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Revise - How much and How many in Lesson 36

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Making uncountable nouns countable
Noun
Uncountable	Sugar	Jewellery	Cheese	Wine	Furniture	Money
Uncountable Question	How much sugar is there?	How much jewellery is there?	How much cheese is there?	How much wine is there?	How much furniture is there?	How much money is there?
Answer	There's a lot of sugar.	There's some jewellery.	There's a lot of cheese.	There's some wine.	There's some furniture.	There's a lot of money.
Add a word	bowl	piece	round	bottle	piece	bag
Make it Countable	A bowl of sugar.	A piece of jewellery.	A round of cheese.	A bottle of wine.	A piece of furniture.	A bag of money.
Countable Question	How many bowls of sugar are there?	How many pieces of jewellery are there?	How many rounds of cheese are there?	How many bottles of wine are there?	How many pieces of furniture are there?	How many bags of money are there?
Answer	There's one bowl of sugar.	There are two pieces of jewellery.	There are three rounds of cheese.	There's one bottle of wine.	There are two pieces of furniture.	There are four bags of money.

Other words you can add to make uncountable nouns countable:-

You can put uncountable nouns into a container to count them:-	For example
bag	A bag of money.
barrel	A barrel of beer.
bottle	A bottle of wine.
bowl	A bowl of sugar.
box	A box of cereal.
bucket	A bucket of water.
can	A can of Coke.
carton	A carton of milk.
cup	A cup of coffee.
glass	A glass of water.
jar	A jar of honey.
packet	A packet of butter.
a saucepan	A saucepan of rice.
spoon	A spoonful of sugar.
tank	A tank of petrol.
tin	A tin of custard.
tub	A tub of margarine.
tube	A tube of toothpaste.

You can measure uncountable nouns to make them countable:-
litre
pint
pound / ounce / kilo etc...

You can also measure uncountable nouns in different ways:-
ball	A ball of wool.
bar	A bar of soap.
blade	A blade of grass.
flake	A flake of snow.
handful	A handful of sand.
piece	A piece of cake.
pinch	A pinch of salt.

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