Grammar point
Count and non-count nouns
5 free materials for adult English beginners on count and non-count nouns, from Patina's live ESOL classes: 2 sheets, 1 game, 1 reading, 1 listening exercise. Use them on a phone, in print, or on a screen.
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Sheet
Food Words
Sixteen foods with a picture for every one. The top eight you can count, the bottom eight you cannot, and that is the whole class in one grid.
Class 15 · At the Restaurant
Game
Food Sprint
A picture appears. Type the word before the clock runs out. Careful: rice and bread never take an -s.
Class 15 · At the Restaurant
Sheet
How Much, How Many
Your language has one word. English has two. One test tells you which: can you say two of it? Plus the money rule, which breaks it.
Class 15 · At the Restaurant
Reading
Lunch at the Café
Lunch at a café: read the menu, order politely, count the cookies and pay the bill.
Class 15 · At the Restaurant
Listening
Ordering Lunch
At a café. Leon is taking an order. Listen first with the script hidden, then read along, answer, and write the missing words.
Class 15 · At the Restaurant
Related grammar:How much, how many