Lesson 1
Grammar: Tobe +Countable &
Uncountable Nouns
By Ms. Thao Nguyen
Grammar: To Be
Present Tenses:
Note: Never: Tobe + Verb
- He/ She/ It +
Just: Tobe + Ving
-I+
Tobe + Ved/V(PII)
- You/ We/ They +
=> Negative: Tobe + not
Past Tenses:
- He/ She/ It +
-I+
- You/ We/ They +
=> Negative: Tobe + not
Grammar
Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable
N (Danh từ -Những thứ không thể đếm được bằng
không đếm số.
được) - Có thể là tên của các ý tưởng, tính
chất trừu tượng, hoặc ở dạng vô định
hình
- Danh từ không đếm được + V số ít.
- Những thứ có thể đếm
- Some, a lot of, a great deal of, a bit of,
Countable N được bằng số.
much hoặc các cách diễn đạt khác như
(Danh từ - Dạng số ít và số nhiều
a cup of, a bag of, 1kg of, a handful of,
đếm được) - Dạng số ít: a/an + N
a pinch of, an hour of, a day of
- Câu hỏi: How many +
- Câu hỏi: How much + N
N(s/es)
01 Countable N 02 Uncountable N
Số ít Số nhiều Ví dụ A piece of cake
One dog Two dogs She has three dogs A cup of coffee
Two slices of bread
One friend Two friends How many friends
do you have? Three bags of sugar
Four kilos of meat
03 Note 04 Practice
1. The (chlid/children) fall asleep quickly
Some special countable nouns 2. The parade included fire (truck/trucks)
Child - Children Foot - Feet and police (car/cars)
Man - Men Tooth - Teeth 3. How many (person/people) in the
Woman - Women Mouse - Mice building?
Person - People Goose - Geese 4. Most (kid/kids) like milk, but jack hates it
1 số từ có thể vừa là danh từ đếm được hoặc không đếm được, nhưng nghĩa sẽ
Note khác nhau Work
Paper: - He is looking for work (=công việc, không đếm được)
- I bought a paper (= báo) - Jack London wrote many works (=tác phẩm, đếm được)
- I bought some paper (= giấy, Một số ngoại lệ: một số danh từ không đếm được vẫn
không đếm được) có thể đi với “a/an” trong một số trường hợp như sau:
Hair: A help:
- There is a hair in my soup (= sợi - A good map would be a help.
tóc ở trong bát) - A knowledge of: He had a good knowledge of
- She has beautiful hair (= mái tóc) mathematics.
A fear/ a relief:
Experince:
- There is a fear that he has been murdered.
- We had many interesting
- It was a relief to sit down.
experiences during our holiday. (=
hoạt động, đếm được) A pity/shame/wonder:
- You need experience for this job - It’s a pity you weren’t here.
(= kinh nghiệm, không đếm được) - It’s a shame he wasn’t paid.
Practice
1. If you want to know the news, you can read paper/ a paper.
2. I had two tooths/teeth pulled out the other day.
3. Light/a light comes from the sun.
4. I was very busy, and I didn’t have time/ a time for breakfast today.
5. Sue was very helpful. She is always willing to give us some very useful
advice/advices everytime we need.
6. Did you raise these tomato/tomatoes in your garden?
7. We were very unfortunate. We had bad luck/a bad luck.
8. I had to buy a/some bread for breakfast.
9. Bad news don’t/doesn’t make people happy.
10. My hair is/ My hairs are too long. I should have it/them cut three days
ago.
Practice: Choose the right word and add an s/es if needed
change river garbage hardware music traffic junk thunder screwdriver
homework
1. I put some banana peels, empty juice cartons in the waste can. The can is full of _
2. Tools that are used for turning screw are called _____.
3. The children got scared when they heard _____ during the storm.
4. I have some coins in my pocket. In other words, I have some _____ in my pocket.
5. They have a rusty car without an engine, broken chairs and an old refrigerator in
their front yard. Their yard is full of _____.
6. The Mississippi, the Amazon and the Nile are well-known _____.
7. The street is full of cars, trucks, and buses. It is full of _____
8. I like to listen to operas, symphonies, and folk song. I enjoy ___
9. Tonight I have to read 20 pages in my history book, do 30 algebra problems, and
write a composition. In other words, I have a lot of _____ to do tonight.
10. I went to store to get some nails, hammers, and screws. In other word, I bought
some _____.
