Transcript Primary 3 English * Countable and Uncountable Nouns*

Countable and
Uncountable nouns
Countable nouns
-These nouns can be counted.
two flowers
seven apples
an apple a flower
Uncountable nouns
You cannot count them.
They have no plural.
money
gold
milk
honey
Uncountable nouns include:
foods
liquids
materials
others
abstract nouns
beauty
love
happiness
Foods
Liquids
Materials

We use some with uncountable nouns. (not a/an)
some cheese
some rice
some chocolate
some coffee
some gold
some flour
some paper
some jam

We use some with uncountable nouns. (not
a/an)
some ham
some water
some wine
some juice
some milk
some jam
some wood
some flour

We also use some with countable nouns
but only in plural!
some cherries
some apples
some bananas
some sandwiches
some eggs
Write a/an or some!
some
……....potatoes
an
……....egg
some
……...leaves
some
……....coffee
a
……....boy
an
……....orange
Write a/an or some!

some
………….tea
……….
carrot
a

a ring
………

some milk
…………

some
……..money

some
…………lemons

a
………dress
some
1.There is ________sugar
in the coffee.
some
2.There are ___________
stars in the sky.
3.There is ________
a rose on the table.
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________
oil.’
some
an
5.Is there ________
orange on the table?
6.There is ________
paper on the desk.
some
II. Put the correct answer into the
spaces with “some” or “a/an”.
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Well done!
You can do much better!
0-9 Work hard! Don’t give up!
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Study the following table:
is
There
some
are
Is/are some
meat
cheese
in the fridge.
rulers
pencils
on the desk.
 We
use ‘is some’ when the noun is
uncountable. (meat, cheese.)
 We
use ‘are some’ when the countable noun is
plural. (rulers, pencils.)
Is/are some
Study the following table:
isn’t
There
any
aren’t
Isn’t/aren’t any
milk
coffee
in the shop.
dishes
watches
under the bed.
potatoes
1.John is eating some __________(potato).
2.Is there any ___________
(water) in the
water
jar?
3.Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some
__________ (jam).’
jam
4.There are some _________ (fish) in the
fish
river.
5.There aren’t any ______________(tomato)
I. Put
thetable.
correct form
of the given
on the
tomatoes
words into the spaces.
any
1.There is not ________sugar
in the coffee.
some
2.There are ___________
stars in the sky.
3.There aren’t ________
roses on the table.
any
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________
oil.’
some
5.Is there ________
orange juice?
any
6.There is ________ paper on the desk.
some
II. Put the correct answer into the
spaces with “some” or “any”.
8-11 Well done!
4-7 You can do much better!
0-3 Work hard! Don’t give up!
Look! How many mark(s) do you get?