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Grammar
GRAMMAR Countable & uncountable nouns | some / any presentation

Countable nouns are things which we can We often use some and any with uncountable
count. They have a singular and a plural form.
Countable & uncountable nouns an eagle two eagles a mouse a lot of mice some / any quantity.
nouns and plural countable nouns to talk about
There are some mosquitoes in the room.
Uncountable nouns are things which only have a
Here’s some fruit for the monkeys.
singular form. We can’t use a or an with them.
food water fruit sand time
We use any in questions and negative
Bats like fruit but they don’t like cheese.
There isn’t any water in the bottle.
Grammar reference page 119 statements.
Have you got any apples for the horse?
1 Look at the groups of nouns. Is each group countable or Grammar reference page 119
uncountable?
1 coffee tea money PRONUNCIATION some More
practice
2 computer chair sofa 3 Listen and repeat the sentences.
3 butter chewing gum juice 1 Some people like reptiles.
4 grass hair sugar 2 There are some reptiles in the zoo.
5 biscuit apple carrot 3 I’ve got some food for the giraffes.
4 Some animals don’t eat meat.
2 Complete the text with the nouns.
Use the plural form if necessary. More practice? page 149

animal bird food fish 4 Listen. Which food from the menu are the monkeys
fruit insect leaf water having today? What did you learn about bananas?

Menu for monkeys

• Cooked chicken
• Carrots
• Tomatoes
• Rice
• Eggs
• Yoghurt
• Apples
• Bananas
Did you know that you can feed
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the … at Parklands Zoo?
The animals in our zoo eat more than 400 tonnes of
2 … and vegetables a year. Why don’t you come and 5 Use your answers to exercise 4 to write sentences about
help us to give them their … ? each food on the menu. Use some and any.
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The monkeys have got some cooked chicken for dinner today.
Our small animals, such as frogs and lizards, can eat
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over a million … a year!
6 With a partner, choose six things to take on a
You can watch the penguins at feeding time. Their picnic. You can add your own ideas, too.
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keeper gives them … .
You can feed the giraffes here, too. They like … . biscuits bread chocolate fruit green salad milk
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olives orange juice pizza tomatoes water
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Would you like a … to sit on your hand? Hold a
cup of nectar (special … from a plant) and the
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rainbow-coloured lorikeets will come and drink it! Let’s take some bread. Yes, of course. Do you want
any orange juice?
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82 practice FAST FINISHERS You are a zoo keeper. Write a short report about the food that the animals eat.

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