COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE THERE IS / THERE AREDAILY EXPRESSIONS…

Pre – Services Teachers:

Jannia Botia

Sandra Guio.

I HAVE TO GO TO THE SUPERMARKET. I NEED TO BUY

SOME FOOD. I NEED SOME MEAT AND SOME VEGETABLES. I NEED

ONE KILO OF TOMATOES AND TWO KILOS OF ORANGES. I ALSO

NEED A BOX OF CEREAL AND THREE BOTTLES OF MINERAL WATER. I ALWAYS GO TO THE

SAME PLACE. THEY HAVE GOOD PRICES AND IT'S NEAR MY HOME. I USUALLY PAY BY CREDIT CARD.

SHOPPING …

I HAVE TO BUY...

I NEED...

DO YOU HAVE FRESH TOMATOES?

HOW MUCH IS THIS?

HOW ARE YOU PAYING?

BY CREDIT CARD / BY CHEQUE / CASH.

IT'S TWENTY DOLLARS AND 45 CENTS.

HERE'S YOUR CHANGE.

MONEY…

ONE DOLLAR / UN DÓLARONE CENT / UN CENTAVO

ONE QUARTER / 25 CENTAVOSONE DIME / 10 CENTAVOS

FIVE DOLLARS AND THIRTY CENTS /CINCO DÓLARES CON TREINTA

CENTAVOSONE POUND / UNA LIBRA ESTERLINAONE PENNY / UN CENTAVO DE LIBRA

TWO PENCE / DOS CENTAVOS DE LIBRAFIVE POUNDS AND THIRTY PENCE /

CINCO LIBRAS CON TREINTA CENTAVOS

EXPRESSIONS…

I'm hungry.  I'm thirsty. 

to eat  to drink 

breakfast  lunch 

tea  dinner 

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE…

A noun is countable when it can count on units . For example, book is a countable noun, because you can say one book, two books, five books.

A noun is uncountable when you can not count on units. For example, milk is uncountable because you can not say one milk, two milks but you can use the container: two bottles of milk.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION…

HOW MUCH / HOW MANY…

They are used to ask for quantities of something.

If it is countable: How many!... If it is uncountable nouns: How much!...

These expressions are always followed by a noun,

then the verb and the complement of the sentence.

HOW MUCH / HOW MANY…

How many cars do you have?

How much money do you have?

How much is also used for asking about prices…

How much is this car?

How much are the potatoes?

THEY ARE ALSO USED IN A GENERIC SENSE TO ASK "HOW'S". IN THIS CASE,

THE NOUN ARE FOLLOWED AND THEN, IS / ARE THERE

How many cars are there?

How much money is there?

These questions are answered using There is /are, depending on it is singular or plural.

There are nine cars.

There is one dollar.

TO REFERENCE UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS, YOU CAN USE CONTAINERS

OR MEASURES THAT CONTAIN THEM…

How much milk is there?

There are three liters.

There are three bottles.

CONTAINERS…

CONTAINERS…

MEASURES…

MEASURES…

SOME / ANY

To adress directly uncuntable nouns, you use the

words: some and any.As a general rule, some is used in affirmative

sentences and any is used in questions and negative sentences.

Is there any sugar?

Yes, there is some sugar.

No, there isn't any sugar.

THESE WORDS CAN ALSO BE USED WITH COUNTABLE…

Is there any pencil?

Yes, there are some pencils.

No, there isn't any pencil.

FILL THE GAPS WITH HOW MUCH OR HOW MANY …

…………………... birds are there? There are two birds.

……………………. money is there? There are three thousand dollars.

____________ dolphins are there? There are two dolphins.

 _____________pencils are there? There are thirteen pencils.

 ______________books are there? There are three books.

 _______________milk is there? There are four litres of milk.

THE BIRD MAN…

How many Thimbles does he have in his house?