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Ms trabajo THERE IS AND THERE ARE
(COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS)

NAME: _DATE:

Hay Hay
(singular)
There is a spoon on the There are two (Plural)
spoons on the table
table Affirmative Affirmative
There isnt any spoon on There arent any spoons on the
the table Negative table Negative
Is there any spoon on the Are there any spoons on
table? Yes / No question the table? Yes / No question
Yes, there is a spoon on the table Yes, there are two spoons on the
No, there isnt any spoon on the table
table No, there arent any spoons on the

Complete the sentences with there is or there are

1 a tomato in the 7 some blackberries

fridge 2 six eggs in the there 8 a tangerine on the
bowl desk 9 one tv.
3 some green apples on the 10 a dozen
counter 4 one clean skillet peaches 11 some boys
5 two bottles of milk 12 three noisy student
6 an orange in the
basket

Complete the sentences with there isnt or there arent.

1 )_ any bag of flour. 7) any wooden spoon on the floor.

2 )_ any strainer on the 8) any 12 lids in the
wall. 3)_ any two pounds of sink.
salt. 9) any policemen
4) any banana in this basket. there.
5) any seven knives in the kitchen. 6)_ 10) any children in the
any forks on the kitchen counter. yard. 11) any mushroom in the
recipe.
12) any artichoke
here.

Complete the sentences with is there or are there in Yes /No question form and
answer them in long way.

1 )_ a bag
on the floor? Yes,

2 )_ a poster
on the wall? No,

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3 )_ two
pencils over there? No,

4) a banana in this basket? Yes,

5) seven chairs? Yes,

6)_ lots of eraser on the desk? Yes,

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 7) _a notebook on the floor? Yes,

8) any policemen there? Yes,

10) children in the yard? No,

Look at the picture and describe what you see in it, use there is and there
are.

Countable and uncountable nouns Sustantivos contables y no

contables

Countable Nouns Uncountable nouns

Sustantivos que se pueden contar, tienen
forma singular y plural.
Example: a pineapple - two
pineapples. a dish six
dishes
Countable words:
Many = muchoa few= un poco
How to form Wh questions
Sustantivos que no se pueden contar, no
se pueden pluralizar, solo tienen forma
singular.
Example: love, health, water, sugar, rice
Uncountable
words: Much= Mucho a
little: un poco

*How many carrots are there in the *How much sugar is there in the
fridge? There are 4 carrots bag? There is much sugar
There are many There is a little
carrots There are a sugar There isnt
few carrots There aren any sugar There is a
t any carrots There lot of sugar* There
are a lot of carrots* is some sugar*
There are some
carrots* *How much milk do you
*How many potatoes do need? I need two bottles
you need? I need three of milk
potatoes I need much milk
 Write in the box which of the following words are countable and uncountable

Butter - eggs - cheese - cookies - fig - cherries - olive oil - rice - jam -
fish - chocolates - plum - avocados - salt- flour - peppers - cake - chicken -
water - garlics - corns - sugar - cereal - mayonnaise - meat - soda -
beet COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE

Write "much" or "many" in front of these words.

1. cream 2. olive oil 3. men

4. music 5. children 6. _geese

7. _questions 8. sugar 9. juice

10. sheep 11. cheese 12.

13. fun 14. houses 15. dolls

Complete the questions with how many or how much.

1 salt does the soup need? 2 women are there in the

kitchen? 3 languages do you speak? 4

coffee do you drink a day?

5 glasses of soda did she drink? 6 butter are you

melting? 7 eggs does the cake need? 8

flour did you buy?

9) stars are in the sky? 10) _people live on islands?

11) birds are there? 12) water is in the ocean?

Write a few or a little to complete the sentences.

1. He has plans. 2. She has _milk. 3. He drank whisky.

4. Ann has _friends. 5. We saw 6.I bought

people newspapers.
at the restaurant.

7.There is petrol in his car.8. There are

bottles
 on the table. 9.There are hotels
in this town.

10. I want to eat 12. Put cooking oil

bread. 11. Do you have in the pan.
magazines at home?
Correct the mistakes in these sentences. Use a few or a little.

1 They have a little vegetarian dishes here.

2 I have a few time at the moment.

3 The restaurant has a little tables left.

4 I want a few spaghetti. Theres ice cream for dessert.

5 It costs a few money

6 She drinks a little coffee.

7 There are a few hotels in the city center._

SOME (algo, unos) ANY (algo, ninguno)

Se usa en oraciones afirmativas Se usa en oraciones negativas y en
There are some good restaurants here. pregunta
Do you have any beef?
We dont have any beef today

Complete these sentences with some or any

1)We need bananas.

2)You can't buy _posters in this shop.
3)We do not have oranges at the moment.
4)Peter bought new books.
5)She always takes sugar with her coffee.
6)I saw nice postcards in this souvenir shop.
7)There aren't folders in my bag.
8)I have magazines for you.
9)There are grapes on the table.
10) Pam does not have pencils on her desk.
11) Is there water in the glass?
12) There are not flowers in the vase.