Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They represent objects that we can count. For example: "pen". We can count the pens. There may be one, two, three or more handles. Here are some examples of countable nouns:

dog dog, cat cat, animal animal, man man, person Human

bottle bottle, box box, liter liter

coin coin, dollar dollar

cup cup, plate plate, fork fork

table table, chair chair, suitcase suitcase, bag bag

Uncountable nouns denote substances, concepts, etc., that is, something that cannot be divided into individual elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count “milk”. We can count "bottles of milk" or "liters of milk", but we cannot directly count "milk". Here are some examples of uncountable nouns:

music music, art art, love Love, happiness happiness

advice advice, information information, news news

furniture furniture, luggage baggage

rice rice, sugar sugar, butter oil, water water, air air

electricity electricity, gas gas

money money, currency currency

Uncountable nouns are usually used in the singular, so a singular verb is used. For example:

Thisnews is very important. This news is very important.

Your luggage looks heavy. Your luggage looks heavy.

Not usually used with uncountable nouns indefinite article a/an. You can't say "an information" or "a music". But we can say:

a piece of news news

a bottle of water bottle of water

a grain of rice grain of rice

Drinks (coffee, water, tea) are usually uncountable nouns. But we can say (in a restaurant, for example): Two teas and one coffee, please. Two teas and one coffee, please.

Task 2.6Rewrite countable and uncountable nouns in 2 columns and translate them.

clothes, picture, air, time, water, machine, music, snow, word, coffee, money, idea, family, knowledge, sea, hour, tree, silver, meat, happiness, information, speed, book, news, house, friend, milk, student, pen, paper

Task 2.7Write the following nouns in the plural.

woman, money, information, box, sheep, place, library, photo, mouse, lady, glasses, bush, dress, country, bus, party, wife, day, knife, knowledge, month, pen, hero, goose, company, life, deer, tomato, city, man, play, news, child, fruit, shelf, leaf, foot, fish

Task 2.8Select correct option, paying attention to countable and uncountable nouns.

1. He's got much information/informations about our travel.

2. He’s going to buy some new trouser/trousers.

3. They are not going to buy new furniture/furnitures.

4.His hair/hairs is fair.

5. I'm going to buy new sunglass/sunglasses.

6. They gave us some advice/advice.

Task 2.9Rewrite the sentences in the plural:

Sample: There is a man on a bicycle. - There are men on bicycles.

1. His report is not ready yet.

2. Is there a mouse under the bed?

3. A high mountain is very cold at the top.

4. There is a large window in the classroom.

5. There is only one holiday this month.

6. This flower is beautiful.

7. My foot is tired.

8. There is a party this weekend.

9. That is a large box.

10. This is an expensive watch.

Home test No. 1 (1 course)

1. Make sentences from these sets of words:

1.a,Mr. Brown, businessman, is.

2. often, goes, he, on, abroad, business.

3. old, that, lives, who, in, brick, in house?

4. time, he, on, always, come, his, to, does, classes?

5. Saturday, I, party, didn’t, on, the, evening, see, at, you.

6. never, late, he, for, is, work, his.

7. don’t, pocket, elder, to, I, money, son, any, send, my.

8. money, box, any, is, the, there, in?

2. Make up questions for each sentence:

1. I’m flying to Paris today (General question and special questions with Who? Where? When?).

2. They ordered their dinner (General question and special questions with Who? What?).

3. He visits Britain once a year (General question and special questions with Who? What? When?).

4. We met Mr. Snow at the airport (General question and special questions with Who? (question to subject and object), Where?).

5. He’s going to Australia (General question and special questions with Who? Where?).

6. Our office is in Moscow (General question and special questions with What? Where?).

3. Rewrite the sentences, inserting indefinite or definite articles where necessary:

1.Mr. Dubois is...Frenchman. He is... businessman. He lives in ... France. He works in...Paris. He often goes on ... business to ... England. He is flying to... London tomorrow. ... plane leaves at 11. 2. There is ... new pizzeria near my house. 3. It is difficult to understand...Portuguese. 4. Did you enjoy … party you went to on … Saturday? 5. Last Sunday we found … small puppy in … park and brought it … home. 6. Close... door! 7. They are...experienced engineers. 8. We usually have … breakfast in … kitchen.

4. Insert the verb to be in the required form:

1. My friend... at home now. 2. ... the pencils in the box? Yes, they... . 3. This book... very interesting. 4. His office ... in New York. 5. I...a teacher of English. 6. There... three desks in the office. 7. We ... at the English lesson now. 8. Where... the tickets? They... on the desk. 3. She ... an engineer. 4. There... a chair in the corner. 5. I... not a businessman. 6. ... are you busy? 7....the windows open?

5. Form the plural of nouns:

nationality, visitor, businessman, introduction, office, book, day, life, photo, size, city, information, child, tooth, deer, piece, bag, tie, stewardess, child, problem, country, check, businesswoman, solution, page, knife, goose, category, datum, sheep, toy.

Rewrite the nouns in two columns: countable and uncountable.

Luggage, firm, coffee, water, trip, news, book, university, health, office, chair, knowledge, letter, rain, information, place, holiday, apple, chalk, sugar, children, money, table, snow, shirt, conference, colleague, tea, weather, sea, advice, mirror, wind, tree, soup, lemonade, shoe, army, world, question, mistake.

7. Translate the sentences into Russian:

1. There are seven days in a week. 2. In this situation there are two alternatives. 3. There is no signature in your check. 4. Is there any bar at the airport? 5. Are there any matches in the box? 6. There aren’t any visitors in the office. 7. There are nine planets in our solar system. 8. There are several approaches to this problem. 9. There aren’t any mistakes in your essay. 10. How many students are the re in the group?

8. Fill in the blanks:

A. personal pronouns:

1. Helen is a first year student. ...works hard. 2. –What are you? - ...am a student. 3. My father is an economist. ... teaches economics at the University. 4. Where are the tickets? - ... are in the top drawer.5. This book is not suitable for children. ...is too difficult.

b. possessive pronouns:

1. This isn't John's car. ... car is white. 2. Girls, put ... books on the tables. 3. My parents are at home. ...car isn't here. 4. Sometimes we send ... children to school at the age of six. 5. She always keeps... promises. 6. I have ... own way of doing things. 7. She took off ... coat and began to work. 8. I don’t know this word. Can you explain...meaning to me? 9. They introduce new methods of research. ... methods are very efficient. 10. Listen, it’s not ... problem, it’s mine.

V. object pronouns:

1. Here is my passport. Look at... . 2. Keep the documents and give ... to the officials at the airport. 3. They are speaking too fast, it’s difficult to understand ... . 4. Go on, I’m listening to ... . 5. Give... your ticket, please. 6. Here’s the check, sign..., please. 7. Listen to ... . They are speaking German. 8.The driver takes our luggage and puts ... on the ground. 9. You’ve got some diagrams in front of ... . Look at... .

9. Translate the sentences into Russian, paying attention to the adverbs little/a little, few/a few:

1. He had few friends in this town. 2. She was never lonely for she had a few friends. 3. He had little money, however he decided to buy that expensive book. 4. I have a good knowledge of English and besides I know German a little. 5. There is little food in the refrigerator. 6. I can "t decide now - I need a little time to think. 7. There are few mistakes in his translation. 8. I have very little time for reading. 9. He knows a little of everything. 10. He" s very lazy. He does little work.

10. Open the brackets using the verbs in The Present Simple tense:

1. I generally (get up) at 8 o’clock.

2. Our lecturer (speak) very good English.

3. Mike always (do) his homework in the evening?

4. I (not to sleep) in the daytime.

5. He (be) always in a hurry.

6. In Britain today, all children (start) their education at the age of five.

7. Some readers (avoid) books on the best-seller list.

8. My father (not to work) on Sundays.

9. The Prime Minister always (live) in 10 Downing Street.

10. We (have) our lunch at noon.

11.Mr. Smith (arrive) home late.

12. What time are your classes (begin)?

13. We (not to test) new machines at the factory.

14. You (answer) a lot of letter?

11. Rewrite the sentences using the Past Simple tense:

1. He speaks English rather slowly.

2. I read newspapers in the morning.

3. The ballet company gives its first performance today.

4. My friends come to see me every weekend.

5. He studies at Moscow University.

6. She doesn’t drink coffee in the evening.

7. Where does your cousin work?

8. The department gives a party every year.

9. Who knows the answer?

10. It takes him 3 minutes to look through the text.

11 He finishes work very late?

12. We don't translate texts at our English lessons.

12. Translate the following text:

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UNIT V : WHAT WILL YOU BE?

LESSON : WHERE TO GO AFTER SCHOOL?

« Countable and Uncountable nouns » .

GOALS LESSON :

1.Formation of lexical speaking skills. "Plans for the future."

2.Introduction of NLE on the topic “Education in Britain”.

3.Train students in vocabulary on this topic.

4. Consolidation of grammatical skills. Countable and uncountable beings.

TYPE OF LESSON : PAIRS GROUP INDIVIDUAL .

EQUIPMENT : Task on cards.

PROGRESS OF THE LESSON.

I. Organizational moment .

:Good morning, dear students!

I'm glad to see you. Let's begin our lesson. Sit down, please!

Please answer my questions (answers students):

II . Communicate the topic and objectives of the lesson.

Today we are going to speak about schools in Britain.

At the beginning of our lesson I am going to check your homework.

III .Checking homework.

Learn grammar. Vocabulary.

IV . Grammar.

Countable and uncountable nouns in English.

Nouns in English denote substances, concepts, names of objects, people, animals and plants. They are countable and uncountable.

Uncountable nouns ( Uncountable nouns ).

A noun is uncountable ifimpossible consider it as one of several separate objects, but only as a single idea or substance, for example "music " (music), "butter " (oil), "water "(water)"advice " (advice). These nouns are sometimes called "mass" nouns. That is, from all that has been said, uncountable nouns cannot be counted.

Countable nouns ( Countable nouns )

A noun is countable ifCan consider it as one of several separate items, that is, countable nouns can actually be counted:shirt(s) , book(s) etc. You can find out a little more about what countable and uncountable nouns are in the video below.

Grammatical differences countable and uncountable nouns.

1 .You can usecountable noun in And number, for example, "egg /eggs ", " horse /horses ", " university /universities ", " book /books", " ticket /tickets ", " car /cars ".

Important.In English, uncountable nouns are often singular, but from the point of view of the Russian language they are plural. It is important to remember that in English, uncountable nouns have only a singular number.

Don't try to useuncountable plural nouns. Don't say "butter"s ", "musics ", "advices ", "informations ", "furnitures ". It is a very common mistake to use a plural uncountable noun:

You should listen to his advice (correct)
(You should listen to his advice)

You should listen to his advices ( wrong)

2 . You you can use countable noun With uncertain articles " a " or " an ", For example " a car", "a university", "a horse", "a ticket", "an egg", "a book".

Don't use articles "a " or "an " Withuncountable nouns. That There is, Not right speak"an water", "a butter", "a music", "an advice", "an information", "a furniture"...This is a common mistake, don't make it..

I like listening to misic (that's right)
(I like listening to music)

I like listening to a music (wrong)

3 .You can useuncountable a noun with words meaning quantity, such as "some " And "any ": "some butter", "any music".

If you want to use these words withcountable nouns, then you need to put these nouns in the plural and say "some tickets ", "any eggs " and so on. For example:

She bought some books (right)
(She bought several books)

She bought some book (wrong)

4 .You can use , " much "(a lot)"how much "(how much, how much)"(a)little " (A little), "a lot of "(many) and others withuncountable nouns.

WITHcountable nouns you must use "how many ", " many ", " (a)few "or universal"a lot of ". A few examples:

Countable:

How many records do you have?
( How many do you have any notes?)

He doesn't havemany friends
He doesn't havemany friends

There are a few rooms still available
Some rooms (rooms) are still available

Uncountable:

I don't havemuchmoney
(I don't havemany money)

How much time do you have?
( How many do you have time?)

There isa littlebutter in the fridge
(IN There isA little oils)

5 .You can useuncountable a noun on its own without words such as "the", "some" or "any":

She doesn't eat meat
( She Not eats meat )

If you need advice, don't be afraid to ask
(If you need advice , don't be afraid to ask)

You cannot use this way countable noun singular :

I like reading books ( right)
( I I love read books)

I like reading book (wrong)

Computers are always causing problems (Right)
(Computers always cause problems)

Computers are always causing problem (wrong)

V .Reinforcement.

Classify the following nouns into two groups.

paper – bottle – porridge – happiness - pencil - coffee – girl – work – job – plate – dog – meat - news – apricot – toothpaste – time - bedroom – money - magazine – information – honey - metal – child – yoghurt – rice – spaghetti – water – air – spoon – mustard - egg – chair – shampoo – raincoat – flower – flour – bread – soap – toy – food – knowledge – garden – oil – furniture –friend

Countable: bottle, pencil, girl, job, plate, dog, apricot, bedroom, magazine, child, spoon, egg, chair, raincoat, flower, toy, garden, friend

Uncountable: paper, porridge, happiness, coffee, work, meat, news, toothpaste, time, money, information, honey, metal, yoghurt, rice, spaghetti, water, air, mustard, shampoo, flour, bread, soap, food, knowledge , oil, furniture

Rewrite countable and uncountable nouns in 2 columns.

Time, water, machine, music, snow, word, coffee, money, idea, family, knowledge, sea, hour, tree, silver, meat, happiness, information, speed, book, news, house, friend, milk, student, pen, paper, clothes, picture, air.

happinesshappiness househouse

unaccounted for counted

snowsnowfamilyfamily

waterwaterwordword

silversilverbookbook

airair

clothescloth

milkmilkpenpen

knowledgeknowledgetreetree

musicmusicideaidea

coffeecoffeeseasea

timetimemachinecar

informationinformationfriendFriend

paperpaperpicturepainting

moneymoneyhourhour

speedspeedstudentstudent

meatmeatnewsnews

Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect.

He _____ (finish) training.

She _____ (score) twenty points in the match.

We _____ (watch) all the Champions League matches this season.

That"s amazing! She _____ (run) fifteen kilometers this morning!

She _____ (buy) some really nice rollerblades!

Oh no! I _____ (lose) my money!

My mum _____ (write) shopping list. It's on the kitchen table.

Dad, you _____ (eat) my biscuit!

I'm tired. I _____ (watch) three X-Files videos.

Hurry up! They _____ (start) the film!

Mary _____ (study) hard this year, so she"ll pass her exams.

Oh no! She _____ (drop) the plate!

The garden is very green. It _____ (rain) a lot this month.

These are my favorite trousers. I _____ (have) them for five years.

Tom's my best friend. I _____ (know) him for three years.

They _____ (live) in Miami for two years.

Jo has earache. He _____ (have) it since 7 o"clock.

Brad _____ (live) in Chicago since 1998.

1 has finished, 2 has scored, 3 have watched, 4 has run, 5 has bought, 6 have lost, 7 has written, 8 have eaten, 9 have watched, 10 have started, 11 has studied, 12 has dropped, 13 has rained, 14 have had, 15 have known, 16 have lived, 17 has

VI .Translation practice.

The school I would like to have a swimming pool.
I"d have one for the first and second years and also for the third and fourth years. The playgrounds would be separate, one for the young children and the other for the senior forms. A wall would be separating them and there would be a door from one playground to the other.
The classrooms would have carpets instead of lino. The desks would be painted and the chairs would have cushions. The chairs would also be painted.
There would be a computer for every table in the classroom. There would be at least 12 videos for each classroom. The hall would be very big, about 40 meters long and 30 meters wide.
The lessons would be interesting. There would be lots of French and German and English.
There would be four floors at the school. There would be a lift to take us up. The staffroom would be much bigger than the one we have now.
It would be light and cozy. There would also be a big library. There would be a lot of instruments: flutes, guitars, drums, etc.
The school meals would have different food every day. There would be lots of visits to concerts and parks.The tests would be easier for children.