countable uncountable and determiners

Some and AnySingular countable nouns A table/ house/ student etc.. An apple/ egg/ insect Plural Countable nouns Some tables, houses, students, apples, eggs, insects etc.. Uncountable no

How many chairs are there?

How much water is there?

A and An Some and Any

Singular countable nouns

A table/ house/ student etc.

An apple/ egg/ insect

Plural Countable nouns Some tables, houses, students, apples,

eggs, insects etc.

Uncountable nouns Some air, water, sugar, milk, fun,

happiness

We use some in positive sentences and any for

questions and negatives.

+ I’d like some sugar.

- I wouldn’t like any sugar.

? Would you like some sugar?

But not for singular nouns.

I’d like an apple.

I wouldn’t like an apple.

Would you like an apple?

Some nouns can

be countable

and uncountable.

We’d like some lemonade.

We’d like 5 lemonades.

We can use some in a question to make an offer or request.

Would you like some

tea?

Can I have some

milk?

A lot/ lots of

We use a lot and lots of with countable plural nouns and uncountable nouns We can use them in positives, negatives and questions.

Examples:

-There were a lot/ lots of people at the party There wasn’t a lot/ lots of money in the bank.

Do you want a lot of/ lots of sugar in your tea?

Much Many

We use much for uncountable nouns.

How much money have you got?

I haven’t got much time.

There’s too much noise in here!

We use many for countable plural nouns.

How many pencils have you got?

There aren’t many cinemas in London.

There were too many people on the bus.

Have you got some sugar?

There aren’t some students in the classroom.

There are too much bottles of milk in the fridge.

How many CD do we need for the party?

There were a lot of person on the bus.

Can I have some pencil?

I Put the correct form of the given

words into the spaces.

1.John is eating some (potato)

2.Is there any _ (water) in the jar?

3.Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some

(jam).’

4.There are some _ (fish) in the

river

5.There aren’t any (tomato)

on the table

potatoes water

jam

fish tomatoes

II Put the correct answer into the

1.There is not sugar in the coffee 2.There are _ stars in the sky 3.There aren’t roses on the table 4.Father says, ‘Please give me oil.’ 5.Is there orange juice?

6.There is paper on the desk

any some any

some any

some

Look! How many mark(s) do you get?

8-11 Well done!

4-7 You can do much better!

0-3 Work hard! Don’t give up!