Unit 6 Food and lifestyle Grammar： Countable and uncountable nouns 课件(25张PPT)

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Unit 6 Food and lifestyle
Grammar
Countable and uncountable nouns
Food & Nutrition

1
Food Awareness
Name different types of food

2
Food Identification
Learn how to name food correctly in a grammatical form (countable or uncountable)

3
Recipe Practice
Figure out how to make a coconut cake by completing a recipe
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Grammar

Hi there.
I’m Grace from the UK. I work as a baker in M&S. Our company has just released a new ad. Let’s begin our food journey today.

1
Food Awareness
4
sausage
pineapple
red pepper
onion
cheese
carrot
prawn

I know that you are taking a course called Food and Nutrition these days. Most of you are able to make great dishes. However, you may find it difficult to name food in a correct form. For example, whether the word is countable or uncountable.

2
Food Identification







Nouns

Countable

Uncountable
Something we can count.
Something we cannot count.
1.
Countable nouns
Singular & Plural
an apple
a pear
an orange
a banana
an egg
a carrot






Countable nouns (singular)
We use __or ___before a singular countable noun.
vowel
‘a’
‘an’
If the noun starts with a _______ sound, we use ‘an’.
_____ one-year-old boy
There is _____ “l” in the word “world”.
_____ hour, ______ honest boy
_____ unusual hobby
_____ umbrella
_____ university
_____ useful book
a
an
an
an
an
an
a
a
_____ unhappy girl
_____ active boy
an
an
To form the _____ of most countable nouns,
We usually add -s to the singular form.
However, there are some exceptions.
plural
Countable nouns (plural)



Nouns ending in a consonant + y:
-y + ies
story

stories
Examples:
libraries, babies, factories, families, cities, cherries…
*Do all the nouns ending with “y” follow the rule?
['st?r?z]
vowel
+ s
boys, toys, keys, days, monkeys

Nouns ending in s, sh, ch or x:
+ es
Other examples:
bus
wish
match
box

buses
wishes
matches
boxes
classes, dishes, watches, foxes
[?z]

Nouns ending in o:
+s or + es
photo
potato
tomato

photos
potatoes
tomatoes
living things
non-living things


*Tip
-oo: zoos, kangaroos


Nouns ending in f or fe:
-f/fe+ves
half
life

halves
lives
Other examples:
thieves, wolves, leaves, wives, knives, shelves…









Some other nouns
man
foot

sheep

woman
tooth
men

sheep
children
women
teeth
feet
child






deer, fish, Chinese, Japanese
women drivers
men doctors
2.
Uncountable nouns

Uncountable nouns are often…
Abstract things
Made of smaller parts
Some food
Liquids & gases
Materials
Be careful!
love, luck, help, music
sugar, rice, sand
bread, cheese, chocolate
water, milk, wine, air
wood, paper, steel
furniture, advice, work, money, information









chicken
bag
rice
packet
salt
vegetables
carrots
potatoes
oranges
apple
bottles
juice
fun
oil
seafood
gold
power
beach
minute
smile
wall
news

So far you’ve known better about countable and uncountable nouns. Now it’s time for you to learn how to make a coconut cake by completing a recipe.

3
Recipe Practice

egg
lime butter
sugar
honey
flour
baking powder
salt
coconut?
dark chocolate
uncountable nouns
countable nouns
Ingredients

butter
sugar
honey
egg
flour
baking powder
Salt
coconut
lime
dark chocolate
Fill in the blanks with correct forms of words and complete the recipe.

















Assignment
There is a shopping list for a class party.
Sort a list of countable and uncountable nouns into two groups.
Then add five more items to each list.