Countable / Uncountable Nouns
There is ; there are ; a / an ; some ; any
There is + a/an + singular noun
◦ There is a large box under the table.
There is + some + uncountable noun
◦ There is some cheese in the refrigerator.
There are + some + plural countable noun
◦ There are some bedrooms in my house.
There is not + any + uncountable noun
◦ There is not any pasta in the menu
There are not + any + plural countable noun
◦ There are not any seats for us.
There is/ there are, some/ any + plural nouns
(+) There is some spaghetti bolognese for you.
(-) There isn’t any spaghetti bolognese (?) Is there any spaghetti for me?
(+) There are some lockers in the basement.
(-) There are not any lockers in the basement.
(?) Are there any lockers in the basement?
(+) I have some money in my bank account.
(-) I don’t have any money in my bank account.
(+) I bought some fruits for us.
(-) I didn’t buy any fruits.
‘Some’ and ‘any’
1. There are some strawberries in the garden.
2. There is some soup on the table.
3. I didn’t have a sandwich for breakfast.
4. I didn’t put any sugar in my tea.
5. There is some black pepper in my grilled chicken.
6. I didn’t eat any snacks yesterday.
7. There were not any jackets in my cupboard.
8. There were some scientific books in the bookshelves.
9. She has some money to buy a modem.
10. He has got some information from the teacher.
Write the sentences in the affirmative
(+) or negative (-) form.
a. ____ sausages
b. ____ lettuce
c. ____ egg
d. ____ people
e. ____ rhinoceros
f. ____ rats
g. ____ processor
h. ____ sugar
i. ____ apron
j. ____ bench
k. ____ medicine
l. ____ hour
m. ____ university
n. ____ powder
o. ____ glass of milk
p. ____ coffee
Countable / Uncountable Noun; a/an, some, any
Write a, an, or some in the blanks!
How much uncountable nouns
◦ How much sugar do you put in my tea? ‘Not much.’
◦ How much salary do you get?
◦ How much calories are there in a banana?
How many countable nouns
◦ How many students are there in the class?
◦ How many doors are there in this building?
◦ How many songs are there in his first album?
◦ How many candy did you buy?
◦ How many movies do you copy?
◦ How many apples do you eat?
Quantifiers: How much/ how many
How many/how much + N + aux + S + V1 ?
◦ How much sugar do you put in my tea?
How many/how much + N + be + S (there) ?
◦ How many students are there in the class?
Sentence pattern of
quantifiers
1. I have two kilograms of egg in the fridge.
2. She has three brothers.
3. He gave me 200 pounds.
4. I just drank two bottles of wine last night.
5. There are five troubled computers in the lab.
6. There were only twenty participants in the seminar.
7. There are 13 broken computers in Lab C.
8. I took 22 credits last semester.
9. There were 5 dead bodies found in the SweetRiver.
10. I attached 8 files to your e-mail.
Write the questions for each sentence using quantifier ‘how many’ or ‘how much’!
