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PPA1-A2 07

PPA1-A2 07 Countable / Uncountable nouns

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1.A Meet People

 Greetings 
 Sin restricción de fecha.

and
Farewells

 Greetings and Countable / Uncountable nouns

Farewells

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spell...?
There are two kind of nouns, countable and uncountable. The
 Numbers 
 Numbers  first ones are those you can count, then they can be singular

1.B People and

and plural, e.g., One oragne, two oranges; One house, two
Occupations
houses; One pet, seven pets. The second ones are those you
 Present 
tense verb
can't count, then they do not have a plurar form, e.g., Meat,
"to be"
affirmative.
butter, sugar, rice; then you cannot say two meat, two butters,
 Clases virtuales two sugars, two rices, etc.
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NOTE: Some nouns can be countable or uncountale. E.g., An

ice cream (It is a portion of food), you can also say two ice

creams (two cones of ice cream), but if you say Ice cream by

itself, you cannot count it, you could say you have some ice

cream, few ice cream, but you can`t use it in a plural way.

Take a look at this

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With singular countable nouns you

have to use a/an according to the
sound the first letter of the noun
next to te article. E.g., An apple, a
house, a tree, an umbrella, etc.
In affirmative sentences use some
with plural countable nouns and
uncountable nouns. E.g., Some
onions, some potatoes, some
vinager, some milk, etc.
Use any with plural countable nouns
and uncountable nouns in negative
sentences and in questions.

E.g., I Don have any rice / tomatoes / ...

Do you have any soup / tomatoes /
onions ?

Affirmative sentences for countable

nouns.

I want an apple

I want three apples

I want some apples

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Negative sentences for countable

nouns.

She doesn't need a tomatoe

she doesn't need four tomatoes

she doesn't need any tomatoes

Interrogative sentences for countable

nouns

Do they need an onion?

Do they need any onions?

Do they need four onions?

Affirmative sentences for uncountable

nouns

We want some milk

she wants some wine

Negative sentences for uncountable

nouns

she doesn't want any rice

she doesn't need any sugar for her coffee

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Interrogative sentences for uncountable

nouns

Do you want any wine?

Does she want any sugar?

Let's check what we understood

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school.com/online/MultipleChoice/aansomeany.html
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school.com/online/MultipleChoice/aansomeany.html)

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school.com/online/flashmultiplechoice/mc_aansomeany.html
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school.com/online/flashmultiplechoice/mc_aansomeany.html)

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(http://www.grammar.cl/Games/Some_Any_A_An.htm)

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id=5271)

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id=1657)

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