COUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

COUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

EPISODE - IEPISODE - I ““SOME / ANY”SOME / ANY”

SOME AND ANYSOME AND ANY

• PARA QUE SIRVEN?PARA QUE SIRVEN?LOS USAMOS CON COUNTABLE AND LOS USAMOS CON COUNTABLE AND

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS PARA INDICAR UNA UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS PARA INDICAR UNA CANTIDAD NO DETERMINADA DE ALGO.CANTIDAD NO DETERMINADA DE ALGO.

• EXAMPLE:

SOMESOME BUTTERBUTTER, , ANYANY MILKMILK, , SOMESOME APPLESAPPLES

Y EN PREGUNTAS Y Y EN PREGUNTAS Y ORACIONES SE USAN IGUAL?ORACIONES SE USAN IGUAL?

AMBOS SOME / ANY SE USAN CON AMBOS SOME / ANY SE USAN CON COUNTABLES Y UNCOUNTABLES COUNTABLES Y UNCOUNTABLES

SOLO QUE “ANY” SE USA EN SOLO QUE “ANY” SE USA EN PREGUNTAS Y PREGUNTAS Y ORACIONES NEGATIVAS.ORACIONES NEGATIVAS.

Y SOME SE USA PARA ORACIONES Y SOME SE USA PARA ORACIONES AFIRMATIVAS.AFIRMATIVAS.

EXAMPLES FOR “ANY”EXAMPLES FOR “ANY”

IN THE MORNING:IN THE MORNING:

MARIOMARIO: CINTHYA, HAVE YOU GOTCINTHYA, HAVE YOU GOT ANY TEAANY TEA?

CINTHYACINTHYA: SORRY, HONEY, ISORRY, HONEY, I DON’T HAVE ANY TEADON’T HAVE ANY TEA

WOULD YOU LIKE COFFEE, WOULD YOU LIKE COFFEE, INSTEAD?INSTEAD?

IN THE AFTERNOON:IN THE AFTERNOON:

CINTHYACINTHYA:: WE WE DON’T HAVE ANY LETTUCEDON’T HAVE ANY LETTUCE FOR FOR MY SALAD. SWEETIE, I NEED YOU TO MY SALAD. SWEETIE, I NEED YOU TO

GET SOME (LETTUCE) FROM GET SOME (LETTUCE) FROM THE MARKET!THE MARKET!

MARIOMARIO:: SURE THING! SURE THING!

MARIO:MARIO: WHAT DO WE NEED TO PREPARE WHAT DO WE NEED TO PREPARE YUQUITAS WITH HUANCAINA?YUQUITAS WITH HUANCAINA?

CINTHYA:CINTHYA: YOU NEED SOME YUCAYOU NEED SOME YUCA, , CHEESECHEESE ANDAND

PEPPERPEPPER,, 3 OR 4 PEPPERS I 3 OR 4 PEPPERS I GUESS. GUESS. YOUYOU ALSO NEED SOME ALSO NEED SOME MILKMILK, , HALF A CUP HALF A CUP TO BE EXACT. TO BE EXACT. FINALLY, FINALLY, YOU ADDYOU ADD SOME OILSOME OIL, , HALF A HALF A CUP, TOO. THAT’S CUP, TOO. THAT’S ALL. ALL.

EXAMPLES FOR “SOME”EXAMPLES FOR “SOME”

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HAY EXCEPTIONS PARA HAY EXCEPTIONS PARA “SOME” AND “ANY”?“SOME” AND “ANY”?

EXCEPTIONS WITH “SOME”EXCEPTIONS WITH “SOME”CUANDO SE SABE QUE LA RESPUESTA ES YES:CUANDO SE SABE QUE LA RESPUESTA ES YES:

Did he give you Did he give you some teasome tea? (= I'm sure he did.) ? (= I'm sure he did.)

Is there Is there some fruit juice in the fridgesome fruit juice in the fridge? (= I ? (= I think there is)think there is)

CUANDO QUEREMOS PEDIR ALGO U CUANDO QUEREMOS PEDIR ALGO U

OFRECER/INSISTIROFRECER/INSISTIR

EN UNA INVITACION:EN UNA INVITACION:

Could I have Could I have some bookssome books, please? , please? Would you like Would you like some coffeesome coffee, instead?, instead?

Some milkSome milk with your coffee? with your coffee?

EXCEPTIONS WITH “ANY”EXCEPTIONS WITH “ANY”ANY PUEDE IR EN UNA ORACION ANY PUEDE IR EN UNA ORACION

AFIRMATIVA CUANDO NOS AFIRMATIVA CUANDO NOS REFERIRNOS A “CUALQUIER(A)”REFERIRNOS A “CUALQUIER(A)”

OBJETO.OBJETO.

• You can borrow You can borrow any of my books.any of my books.

• They can choose They can choose anything from the menuanything from the menu..

• You may invite You may invite anybody to dinneranybody to dinner, I don't , I don't mind.mind.

SE FORMA OTRAS PALABRAS SE FORMA OTRAS PALABRAS CON “SOME” AND “ANY”?CON “SOME” AND “ANY”?

• Compound nouns Compound nouns with SOME, ANYwith SOME, ANY

FOR AFFIRMATIVE FOR AFFIRMATIVE SENTENCESSENTENCES

• SOMEONESOMEONE is sleeping in my bedis sleeping in my bed..

• He sawHe saw SOMETHINGSOMETHING in the in the gardengarden.

• I left my glassesI left my glasses SOMEWHERESOMEWHERE in in the house. the house.

FOR QUESTIONS AND FOR QUESTIONS AND NEGATIVE SENTENCESNEGATIVE SENTENCES

• Are you looking for SOMEONESOMEONE? (= I'm sure you are)

• Have you lost SOMETHINGSOMETHING? (= I'm sure you have)

• Is there ANYTHINGANYTHING to eat? (real question) • Did you go ANYWHEREANYWHERE last night? • She didn't go ANYWHEREANYWHERE last night. • He doesn't know ANYBODYANYBODY here.

CONTAR CONTAR UNCOUNTABLES?UNCOUNTABLES?

• SE PUEDEN CONTAR LOS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS CON LAS FRASES DE UNIDADES DE MEDIDA.

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE: SOME BUTTERSOME BUTTER I need to buyI need to buy two bars of two bars of

butterbutter for the cake. SOME MILKSOME MILK Oh! No. We ran out of it. Go Oh! No. We ran out of it. Go

to to thethe store and buystore and buy two litres two litres

ofof milkmilk, please?please?

UNITS OF MEASUREMENTUNITS OF MEASUREMENT

• A POUND OF A POUND OF A PIECE OFA PIECE OF• A GALLON OFA GALLON OF A SLICE OFA SLICE OF• A JAR OFA JAR OF A BAR OFA BAR OF• A GLASS OFA GLASS OF A DISH OFA DISH OF• A PACKAGEA PACKAGE OFOF A BOX OFA BOX OF• A CARTONA CARTON OFOF A BUNCH OFA BUNCH OF

• A LITRE OFA LITRE OF• A KILO OFA KILO OF

COUNTABLES AND UNCOUNTABLESCOUNTABLES AND UNCOUNTABLES

CHECKINGCHECKINGhttp://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/count1.htm

MAKING SENTENCESMAKING SENTENCEShttp://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/count2.htm

HOW TO COUNT UNCOUNTABLEHOW TO COUNT UNCOUNTABLEhttp://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/mass.htm

EXERCISEEXERCISEhttp://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/mass1.htm

http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/mass2.htm

SOME AND ANYSOME AND ANYhttp://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/some_any.htm

http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/vocabulary/some-any/exercises

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