Countable and uncountable nouns y1

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 1

countable + uncountable, a/an, some/any

Make two groups with these words

Countable

Uncountable

onion

milk

cheese

tomatoes

butter

burger

salt

biscuits

bread

sandwich

Countable
nouns

Uncountable nouns

Practise 

https://agendaweb.org/grammar/countable_uncountable-exercises.html

a/an

a song

a banana

an apple

an omelette

a songs

an apples

singular

plural

a + noun - consonant sound

b, k, m, t, p etc.

an + noun - vowel sound

a, e, i, o, u

some, any

some

Positive sentences

I have got some bananas.

Questions when offering or requesting something

Would you like some bananas?

any

Negative sentences

I don't have any bananas.

Questions

Have you got any bananas?

We need ____ bananas.

1. some
2. any

We haven’t got ____ oranges at the moment.

1. some
2. any

Would you like ____ to drink?

1. anything
2. something

memory aid (ezelsbruggetje)

Vraag of ontkenny?

Geen some, maar any

http://bastrimbos.com/Hotpotatoesfiles/someany1.htm

1. See homework, instructions + exercises on Magister, studiewijzer
2. Student's book: page 32 + page 34 (together, in Word). Workbook page 28, 1 - 4, page 31.  
3. Write down the ingredients for a healthy meal
4. Use nouns like: tomatoes, onions, eggs, water etc.
5. Write down if the words are countable or uncountable.      
   onions = countable     water = uncountable
6. Write down at least 10 ingredients.
7. Hand in via Padlet (deadline = tomorrow end of lesson!)

https://padlet.com/j_buijs1/7sldsjij89023hlg

Example: Vegetable soup

Ingredients: 

two onions, 

3 carrots, 

2 tomatoes, 

water, 

salt, 

pepper, 

oil

countable: onions, carrots, tomatoes

uncountable: water, salt, pepper, oil