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Grammar 5b

• a/an – some/any

1 Read the theory box and the note. How do we use a/an,
some, any?

Note countable

• Countable nouns affirmative singular plural
are nouns we can negative There’s an onion. There are some onions.
count. They have
singular and plural interrogative There isn’t a There aren’t any
forms. an apple – tomato. tomatoes.
two/some apples affirmative
• Uncountable negative Is there an egg? Are there any eggs?
nouns are nouns we
cannot count. They interrogative uncountable
usually have singular
forms. (some milk – singular
NOT: milks) These
nouns include: food There’s some milk.
(cheese, meat, flour,
sugar, salt, etc.), There isn’t any cheese.
liquid (coffee, tea,
water, etc.). Is there any rice?

We can use some in interrogative sentences to make offers and
requests. Would you like some milk? (offer) Can I have some tea,
please? (request)

2 Decide if the nouns below are C (Countable) or
U (Uncountable). Write the plural form of the countable
nouns in your notebook.

1 apple ➝ C apples 6 beef ➝ ... ...
2 milk ➝ ... ... ... ...
3 cabbage ➝ ... ... 7 carrot ➝ ... ...
4 rice ➝ ... ... ... ...
5 orange ➝ ... ... 8 biscuit ➝ ... ...

9 strawberry ➝

10 corn ➝

3 Choose the correct word. Write in your notebook.

MODULE 5 1 Is there some/any tea? 5 There’s a/an egg on the table.
2 There isn’t some/any rice left. 6 Can I have some/any
84 3 Would you like a/an orange?
4 I need some/any yoghurt. potatoes, please?
7 I want some/any soup.