Tài liệu Active grammar 1 part 5 docx

And we need five bottles of lemonade.. With uncountable nouns you can use words like bottle and carton.. REMINDER You never use a or an with an uncountable noun... PRACTICE 1 Put the no

Here are some more uncountable nouns

You can count flowers You can't count

id

bread

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Sally is getting some things to drink

Two, please And we need five bottles of lemonade

of milk do you want,

Mummy?

With uncountable nouns you can use words like

bottle and carton You can count bottles and

cartons

@

†wo bo††les q car†on

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REMINDER

You never use a or an with an

uncountable noun

Say: a loaf or a loaf of bread

a loaf of bread Don’t say: a bread i

Ge aa S.01.: „

Anew

toothbrush

and a tube of

toothpaste Thank you!

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PRACTICE

1 Put the nouns into the correct box

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| toothbrush

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2 Match each word in Box A with a word from

Box B Make phrases like this:

a

BOX A (COUNTABLE) BOX B (UNCOUNTABLE)

@ Singular and plural forms

(a kitten, three kittens)

On the wall outside the supermarket there is a

notice What is it about?

Home Wanted

Three kittens need a good home

Only six weeks old

Purrrrfect pets

Please ring: 68473870

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Most countable nouns have two forms They are either singular or plural

a boy and a girl four boys and two girls

When you are talking about just one person,

place or thing, you use the singular form

Three kittens need a good home

Reg

the house where Tom lives a packet of sweets

a picnic by the river a book about cats

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