7 Count and Non-count Nouns; Some and Any Nutrition Focus on Grammar 1 Part VI, Unit 18 By Ruth Luman, Gabriele Steiner, and BJ Wells Copyright © 2006. Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.
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At the Doctor’s The test Also, your shows you Well, Do can Youhave You you cholesterol have high have to drink have to stop level that, blood stop is coffee? some that. high. … pressure. too coffee once a week. Yes, I drink I love Can I drink Iseveral always cream. any some put coffee cups of at all? cream in coffee a myday. coffee.
At the Doctor’s Oh, it’s not that bad. You have to take your medicine. I don’t want to take any medicine!!
Count Nouns 1 Count nouns refer to separate things. is easy to count them. one apple three books two hamburgers It
Count Nouns 2 To form the plural of most count nouns, add –s or -es. one hamburger two hamburgers one sandwich two sandwiches
Count Nouns 3 Use a or an before singular count nouns. consonant sound a salad consonant sound a pizza vowel sound an apple
Non-count Nouns 1 Non-count nouns refer to things that are difficult to count. rice cream coffee
Non-count Nouns 2 We use quantifiers to count non-count nouns. a teaspoon of coffee a cups medicine threebowl of rice quantifier
Practice 1 Read the sentences below and correct the mistakes. Example: The doctor says I can’t eat two hamburger a day. The doctor says I can’t eat two hamburgers a day. 1. II need to eat a n orange for breakfast. 1. need to eat a orange for breakfast. 2. I don’t like to drink milks. milk 3. My sister eats two bowl of cereal every morning. 3. My sister eats two bowl s of cereal every morning. coffee all day. 4. My brother has coffeesall day. 5. We never eat sandwich es for breakfast.
Some Use some (or nothing) with plural count nouns and non-count nouns. non-count noun You can have (some) coffee once a week. And eat more fruit. Buy (some) oranges. plural count noun
Some and Any Use some in affirmative statements and any in negative statements and questions. affirmative You can have some fruit every day. But you can’t have any sugar! negative
Some and Any 2 Use some in affirmative statements and any in negative statements and questions. question No, no. You can’t have any chocolate! negative Can I have any chocolate?
Practice 2 Describe what you see (or do not see). Use all the quantifiers in the box. Example: I see a farmers market. a / an some any bag bowl box
Some and Any 3 Note: You can use some in a question when you are offering something. Sure! Right. I love chocolate! negative offer So, I can’t have any chocolate, right? Do you want some chocolate? I have some in my jacket.
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