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Grammar 5b

                 Partitives

a kilo of sugar  We can use both uncountable nouns and plural countable
                 nouns after partitives (phrases of quantity) such as: a
                 bag/bottle/bowl/can etc. Study the examples below.

                 a bag of cherries    a can of cola        a jar of jelly beans
                 a bar of chocolate   a carton of milk     a loaf of bread
                 a bottle of mustard  a cup of tea         a packet of biscuits
                 a bowl of cereal     a glass of water     a piece of pizza

                 4 Read the table. Match the two columns.
                       Write in your notebook.

                     a bar of 1       a crisps
                 a packet of 2        b juice
                                      c chocolate
                     a can of 3       d soda
                 a carton of 4        e water
                                      f jam
                     a loaf of 5      g bread
                       a jar of 6

                  a bottle of 7

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