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Academic English- Countable and Uncountable Nouns with the Same Meaning

A LESSON PLAN FOR ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEACHERS

Synonyms of uncountable nouns in EAP

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Academic English Countable and uncountable with the same meaning

Instructions for teachers

Cut up one pack of cards per group of two to four students, then make one more copy per student. Each group spreads their pack of cards across the table and matches up pairs of words with similar meanings. When they have nearly finished ask them what the differences are each time (= one in each pair is countable, i.e. often takes “-s”, and the other is uncountable), then ask them to work together to guess which is which in each pair. This should also help those groups who are still trying to match the pairs up.

Give out the extra copies of the worksheet for them to check their answers with. (The cards are matched in the table with the uncountable one on the left each time.)

They can then test each other on the vocabulary by:

  • saying a countable and uncountable pair and seeing if their partner can say which is which
  • saying a countable and uncountable pair and seeing if their partner can repeat back the right one with -s
  • saying a countable one and seeing if their partner can say the matching uncountable one
  • saying an uncountable one and seeing if their partner can say the matching countable one
  • saying any one and seeing if their partner can say the matching one
  • saying both of a pair with -s and seeing if their partner can say which is wrong
  • choosing a word for their partner to make an example sentence with

Uncountable

Countable

Uncountable

Countable

 

violence

 

 

attack

 

advice

 

recommendation

 

research

 

 

academic paper

 

automation

 

machine

 

equipment

 

 

device

 

evidence

 

clue

 

body language

 

 

gesture

 

homework

 

assignment

 

work/ labour

 

 

job

 

 

jargon

 

technical term

 

knowledge

 

 

fact

 

 

significance

 

meaning

 

progress

 

 

improvement

 

software

 

program

 

training/ education

 

 

course

 

transport/ transportation

 

vehicle

 

travel

 

 

journey

 

trouble

 

problem

 

 

vocabulary

 

 

word

 

staff/ workforce

 

employee

 

availability

 

 

supply

 

 

destruction

 

collapse

 

communication

 

 

conversation

 

land/ property

 

estate

 

money

 

 

fee/ charge

 

 

finance

 

loan

 

intelligence

 

 

mind/ brain

 

legislation

 

law

 

maintenance

 

 

repair

 

military

 

army

 

thinking

 

 

notion/ idea

 

 

technology

 

gadget

 

status

 

 

position

 

 

 

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