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COUNTABLE

UNCOUNTABLE

a few

some

some

any

much

many

a lot of

not...much not...many not...any

meeting

petrol

cheese

paper

water

letter

traffic

alcohol

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exercise

time

computer

food

problem

wine

customer

book

machine

experience

money

employee

fruit

luggage

news

equipment

information

work

furniture

advice

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This matching and speaking activity is great for teaching or reviewing expressions of
quantity. Students not only have to distinguish between countable and uncountable nouns.
They also have to make sentences using words like much, many, some, any, a lot of, etc.
Before class, make one copy of the cards for each group of three. Cut as indicated and put
the cards into two sets grey and white.
Procedure
Divide the class into groups of three.
Give each group a set of white cards.
Tell the groups to put the two heading cards countable and uncountable face up. The noun
cards should be placed face down.
Students take it in-turns to turn over a noun card and match it with a heading. For each
correct match, the students win a point.
When the students have correctly matched all of the noun cards, give each group the grey
cards, face down in a pile.
In turn, students pick up a card and make a sentence with an appropriate noun. For each
grammatically correct sentence, the students win a point.
The other group members judge each sentence. If they are unsure whether it is correct, they
can ask the teacher.

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