Exercise 19. Are the nouns in the box below countable or uncountable? Place “a/an” before countable nouns and “some” before uncountable ones.
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| countable | uncountable |
| a toast | some information |
| apple, camera crew, test, distribution, advice, editing, make-up, chocolate, milk, director, bread, grip, cheese, photography, meat, box, board, camera, image, tea, member, coffee, sugar, quality, salt, metal, wood, part, plastic, silk, litre of juice, news, tube of toothpaste, script, box of sweets, film-making, loaf of bread, continuity-girl, knowledge, aesthetics, rehearsal, history, treatment, bottle of water , cup, art, information, metre of cotton, music, English, clothes, fork, knife, piece of news, piece of advice, slice of meat, furniture, shooting, money, dollar, cutter, education, bar of chocolate |
ОБОРОТ THERE IS / THERE ARE
Оборот there is/there are употребляется для обозначения наличия кого-то или чего-то в определенном месте или в определенное время.
There is a newspaper on the table. – На столе (лежит) газета.
There are a few mistakes in my dictation. – У меня в диктанте (есть) несколько ошибок.
На русский язык такие предложения часто переводятся с конца, с обстоятельства места или времени.
Вопросительная и отрицательная форма:
Is there a screening room on the third floor? – На четвёртом этаже есть (имеется) просмотровый зал?
Yes, there is.
No, there is not / isn't. There isn't a screening room on the third floor. or There is no screening room on the third floor.
Are there many stars in this film? – В этом фильме много звезд?
Yes, there are.
No, there are not / aren't. There aren't many stars in this film.
В каком числе поставить глагол “to be” – в единственном (is) или во множественном (are) – зависит от того, в каком числе стоит ближайшее к нему существительное.
There area lot of supermarketsand one theatre in that town.
There is one theatreand a lot of supermarkets in that town.
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