Unit 2
Food for life
VOCABULARY Food and drink
GRAMMAR Countable and uncountable nouns
Countable and uncountable nouns
Nouns that you can count (one carrot, two carrots) are countable nouns.
Nouns you cannot count are uncountable nouns. They have no plural forms.
GRAMMAR a/an, some, any
a/an, some, any
Use a/an with singular countable nouns.
Use some with plural countable and uncountable nouns.
Use any in questions and in negative sentences.
Use some in questions when offering or requesting something.
GRAMMAR (how much) / (how) many / a lot of / lots of
(how much) / (how) many / a lot of / lots of
We typically use (How) much and (How) many in questions and negative sentences.
Use many with plural countable nouns and much with uncountable nouns.
Use a lot of / lots of with both countable and uncountable nouns.
GRAMMAR too many / too much / (not) enough + noun
too many / too much / (not) enough + noun
Use too many with countable nouns, and too much with uncountable nouns.
Use (not) enough with countable and uncountable nouns.
GRAMMAR too + adjective, (not +) adjective + enough
too + adjective, (not +) adjective + enough
We use too + adjective to say that something is more than we like or want.
We use not + adjective + enough to say that something is less than we like or want.