Teacher Notes: Countable Uncountable idea advice man work woman bread child entertainment dish equipment table experience (doing something) photo flour life food vegetable fruit coin furniture holiday gum country hair (on a person/animal) ocean homework flower information suitcase luggage clock music umbrella pants newspaper paper friend rice bus soap movie/film traffic trip/journey travel theatre weather job wine Objective: to decide whether a noun is countable/uncountable Prep: Make copies for each pair Cut apart one set (page) of cards for each pair Instructions: In pairs/small groups, students decide whether each noun is more commonly used as a countable or uncountable noun then place it under the correct heading Once students have finished, give them a copy of the answer key to compare their answers with and make corrects Discuss common errors as a class Expansion: Have student make sentences using the most common errors Have students look through magazines and add to list (by categories – ex sports, food) For higher level students add another heading (Both) for those nouns that can be used as countable and uncountable