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Grammar (I):Cuntable and uncuntable
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Cuntable nuns
Uncuntable nuns
In English, we can cunt sme things, e.g., elephants, stamps, cars.We cannt cunt ther things, e.g., meat, water, music.We call nuns like elephants, stamps and cars cuntable nuns.We call nuns like meat, water and music uncuntable nuns.Mst dictinaries use the letters C and U t tell if a nun is cuntable r uncuntable.
A cuntable nun refers t smething we can cunt. Here are sme examples.
We use ‘a(chǎn)’ r ‘a(chǎn)n’ befre a singular cuntable nun. If the nun starts with a vwel sund, we use ‘a(chǎn)n’.
T frm the plural frm f mst cuntable nuns,
we add ‘-s’ t the singular frm. Hwever, there are sme exceptins.
a cake ? cakes
Nuns ending in a cnsnant + y
a stry ? stries
Nuns ending in s, sh, ch r x
a glass ? glasses
a wish ? wishes
a watch ? watches
a bx ? bxes
Nuns ending in
+ s r
+ es
a ptat ? ptates
a radi ? radis
a mang ? manges
Nuns ending in f r fe
- f r fe
+ ves
a shelf ? shelves
a knife ? knives
Sme ther nuns
a man ? men
a wman ? wmen
a ft ? feet
a tth ? teeth
a sheep ? sheep
a fish ? fish
a Chinese ? Chinese
a persn ? peple
An uncuntable nun refers t smething we cannt cunt. Here are sme examples.
Uncuntable nuns cannt have plural frms.
We can als use sme cuntable nuns + f befre uncuntable nuns t shw their amunts.
a packet f salt
tw cups f cffee
three bags f rice
fur kils f meat
six cartns f milk
A1 Read the sentences belw and decide whether the nuns in italics are cuntable r uncuntable. Make tw lists in yur ntebk.
He saw a by drinking water frm a funtain.They fund a skeletn and sme ftprints in a cave.He used a pen and ink t draw his cartns.Our dg eats meat and drinks milk.
A2 Read these cnversatins and then wrk in
pairs t make similar cnversatins abut the pictures belw. Use the wrds in the bx. Make them singular r plural as necessary. S1 (Timmy) asks the questins and S2 (June) answers. Then change parts and d the cnversatins again.
bag bwl cartn jarbttle bx cup tinapple cffee jam range juicebean egg milk rice
A3 Jane has invited six peple t a party at her
hme. Here is part f the shpping list that she wrte fr the things she needs. Lk at the picture and cmplete the list. The first ne has been dne fr yu.
____________________________________ cartns f ygurt___________________ f cla______________________ jam__________________________________________________
1 bttle f milk
1 bag f apples
3 packets f biscuits
A4 Rita, May and Danny are in a fast fd restaurant. They each chse smething frm the menu n the right. Lk at their pictures and cmplete the sentences with a(n) r sme, and the names f the fd and drinks. Put ne wrd in each blank.
Rita chse ______ ______, ______ ______ and ______ ______.
a hamburger
sme chips
sme cffee
May chse ______ ______, ______ ______ and ______ ______ ______.
a sandwich
a salad
sme range juice
Danny chse ______ ______, ______ ______ ______, ______ ______ and ______ ______.
sme sup
a chicken leg
sme rice
sme cla
A5 Imagine that yu went t the restaurant t. Wrk in pairs and tell each ther what fd yu chse.
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