Unit 7A - Countable and uncountable nouns

1 VOCABULARY

countable nouns (singular or plural)

1) an apple
2) a banana
4) an egg
8) a tomato
9) a biscuit

uncountable nouns (singular)

3) some butter
5) some meat
6) some rice
7) some sugar
10) some coffee

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Breakfast

5 bread
8 butter
7 cereal
9 cheese
2 coffee
12 eggs
4 jam
11 (orange) juice
1 milk
6 sugar
3 tea
10 toast

Lunch/dinner

20 fish
13 ketchup
23 meat (steak and chicken)
14 (olive) oil
25 pasta
19 rice
16 a salad

Vegetables

18 carrots
27 chips
15 a lettuce
24 mushrooms
22 an onion
26 peas
17 potatoes
21 tomatoes

Desserts/snacks

37 biscuits
38 cake
39 chocolate
35 crisps
34 fruit salad
33 ice cream
36 sandwiches
40 sweets

Fruit

29 apples
28 bananas
31 grapes
32 oranges
30 a pineapple

2 GRAMMAR

a

1 I usually go to the supermarket once a week. (una volta a settimana)
1 I usually go to the supermarket twice a week. (due volte a settimana)
1 I usually go to the supermarket 3 times a week. (tre volte a settimana)

1 He always goes to the supermarket on Saturdays. (il sabato)
1 I sometimes go to the supermarket after work. (dopo il lavoro)

b

1 Healthy Hannah

carrots, lettuce, orange juice, mineral water, milk, grapes, pasta, oranges, tomatoes

2 Luxury Lucy

champagne, smoked salmon, box of chocolates, pineapple, ice cream, strawberries, steak, butter

3 Fast Food Frank

chips, beer, peas, pizzas, chocolate, biscuits

c

a There's some ice cream (2)
b There isn't any fruit (3)
c There aren't any vegetables (2)
d There are some biscuits (3)
e There's a lettuce (1)
f There isn't a pineapple (1 and 3)

d

Use a/an with singular countable nouns. e.g. pineapple

Use some ( [+]) and any ([-] and [?])
with plural nouns. e.g. vegetables
with uncountable nouns. e.g. cheese

3 PRONUNCIATION

a (tree)

eat
ice cream
meat
peas
tea

b (egg)

bread
breakfast
health

c (train)

steak

5 LISTENING Can men cook?

b
1 some spaghetti
2 an onion
3 some butter
4 a carrot
5 some mushrooms
6 some tomato ketchup
7 some red wine
8 some meat
9 some cheese

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7A a
1 some cereal
2 an orange
3 a biscuit
4 some peas
5 an ice cream
6 some cake
7 some coffee
8 some cheese
9 some chips
10 a pineapple

b
1 There are some eggs
2 and some cheese
3 I can make an omelette
4 There aren't any eggs
5 We can make some pasta
6 Are there any tomatoes?
7 And there's an onion
8 Is there any wine?
9 Yes, there's a bottle of red wine.
10 And there's some Coke too.