4. A and An. Some and Any
Singular countable nouns Plural Countable nouns
A table/ house/ student etc. Some tables, houses, students, apples,
An apple/ egg/ insect eggs, insects etc.
Uncountable nouns
Some air, water, sugar, milk, fun,
happiness
We use some in positive sentences and any for
questions and negatives.
Some nouns can + I’d like some sugar. We can use some in a
be countable - I wouldn’t like any sugar. question to make an
and uncountable. ? Would you like some sugar? offer or request.
We’d like some lemonade. But not for singular nouns. Would you like some
We’d like 5 lemonades. I’d like an apple. tea?
I wouldn’t like an apple. Can I have some
Would you like an apple? milk?
5. A lot/ lots of
We use a lot and lots of with countable plural
nouns and uncountable nouns. We can use
them in positives, negatives and questions.
Examples: -
There were a lot/ lots of people at the party.
There wasn’t a lot/ lots of money in the bank.
Do you want a lot of/ lots of sugar in your tea?
6. Much Many
We use much for uncountable nouns. We use many for countable plural nouns.
How much money have you got? How many pencils have you got?
I haven’t got much time. There aren’t many cinemas in London.
There’s too much noise in here! There were too many people on the bus.
7. Have you got some sugar?
There aren’t some students in the classroom.
There are too much bottles of milk in the fridge.
How many CD do we need for the party?
There were a lot of person on the bus.
Can I have some pencil?
8.
9. I. Put the correct form of the given
words into the spaces.
1.John is eating some __________(potato).
potatoes
2.Is there any ___________ (water) in the
water
jar?
3.Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some
__________ (jam).’
jam
fish
4.There are some _________ (fish) in the
river.
5.There aren’t any ______________(tomato)
tomatoes
on the table.
10. II. Put the correct answer into the
spaces with “some” or “any”.
1.There is not ________sugar in the coffee.
any
some
2.There are ___________ stars in the sky.
3.There aren’t ________ roses on the table.
any
some
4.Father says, ‘Please give me ________ oil.’
5.Is there ________ orange juice?
any
6.There is ________ paper on the desk.
some
11. Look! How many mark(s) do you get?
8-11 Well done!
4-7 You can do much better!
0-3 Work hard! Don’t give up!
