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Bright SMP Chapter 8

This document discusses countable and uncountable nouns in English. Countable nouns can be singular or plural, while uncountable nouns are always singular. With countable nouns, articles like "a" and "an" are used for singular forms and quantifiers like "some" for plural. Uncountable nouns use quantifiers like "some" rather than articles. The document also provides expressions for offering things like food and drinks, such as "Can I help you?" and "Would you like...?".

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Bright SMP Chapter 8

This document discusses countable and uncountable nouns in English. Countable nouns can be singular or plural, while uncountable nouns are always singular. With countable nouns, articles like "a" and "an" are used for singular forms and quantifiers like "some" for plural. Uncountable nouns use quantifiers like "some" rather than articles. The document also provides expressions for offering things like food and drinks, such as "Can I help you?" and "Would you like...?".

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MEDIA MENGAJAR

BRIGHT AN ENGLISH

FOR SMP/MTs GRADE VII


BAB 8

It is Delicious!

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A. Countable and Uncountable Nouns

1. Nouns in English are countable or uncountable. Countable nouns


have a singular and a plural form.
apple – apples potato – potatoes book – books
question – questions man – men

2. Uncountable nouns don’t have a plural form – they are always


singular.
food fruit ricebread milk
music money hair homework
A. Countable and Uncountable Nouns
3. Some nouns can be countable or uncountable.
I want to buy two chickens at the market. (=two whole birds, countable)
Roast chicken is my favourite meal. (=a type of meal, uncountable)

4. With countable nouns, we can use a/an + singular noun and some + plural
nouns.
There’s a café next to the cinema
I often have an egg for breakfast.
I’d like some strawberries.
There are some good CDs in that shop.
5. With uncountable nouns, we use some.
I’m hungry. I want some food.
Please buy some oil at the supermarket.

We don’t use a/an with uncountable nouns.


a bread an information
B. Offering Something

To offer something, you can say the following


expressions
• Can I help you?
• Do you want …?
• Would you like …?
• How about …?
Practice the dialogue
Are you ready to order? No, I’d like to have fish and chips.
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Would you like rice


Rice, please.
or potatoes?

What would you like Orange juice,


to drink? please.

That’s all, thank


OK. Anything else?
you.
Summary

Countable nouns can be counted by numbers. They can be singular or plural.

Singular Nouns
For singular, we can add article a/an before the noun.
Example:
A book an egg a car an orange

Plural Nouns
We can add quantifiers some, many, a lot of, several.
Example:
Some books a lot of cars several houses
Uncountable nouns cannot be counted. They are always singular. We can add
quantifier some, much, any.
Example:
some saltsome ricemuch sugar some flour

Offering Things
To offer something, you can say the following expressions.
• Can I help you?
• Do you want …?
• Would you like ...?
• How about …?

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