Countable nouns are nouns Uncountable nouns are nouns which

which can be counted. They cannot be counted. They have only

have singular and plural form. singular form.
Example: Example:
one carrot – two carrots Food: cheese, butter, salt, pepper, flour
one cherry – two cherries Drinks: water, milk, juice, tea, coffee

There are special words that are used with uncountable nouns, to show quantity:

A BOTTLE OF WATER A GLASS OF LEMONADE A CUP OF COFFEE

A JUG OF ORANGE JUICE A CARTON OF MILK A BOWL OF SOUP

A PACKET OF BISCUITS A BAG OF FLOUR A SLICE OF BREAD

A LOAF OF BREAD A TIN OF SARDINES A JAR OF HONEY

A BAR OF CHOCOLATE A KILO OF SUGAR A PIECE OF CHEESE

REMEMBER!

A loaf of bread – two loaves of bread a cherry – two cherries

 1 Write C for countable and U for uncountable nouns, then add A/AN/SOME

1 A pear C 7. ________cheese__________
2 ______spaghetti________ 8. ________onion___________
3. ______ orange_________ 9. ________butter___________
4. ______salt____________ 10.________jam____________
5. ______lemon__________ 11. _______apple juice_______
6. ______peach__________ 12. _______rice_____________

2 Write the words where they belong: COUNTABLE: UNCOUNTABLE:

burger, pizza, carrot, apple, coffee,

water,
bread, chocolate, pear, cherry, sugar,
flour, salt, pepper, sandwich, potato,
meat, biscuit, crisps

2 Fill in the correct word: Bottle / glass / cup / mug / jug / carton / bowl / packet / slice / jar / tin / bar

1 a ____________of water 3 Read and match:

2. a ___________of tea
1 a jug of a. cheese 1=
3. a ___________of milk
2 a bowl of b. sardines 2=
4. a ___________of spaghetti
3 a tin of c. honey 3=
5. a ___________of chocolate
4 a packet of d. flour 4=
6. a ___________ of olives 5=
5 a bag of e. milk
7. a ___________of cake 6=
6 a carton of f. water
8. a ___________of rice 7=
7 a jar of g. soup
9. a ___________of lemonade 8=
8 a slice of h. biscuits
10. a _________of oranje juice

11. a ________of pineapple 1 a jug of:

12. a ________of coffee 2. a bowl of:

3 a tin of:

4 a packet of:

TEACHER NICOLETA 5 a bag of:

6 a carton of

7 a jar of: