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课件网) M2 Amazing things Grammar: Countable and uncountable nouns & Using anther and (the) other (s) U5 Encyclopaedias 1 2 3 Countable nouns A countable noun refers to something we can count. Here are some examples. Countable nouns (singular) Countable nouns (plural) an apple a carrot a cake two apples three carrots some cakes We use ‘a’ or ‘an’ before a singular countable noun. If the noun starts with a vowel sound, we use ‘an’. I want to buy a hamburger. cake. an egg. orange. To form the plural form of most countable nouns, we add ‘-s’ to the singular form. However, there are some exceptions. Most nouns + s a cake cakes Nouns ending in a consonant + y - y + ies a story stories Nouns ending in s, sh, ch or x + es a glass glasses a wish wishes a watch watches a box boxes 1 2 3 Nouns ending in o + s or + es a potato potatoes a radio radios a mango mangoes Nouns ending in f or fe - f or fe + ves a shelf shelves a knife knives Some other nouns a man men a woman women a foot feet a tooth teeth a sheep sheep a fish fish a Chinese Chinese 1 2 3 a person people Uncountable nouns 1 2 An uncountable noun refers to something we cannot count. Here are some examples. jam milk meat juice Uncountable nouns cannot have plural forms. 1 2 We can also use some countable nouns + of before uncountable nouns to show their amounts. a packet of salt two cups of coffee three bags of rice four kilos of meat six cartons of milk P78 tips A2 Jane has invited six people to a party at her home. Here is part of the shopping list that she wrote for the things she needs. Look at the picture and complete the list. The first one has been done for you. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 _____ _____ cartons of yogurt _____ of cola _____ jam _____ _____ 1 bottle of milk 6 6 cans 2 jars of 1 bag of apples 3 packets of biscuits We can use another and (the) other(s) to refer to something else or someone else. Using another and (the) other (s) We need another (=an extra one) computer. One is not enough for us. I do not like this pair of shoes. I am going to get another (pair) (=a different pair). 1 2 I have two apples. One is big and the other (=the second of the two apples) is small. Here are six books. One is mine and the others (=the rest of the books) are my sister’s. Some dinosaurs were as small as chickens. Others (=other dinosaurs) were as big as ten elephants. 1 2 Summary other may be an adjective or a pronoun. As an adjective it is invariable; as a pronoun it is countable and has the plural form others. the other (singular) means the second of two. the other(s) means the remaining (ones). other(s) may simply mean different, additional, remaining. another means: a) an additional one; b) a different one. Exercises 1 2 B1 Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with another or (the) other(s). 1 Kate has two dresses. One is red and _____ is blue. the other 3 4 1 2 2 3 In the supermarket we can see fruits from different countr ... ...
