countable uncountable and determiners

How many chairs are there?


How much water is there?


A and An.

Some and Any

Singular countable nouns
A table/ house/ student etc.
An apple/ egg/ insect

Plural Countable nouns
Some tables, houses, students, apples,
eggs, insects etc.
Uncountable nouns
Some air, water, sugar, milk, fun,
happiness

We use some in positive sentences and any for
questions and negatives.
We can use some in a
+ I’d like some sugar.
Some nouns can
question to make an
- I wouldn’t like any sugar.
be countable
offer or request.

? Would you like some sugar?
and uncountable.
Would you like some
We’d like some lemonade. But not for singular nouns.
tea?
I’d like an apple.
We’d like 5 lemonades.
Can I have some
I wouldn’t like an apple.
milk?
Would you like an apple?


A lot/ lots of
We use a lot and lots of with countable plural
nouns and uncountable nouns. We can use
them in positives, negatives and questions.
Examples: There were a lot/ lots of people at the party.
There wasn’t a lot/ lots of money in the bank.
Do you want a lot of/ lots of sugar in your tea?


Much

Many

We use much for uncountable nouns.

We use many for countable plural nouns.

How much money have you got?

How many pencils have you got?

I haven’t got much time.

There aren’t many cinemas in London.

There’s too much noise in here!

There were too many people on the bus.


Have you got some sugar?
There aren’t some students in the classroom.
There are too much bottles of milk in the fridge.
How many CD do we need for the party?
There were a lot of person on the bus.
Can I have some pencil?



I. Put the correct form of the given
words into the spaces.
potatoes
1.John is eating some __________(potato).
water
2.Is there any ___________
(water) in the
jar?

3.Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some
__________
(jam).’
jam
fish
4.There are some _________
(fish) in the
river.
tomatoes
5.There aren’t any ______________(tomato)
on the table.


II. Put the correct answer into the
spaces with “some” or “any”.
1.There is not ________sugar
in the coffee.
any
some
2.There are ___________
stars in the sky.
any
3.There aren’t ________
roses on the table.
some
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________
oil.’
any
5.Is there ________
orange juice?

6.There is ________
paper on the desk.
some


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4-7 You can do much better!
0-3

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