Side by Side Count--Non-count video
SxS Count-Non count Food 2 Video
Side by Side -- much vs. many -- a little vs. a few
Using too much or too many
I can't count song -- cute and useful
Countable nouns are things you can count. There's a man. There are some children. There are three books.
Non count verbs are usually difficult to count -- liquids (water, milk, tea, beer), small grains (sand, sugar, salt) gloppy things (pudding, ice cream, yogurt) or groups containing different things (furniture, money, fruit.)
Non count verbs use the singular verb, but never have "a" as an article. (A=1)
There's some coffee. There is some sugar. There isn't any fruit.
Illogical Count Rules:
--Rice is non-count, but beans are count -- even if the beans are really small.
--Fruit is non-count, but vegetables are count. There is some fruit in the bowl. There are some vegetables in the bowl. Individual pieces of fruit are count -- 3 apples, 2 bananas, two bunches of grapes.
--Stars are count, but money is non-count.
--Alive chickens and fish are count, but they are non-count as meat. (Which is why fish counted as non-count to University of Victoria, but count in the I can't count song.) There are three fish in the aquarium. There is some fish in the oven
-- A whole cake, pizza, or watermelon is count. I made a cake. We ordered five pizzas. He brought a watermelon to the party. Once you cut them, use "pieces of" with singular and plural or treat them as non-count. I ate three pieces of cake. There's some cake left on the plate. There's some pizza in the kitchen.
sort the count nouns game
Count/non-count sorting games
Use a or an when you count 1
ESL Games-- Practice Count
Use many for things you can count. Use much for non-count.
much or many?
Ski trip questions -- practice how much snow/how many trails...
Grammar Aquarium Quiz
Quiz -- Be careful with the ads -- scroll down
Listening Comprehension Exercise
Anteater Game
Food Partitives
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