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Unit 3 Module 2 The natural world Oxford English Reading (2) Grammar A/B Period 2 The Earth 5 Grammar A Countable and uncountable nouns What things are there on Earth? plant field mountain river forest pollution water land air food rubbish sea animal light place home people plants places fields mountains rivers forests pollution water land air food rubbish sea animals plant place field mountain river forest pollution water land air food rubbish sea animal How can we divide these things? Uncountable nouns light Countable and uncountable nouns In English, we can count some things, e.g. rivers and mountains. We cannot count other things, e.g. water and air.     Countable nouns Uncountable nouns one animal, two animals some rubbish I have a world map at home. There is an article about the Earth. All plants need light and water. This plant is beautiful. These animals are dangerous. Air has no smell. Water is important. Work out the rule ? (Countable/Uncountable) nouns can have plurals. ? We can use a or an before (countable/uncountable) nouns. ? Uncountable nouns only take (singular/plural) verbs. A1 Read the sentences below and decide whether the nouns in italics are countable or uncountable. Write the words in the correct columns. Grammar exercises 1 There is grass in a forest. 2 Do not throw rubbish into the river. 3 The air is fresh in the mountains. 4 The flowers are beautiful. Let me take a photo. 5 We should drink water every day. Here is a glass for you. countable uncountable forest river mountains flowers photo glass grass rubbish air water bottle/milk box/egg bowl/rice glass/water bag/apple cup/coffee 1 2 3 4 5 6 S1: What’s this? S2: It’s a bottle. S1: What’s inside it? S2: Some milk. S1: What are these? S2: They’re boxes. S1: What’s inside them? S2: Some eggs. A2 In pairs, ask and answer questions about each photo. Follow the example. a piece of a loaf of a slice of We use