Preview Count and Non-Count Nouns

Preview Count and Non-count Nouns (Page 1)

I like crackers and cheese.

Count nouns are things that we can count separately.

Count Nouns

crackers

cookies

potato chips

Non-count nouns are things that we don’t count separately. We look at the whole.

Non-count Nouns

cheese

butter

chocolate

Circle the items you can count.

Preview Count and Non-count Nouns (Page 2)

fruit

nuts

eggs

soda

spaghetti

donuts

cheese

tomatoes

bananas

soup

Preview Count and Non-count Nouns (Page 5) Read the following sentences. Write the count nouns in the red box and the noncount nouns in the blue box.

1. Emma likes to eat strawberries and cream.

2. Chase likes to eat cheese and crackers.

3. Cole likes to eat pancakes and syrup.

4. Amelia likes to eat fruit and nuts.

Emma likes to eat strawberries and cream.

5. Brody likes to eat cookies and drink milk.

6. Zoey likes to drink coffee and eat donuts.

7. Grace likes to drink tea and eat biscuits.

8. Luca likes to eat baked potatoes with butter and sour cream on top.

9. Colin likes to eat hotdogs with mayonaise and mustard on top.

Count Nouns

Non-count Nouns

strawberries

cream

Preview Sweet or Salty? (Page 9) Richard is taking a survey. He interviews his friends. He wants to find out if they like sweet foods or salty foods.

Complete these conversations.

Use a lot of or many.

Richard: Do you like sweets or do you prefer salty snacks?

Gabriella: I like sweets. I eat ____________ of sweets. I love chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream. I also like candy bars.

I don’t like salty snacks. I really don’t like crackers.

Richard: Do you eat ____________ salty snacks?

Trevor: Yes. I am a salt lover. I eat ___________ potato chips, tortilla chips, and crackers.

But I don’t eat ____________ nuts. I like pickles. I eat ____________ pickles.

Richard: Do you eat sweet snacks or salty snacks?

Raymond: I eat both. I eat ___________ cupcakes. I also eat ____________ pretzels. I like to eat chocolate cupcakes topped with vanilla frosting, salted caramel syrup, and a pretzel.

Write the foods each person likes in the correct column.

Gabriella Trevor

Raymond

Preview Count and Non-count Nouns (Page 10)

Santa is eating a cookie.

Santa is drinking some milk.

Santa is eating some cookies.

Santa is drinking some milk.

Use a or an in front of singular count nouns.

Santa is eating a cookie. Santa’s reindeer is eating an apple.

Use some in front of plural count nouns.

Santa is eating some cookies. Santa is drinking some milk.

Use some in front of non-count nouns.

Santa is drinking some milk.

Preview Count and Non-count Nouns (Page 15) count nouns apples peaches grapes strawberries oranges bananas cups teaspoons

non-count nouns sugar cinnamon milk juice orange juice

count nouns 1 teaspoon of sugar 2 teaspoons of cinnamon 3 cups of milk 4 cups of juice 1 cup of orange juice 1 cup of strawberries 2 cups of grapes

non-count nouns sugar cinnamon milk juice orange juice

YOU CAN COUNT WORDS LIKE TEASPOON AND CUP. USE THESE WORDS WITH COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS. Juicy Fruit Salad 2 apples 1 orange 2 bananas 2 cups of grapes 1 cup of strawberries 1 cup of orange juice 2 teaspoons of sugar

question affirmative answer question negative answer

count nouns How many apples do we need?

We need 2 apples.

How many apples do we need?

We don’t need any.

non-count nouns How much sugar do we need?

We need 2 teaspoons of sugar.

How much sugar do we need?

We don’t need any.

Read the recipe above. Fill in the blanks below. Use many, much, any. Answer the question.

1. How much sugar do we need? We need 2 teaspoons of sugar.

2. How __________ bananas do we need? We need _____ bananas.

3. How __________ cinnamon do we need? We don’t need __________.

4. How __________ orange juice do we need? We need _____ ____________ _____ orange juice.

5. How __________ grapes do we need? We need _____ ____________ _____ grapes.

6. How __________ teaspoons of cinnamon do we need? We don’t need __________.

7. How __________ apples do we need? We need _____ apples.

Preiew Containers (Page 19) List food items under their correct container. Remember, some food items can come in more than one kind of container. Make it a game. How many food items can you list below in 3 minutes? a bag of

a box of

a bottle of

a bunch of

a can of

a carton of

a container of

a gallon of

a head of

a jar of

a loaf of

a package of

a six pack of

a slice of

a stick of

a tub of

Preview Count and Non-count Nouns (Page 25)

Harry’s Supermarket Weekly Ad chicken wings $1.99/lb

12 pack of soda $4.99

16 freshly baked chocolate chip cookies for $6.00 frozen french fries $2.99/package

beef patties $5.00/lb

dill pickles $1.40/jar fresh corn in the husk 38¢ each sparkling mineral water $1.99/bottle

8”x8” pan of chocolate brownies $2.99 peanuts $5.99/jar red wine 12.99/bottle tortilla chips $1.69/bag

potato chips 2 packages for $4.00 jumbo grilled shrimp $5.99/lb hamburger buns 2 packages for $4.00 cheese crackers $2.49/box green olives $3.99/jar chocolate ice cream cones $2.99 for a box of 8

strawberries 2 cartons for $5.00 orange juice $3.00/bottle smoked sausage $2.99/package

boneless chicken breasts $3.50/lb baked beans $1.00/can snack crackers $2.29/box

Read the ad above and plan a party. You have $50.00 to spend. Make a list of what you want to buy and add the total. Work in a group.

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Count and Non-count Nouns is a 26 page booklet of handouts and worksheets

that provide practice with the uses of count and non-count nouns in the context of food and food shopping. It is designed for beginner level ESL/EFL students.

Many of the handouts and worksheets can be used individually, parts of the booklet can be used as a mini lesson, or the entire booklet can be used as a longer lesson.