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I like crackers and cheese.

Count nouns are things that we can count separately.

Count Nouns

crackers cookies potato chips

Non-count nouns are things that we don’t count separately. We look at the whole.

Non-count Nouns

cheese butter chocolate

Circle the items you can count. Preview Count and Non-count Nouns (Page 2)

fruit

nuts

eggs

soda

spaghetti

donuts

cheese

tomatoes

bananas

soup

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Read the following sentences. Write the

count nouns in the red box and the non-

count nouns in the blue box.

1. Emma likes to eat strawberries and cream.

2. Chase likes to eat cheese and crackers.

3. Cole likes to eat pancakes and syrup.

4. Amelia likes to eat fruit and nuts.

5. Brody likes to eat cookies and drink milk.

6. Zoey likes to drink coffee and eat donuts.

7. Grace likes to drink tea and eat biscuits.

8. Luca likes to eat baked potatoes with butter and sour cream on top.

9. Colin likes to eat hotdogs with mayonaise and mustard on top.

Count Nouns

strawberries

Non-count Nouns

cream

Emma likes to eat

strawberries and cream.

Preview Sweet or Salty? (Page 9)

Richard is taking a survey. He interviews

his friends. He wants to find out if they

like sweet foods or salty foods.

Complete these conversations.

Use a lot of or many.

Richard: Do you like sweets or do you prefer salty snacks?

Gabriella: I like sweets. I eat ____________ of sweets. I

love chocolate cake and vanilla ice cream. I also like candy bars.

I don’t like salty snacks. I really don’t like crackers.

Richard: Do you eat ____________ salty snacks?

Trevor: Yes. I am a salt lover. I eat ___________ potato chips, tortilla chips, and crackers.

But I don’t eat ____________ nuts. I like pickles. I eat ____________ pickles.

Richard: Do you eat sweet snacks or salty snacks?

Raymond: I eat both. I eat ___________ cupcakes. I also eat ____________ pretzels. I

like to eat chocolate cupcakes topped with vanilla frosting, salted caramel syrup, and a pretzel.

Write the foods each person likes in the correct column.

Gabriella Trevor Raymond

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Santa is eating a cookie. Santa is eating some cookies.

Santa is drinking some milk. Santa is drinking some milk.

Use a or an in front of singular count nouns.

Santa is eating a cookie. Santa’s reindeer is eating an apple.

Use some in front of plural count nouns.

Santa is eating some cookies. Santa is drinking some milk.

Use some in front of non-count nouns.

Santa is drinking some milk.

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Juicy Fruit Salad

2 apples

1 orange

2 bananas

2 cups of grapes

1 cup of strawberries

1 cup of orange juice

2 teaspoons of sugar

count nouns non-count nouns

question How many apples do we need? How much sugar do we need?

affirmative answer We need 2 apples. We need 2 teaspoons of sugar.

question How many apples do we need? How much sugar do we need?

negative answer We don’t need any. We don’t need any.

Read the recipe above. Fill in the blanks below. Use many, much, any. Answer the question.

1. How much sugar do we need? We need 2 teaspoons of sugar.

2. How __________ bananas do we need? We need _____ bananas.

3. How __________ cinnamon do we need? We don’t need __________.

4. How __________ orange juice do we need? We need _____ ____________ _____ orange juice.

5. How __________ grapes do we need? We need _____ ____________ _____ grapes.

6. How __________ teaspoons of cinnamon do we need? We don’t need __________.

7. How __________ apples do we need? We need _____ apples.

count nouns non-count nouns

apples sugar

peaches cinnamon

grapes milk

strawberries juice

oranges orange juice

bananas

cups

teaspoons

count nouns non-count nouns

1 teaspoon of sugar sugar

2 teaspoons of cinnamon cinnamon

3 cups of milk milk

4 cups of juice juice

1 cup of orange juice orange juice

1 cup of strawberries

2 cups of grapes

YOU CAN COUNT WORDS LIKE TEASPOON AND

CUP. USE THESE WORDS WITH COUNT AND

NON-COUNT NOUNS.

Preiew Containers (Page 19)

List food items under their correct container. Remember, some food items can come in more than

one kind of container. Make it a game. How many food items can you list below in 3 minutes?

a bag of

a box of a bottle of a bunch of

a can of

a carton of a container of a gallon of

a head of

a jar of a loaf of a package of

a six pack of

a slice of a stick of a tub of

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chicken wings

$1.99/lb

12 pack of soda

$4.99

potato chips

2 packages for

$4.00

strawberries

2 cartons for

$5.00

16 freshly baked

chocolate chip

cookies for $6.00

beef patties

$5.00/lb

jumbo grilled

shrimp

$5.99/lb

orange juice

$3.00/bottle

frozen french

fries

$2.99/package

8”x8” pan of

chocolate

brownies

$2.99

hamburger buns

2 packages for

$4.00

smoked sausage

$2.99/package

dill pickles

$1.40/jar

peanuts

$5.99/jar

cheese crackers

$2.49/box

boneless chicken

breasts $3.50/lb

fresh corn in the

husk 38¢ each

red wine

12.99/bottle

green olives

$3.99/jar

baked beans

$1.00/can

sparkling mineral

water

$1.99/bottle

tortilla chips

$1.69/bag

chocolate ice

cream cones $2.99

for a box of 8

snack crackers

$2.29/box

Read the ad above and plan a party. You have $50.00 to spend. Make a list

of what you want to buy and add the total. Work in a group.

Harry’s Supermarket

Weekly Ad

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Count and Non-count Nouns is a 26 page booklet of handouts and worksheets

that provide practice with the uses of count and non-count nouns in the context

of food and food shopping. It is designed for beginner level ESL/EFL students.

Many of the handouts and worksheets can be used individually, parts of the

booklet can be used as a mini lesson, or the entire booklet can be used as a longer

lesson.