennende zinnen (-)
  
•  We don't have much milk left/ Are there many potatoes in the dish?
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• Much en many worden ook gebruikt in bevestigende zinnen in combinatie met  too en so (+) 
• I ate too much/ There is so much to eat.
  

Quantifiers - Rules

a lot/some/any

• Je gebruikt a lot of (veel) alleen bij positieve zinnen (+)
• I like to eat a lot of strawberries
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• Je gebruikt some (een paar) alleen bij positieve zinnen (+) of beleefde vragen (?)
  
•  You need to chop some onions./ Can I have some tea, please?
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• Je gebruikt any (geen) alleen bij vragen (?) en ontkennende zinnen (-)
  
•  Is there any cheese in the refrigerator?/ We don't have any chocolate.

How .... water do you drink a day?

1. much
2. many

I don't drink .... water during the day.

1. some
2. any

I do drink ..... glasses of milk when I have breakfast.

1. any
2. some
3. much
4. a lot

How ..... milk do you drink during breakfast?

1. much
2. many
3. any
4. a lot

Would you like to have ..... tea?

1. any
2. much
3. a lot
4. some

Are there ..... cookies to go with my cup of tea?

1. some
2. any
3. much
4. a lot

There are ...... of different cookies to choose from.

1. much
2. many
3. a lot
4. any

I understand the difference between countable and uncountable nouns and when to use quantifiers (much, many,any, some and a lot).

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Tell me on what level you want to practise with the quantifiers.

1. I think it's hard and would like extra explanation
2. I think I understand and would like to try some exercises on my own.
3. I think this is easy, so give me the hardest exercise you have!

Let's practise:

Do the extra exercises. Need help, please ask!

Done? Check the answers on Magister.

Let me know how many mistakes you had and what you did wrong.