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2 .2 Grammar

Countable and uncountable nouns 5 Complete the conversation with some and
any. What do Sue and Tom decide to have?
I can talk about quantity with countable
and uncountable nouns. Sue: I’m hungry.
Tom: Me too. Let’s make some sandwiches.
Is there any bread?
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Sue: Yes, there’s 2 s ome
bread.
How many Tom: But there isn’t any
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cheese or ham
INGREDIENTS in the fridge.
are there on top of Sue: That’s OK. I don’t like cheese or ham. Are
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eggs?
there any
a typical pizza? Tom: Yes, there are 5 eggs.
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Well, on my favourite pizza there are five Sue: And tuna? Are there tins of
different things: there’s some cheese, tuna? Tuna and egg sandwiches are my
some tuna and a lot of tomato sauce. favourite.
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There are also some onions and a lot of Tom: No, there aren’t tins of tuna.
mushrooms. But a traditional Italian pizza Sue: But I can see a packet of cornfl akes. Have
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hasn’t got many ingredients; it’s got only we got milk?
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two main ingredients – tomato sauce and Tom: No, we haven’t got milk!
mozzarella cheese; and it’s also got some Sue: Oh well, let’s get a takeaway. We can get
olive oil and some basil. There isn’t any 10 pizzas!
tuna and there aren’t any mushrooms. Tom: Good idea!
It’s called a Margherita 6 Read GRAMMAR FOCUS 3. Then complete
and it’s delicious! the questions below.

GRAMMAR FOCUS 3
1 Read the text. Are the statements true (T) or false (F)?
much, many and a lot of
1 A real Italian pizza has always got mushrooms.
Unountable nouns
2 A traditional pizza has got four ingredients.
How much cheese is there?
3 A traditional pizza hasn’t got olive oil on it.
There isn’t much cheese./Not much.
2 Read GRAMMAR FOCUS 1. Then complete it with the words in blue There’s a lot of cheese./A lot.
in the text.
Plural countable nouns
GRAMMAR FOCUS 1
How many onions are there?
Countable and uncountable nouns
There aren’t many onions./Not many.
Countable Uncountable
There are a lot of onions./A lot.
Singular Plural 3 cheese
an onion 1 onions 4
1 How much water do you drink a day?
a mushroom 2 5
2 pizzas do you eat a month?
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3 fruit do you eat a day?
Note: Uncountable nouns are always singular. 4 cola do you drink a week?
5 milk do you drink a day?
3 Think of more names of food and add them to the table in 6 hamburgers do you eat a year?
GRAMMAR FOCUS 1. Look at page 24 to help you.
7 In groups of three, ask and answer the
4 Read GRAMMAR FOCUS 2. Then fi nd more examples of some questions in Exercise 6.
and any in the text.
A: How much water do you drink a day?
GRAMMAR FOCUS 2 B: I drink a lot of water./A lot.
some and any C: I don’t drink much water./Not much.

• You use some in affi rmative sentences.
8 What’s on your favourite pizza? Use some,
• You use any in negative sentences and questions.
any and a lot of.
Uncountable nouns Plural countable nouns
On my favourite pizza, there’s some
+ There is some cheese. There are some onions. cheese …
– There isn’t any cheese. There aren’t any onions.
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? Is there any cheese? Are there any onions?

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