Lesson Plans: Countable and Uncountable

Count and non-count nouns in EAP review.

Count and non-count nouns practice by comparing places.

A fun board game on types of words which are usually countable and uncountable in which students move around depending on the answers of their partners (without the need for a dice).

Countable nouns that have the same meaning as uncountable nouns matching game

Countable and uncountable presentation through guessing the place game

Students discuss the economics of basic everyday goods for count and non-count nouns practice, including plural and uncountable error correction.

Deciding what to take on your travels countable and uncountable nouns discussion.

Deciding how many/ much countable and uncountable nouns discussion

Students plan how much and how many of count and non-count food and drink to include in a multinational lunch, including nouns which are both countable and uncountable with different meanings.

A speaking game in which students try to get particular answers with how much and how many questions, including Make Me Say Yes and a card game, good for quantifiers with count and non-count nouns.

Students discuss how to stock a new kitchen with count and non-count food and drink, including practice of making uncountable nouns countable with words for containers.

Business English roleplay speaking activities for count and non-count nouns practice, including meetings and negotiations situations to act out.

Personalised speaking practice of count and non-count nouns on the topic of students' recent lives, including quantifiers with different kinds of nouns presentation.

Practising count and non-count nouns and learner training as students discuss good ways to learn English, also good practice for the language of advice.

Students make sensible or silly drawings in response to how many or how much questions and answers with there is/ are, countable and uncountable nouns, and prepositions of position.

Students compare how much and how many in their recent lives, for personalised count and non-count nouns speaking practice.

Students rank, ask, answer and make good, so-so and unsuitable count and non-count personal questions, for grammar and cultural awareness practice, with suitable countable and uncountable noun questions for real-life speaking.

Nouns which are sometimes countable and sometimes uncountable, with different meanings

Kinds of words that are often uncountable listening game

Nouns which have different meanings when they are uncountable and when they are countable review, making the meanings clear and memorable through sketches.