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Unit
3
Food
Countable and uncountable nouns
1
What dish did Lin Dong make for his mum?
What are the ingredients of the dish he made?
Rainbow Beef
Some beef, two carrots, a red pepper, a green pepper, a few onions and a bag of egg noodles.
Countable nouns
(可数名词)
Uncountable nouns
(不可数名词)
carrot, pepper, onion, noodle
beef
a red pepper
a few onions
a green pepper
a bag of egg noodles
two carrots
Countable nouns
(可数名词)
singular form
单数形式
plural form
复数形式
a/an, numbers or other determiners (限定词) + [C]
some determiners (限定词) + [U] (不可数名词没有复数形式)
Uncountable nouns
(不可数名词)
some beef
4
Read the sentences and put the underlined words into the table below.
How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
Have a little milk, yogurt or cheese every day.
Having a lot of chips is unhealthy because there’s a lot of fat in them.
There are plenty of peaches, strawberries, tomatoes and bread in the fridge.
Can you buy me some juice and cherries?
How much salt should I add?
My father usually cooks five dishes for dinner.
I want to buy a few onions and a bag of noodles at the supermarket.
Countable nouns Uncountable nouns
glasses
chips
peaches
dishes
onions
noodles
strawberries
tomatoes
cherries
water
milk
yogurt
cheese
fat
bread
juice
salt
5
Work out the spelling rules for the plural nouns.
Countable nouns
glasses
chips
peaches
dishes
onions
noodles
strawberries
tomatoes
cherries
chips
onions
noodles
glasses
dishes
tomatoes
peaches
strawberries
cherries
6
Work out the spelling rules for the plural nouns.
Example Noun Plural form
chip → chips
noodle → noodles most nouns +s
peach → peaches
glass → glasses
dish → dishes
nouns ending with ch, s, sh (,x)
+es
tomato → tomatoes
nouns ending with o
+es
photo
→ photos
7
Work out the spelling rules for the plural nouns.
Example Noun Plural form
chip → chips
noodle → noodles most nouns +s
peach → peaches
glass → glasses
dish → dishes
nouns ending with ch, s, sh
+es
tomato → tomatoes
nouns ending with o
photo
→ photos
+es
/s
kilo → kilos
video → videos
8
Work out the spelling rules for the plural nouns.
Example Noun Plural form
chip → chips
noodle → noodles most nouns +s
peach → peaches
glass → glasses
dish → dishes
tomato → tomatoes
photo → photos
nouns ending with o
+es/s
nouns ending with ch, s, sh
+es
strawberry
y
\
i
es
strawberry → strawberries
nouns ending with a consonant letter + y
y+ies
\
Grammar file → p. 127
I like ____________ (blueberry) because they are good for my eyes.
____________ (potato) are my favourite food. I eat them almost every day.
Students usually have eight ____________ (class) every school day.
A few exciting ____________ (match) took place last night.
The painter needs to wash his ____________ (brush) once a week.
blueberries
Potatoes
classes
matches
brushes
We should buy another three _________ (knife).
Jane and Sam have 2 ____________ (piano) at home.
Japanese people like to eat a lot of ____________ (fish) every day.
12 ____________ (person) saw the accident last night.
We have 5 ________ (woman) _________ (doctor) to help you.
knives
pianos
fish
people
women
doctors
13
Work out the rules of using determiners (限定词) for countable and uncountable nouns.
How many glasses of water do you drink a day?
Have a little milk, yogurt or cheese every day.
Having a lot of chips is unhealthy because there’s a lot of fat in them.
There are plenty of peaches, strawberries, tomatoes and bread in the fridge.
Can you buy me some juice and cherries?
How much salt should I add?
My father usually cooks five dishes for dinner.
I want to buy a few onions and a bag of noodles
at the supermarket.
Rules Examples
Countable nouns
Uncountable nouns
Rules of using determiners (限定词) for countable and uncountable nouns.
Rules Examples
[C] nouns Use expressions of quantity how many glasses
a lot of chips
plenty of peaches
some cherries
a few onions
a bag of noodles
Use numbers five dishes
[U] nouns Use expressions of quantity how much salt
a lot of fat
plenty of bread
some juice
a little milk
glasses of water
before [C] nouns
before [U] nouns
few
a few
many
little
a little
much
no
some/any
plenty of
a lot of/lots of
before [C] or [U] nouns
Determiners (限定词) for countable and uncountable nouns.
(How much / How many) bread and yogurt do you have every day?
My sister wants to buy (a little / a few) apples.
I had too (many / much) milk yesterday.
I had too (many / much) glasses of milk yesterday.
You’d better add (a little / a few) oil to this dish.
I need (a lot of / much) carrots and cucumbers.
There are (few/ a few) nuts in the fridge. We should buy some.
too much 太多 …
too many 太多 …
few, a few
many
little, a little
much
too few
too many
too little
too much
fewer 更少的
more 更多的
less 更少的
more 更多的
There is (too much/ too little) water in the beef. Let’s dry it.
We should go shopping for (more/ less) yogurt. There are (too little/ too few) bottles of yogurt in the fridge.
You drink (too few / too little) soup. Drink more, please.
Mum cooks (fewer/ less) dishes this Friday than last Friday.
fewer 更少的
more 更多的
less 更少的
more 更多的
a bag of pears
two tins of cola
a basket of strawberries
a box of cookies
3 pairs of chopsticks
7 packets of biscuits
4 boxs of cookies
1 bag of pears
2 baskets of strawberries
a piece of bread
2 tins of cola
3 bottles of jam
6 cartons of milk
4 cups of coffee
[U]
[C]
Determiners (限定词) for countable and uncountable nouns.
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