"Coutables and Uncountables"

Grade 5 Countables and uncountables

Countables and uncountables. Remember:{5 C22544 A-7 EE6-4342-B048-85 BDC9 FD1 C3 A}Countables. Uncountables. We can count: apples, sandwiches, tomatoes … We can’t count: milk, fish, tea, ice cream, meat … We use there are with countables: There are some eggs on the plate. We use there is with uncountables: There is some coffee in the cup

Countables and uncountables+ There is some water. There are some tomatoes. ? Is there any water? Are there any tomatoes? – There isn’t any water. There aren’t any tomatoes.

Complete sentences. Make them negative and interrogative … salt in the box. … plums on the plate. … ice-cream in the fridge. … butter in the pack. … lemonade in the bottle. … eggs in the basket. … lemons on the table.

… salt in the box. + There is some salt in the box. - There is not any salt in the box. ? Is there any salt in the box? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t.

… plums on the plate. + There are some plums on the plate. - There are not any plums on the plate. ? Are there any plums on the plate? Yes, there are. No, there aren’t.

… ice-cream in the fridge. + There is some ice-cream in the fridge. - There is not any ice-cream in the fridge. ? Is there any ice-cream in the fridge? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t.

… butter in the pack. + There is some butter in the pack. - There is not any butter in the pack. ? Is there any butter in the pack? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t.

… lemonade in the bottle. + There is some lemonade in the bottle. - There is not any lemonade in the bottle. ? Is there any lemonade in the bottle? Yes, there is. No, there isn’t.

… eggs in the basket. + There are some eggs in the basket. - There are not any eggs in the basket. ? Are there any eggs in the basket? Yes, there are. No, there aren’t.

… lemons on the table. + There are some lemons on the table. - There are not any lemons on the table. ? Are there any lemons on the table? Yes, there are. No, there aren’t.