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MEDIA MENGAJAR

FOR SMP/MTs GRADE VII

BRIGHT AN ENGLISH

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It is Delicious!

BAB 8

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A. Countable and Uncountable Nouns

1. Nouns in English are countable or uncountable. Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form.

apple – apples potato – potatoes book – books

question – questions man – men

2. Uncountable nouns don’t have a plural form – they are always singular.

food fruit rice bread milk

music money hair homework

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A. Countable and Uncountable Nouns

3. Some nouns can be countable or uncountable.

  • I want to buy two chickens at the market. (=two whole birds, countable)
  • Roast chicken is my favourite meal. (=a type of meal, uncountable)

4. With countable nouns, we can use a/an + singular noun and some + plural nouns.

  • There’s a café next to the cinema
  • I often have an egg for breakfast.
  • I’d like some strawberries.
  • There are some good CDs in that shop.

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5. With uncountable nouns, we use some.

  • I’m hungry. I want some food.
  • Please buy some oil at the supermarket.

We don’t use a/an with uncountable nouns.

a bread an information

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B. Offering Something

To offer something, you can say the following expressions

  • Can I help you?
  • Do you want …?
  • Would you like …?
  • How about …?

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Are you ready to order?

Would you like rice or potatoes?

No, I’d like to have fish and chips.

Rice, please.

What would you like to drink?

Orange juice, please.

Practice the dialogue

OK. Anything else?

That’s all, thank you.

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Summary

Countable nouns can be counted by numbers. They can be singular or plural.

Singular Nouns

For singular, we can add article a/an before the noun.

Example:

A book an egg a car an orange

Plural Nouns

We can add quantifiers some, many, a lot of, several.

Example:

Some books a lot of cars several houses

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Uncountable nouns cannot be counted. They are always singular. We can add quantifier some, much, any.

Example:

some salt some rice much sugar some flour

Offering Things

To offer something, you can say the following expressions.

  • Can I help you?
  • Do you want …?
  • Would you like ...?
  • How about …?