COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS AND REPORTING VERBS
Here you have a pair of interesting videos downloaded from Youtube which will help you understand the main idea of the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. After watching this please complete the following exercises!
Thank you!!!
1. Countable and uncountable nouns A
SUGAR, CHEESE, JAM, MILK, TOAST, CAKE , SPAGUETTI, SALT , CHOCOLATE
1. a piece of _____________
2. a slice of _______________
3. a plate of _______________
4. a teaspoonful of __________
5. a pinch of _____________
6. a bar of ________________
7. a jar of _____________
8. a carton of ___________
Put the nouns into the following groups:
countable, uncountable, always plural, countable and uncountable.
clothes, chocolate, food, fruit, knife, meal, plate, potato, scissors.
Complete the table below with the following these expressions of quantity:
a lot of/ lots of/ much, a few, some, some, a little, not many, hardly any, very little, not much, not any, very few
Uncountable __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Plural countable
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2. Reporting verbs B
Complete the following sentences using these verbs:
ORDER, URGE, REFUSE, THREATEN, PERSUADE, WARN, TELL, REMIND, ASK, PROMISE, ENCOURAGE, RECOMMEND
I am not going to clean my room! she said.
She _______________________________
"Don't forget to take your sandwiches , John" said his father.
John's father _______________________________
"Don't take the car out. The roads are very icy" said her friend.
Her friend____________________________________________
3. Look at the following structures:
The doctor recommended me to toe the exercise.
The doctor recommended (that) I (should) do exercise.
The doctor recommended doing exercise.
Which structure is not possible with the verb suggest?
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Put the nouns into the following groups:
countable, uncountable, always plural, countable and uncountable.
clothes, chocolate, food, fruit, knife, meal, plate, potato, scissors.
Complete the table below with the following these expressions of quantity:
a lot of/ lots of/ much, a few, some, some, a little, not many, hardly any, very little, not much, not any, very few
Uncountable __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Plural countable
__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2. Reporting verbs B
Complete the following sentences using these verbs:
ORDER, URGE, REFUSE, THREATEN, PERSUADE, WARN, TELL, REMIND, ASK, PROMISE, ENCOURAGE, RECOMMEND
I am not going to clean my room! she said.
She _______________________________
"Don't forget to take your sandwiches , John" said his father.
John's father _______________________________
"Don't take the car out. The roads are very icy" said her friend.
Her friend____________________________________________
3. Look at the following structures:
The doctor recommended me to toe the exercise.
The doctor recommended (that) I (should) do exercise.
The doctor recommended doing exercise.
Which structure is not possible with the verb suggest?
_________________________________________
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