Valentine’s Day: Countable vs. Uncountable
Starting Conversation
What would make your perfect Valentine’s Day? And what would be your worst?
Understanding Grammar
Which option on each line below makes more sense for Valentine’s Day?
- lots of love/ lots of lovers
- receiving lots of card/ receiving lots of cards
- some chocolate/ some chocolates
- a date/ some data
- some flour/ some flowers
- some jewellery/ some jewels
- a romantic meal/ some romantic meal
- some romance/ some romances
- a surprise/ some surprise
Match the words with their meanings to check your answers:
- a bar of chocolate
- a feeling of shock
- boyfriends, girlfriends, etc
- breakfast, lunch, or dinner
- diamonds, rubies, etc
- hard, thick paper, like thin cardboard
- individual sweets with different fillings
- meeting up with someone romantically
- necklaces, rings, etc
- one or more romantic things
- romantic relationships
- something unexpected and expensive
- statistics/ figures/ numbers
- things sent with greetings
- white powder used in baking
Discuss as a class:
Which words are countable and which are uncountable?
Which quantifiers go with countable and uncountable nouns?
Practicing Speaking Skills
Choose words from the table below to describe the best or worst Valentine’s Day and see if your partner agrees.
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The best Valentine’s Day would include
The worst Valentine’s Day would include
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no a/ an one a couple of a few a little not much not many some a lot of many so much so many a huge number of a huge amount of
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alcohol/ champagne argument/ fight/ row balloon bouquet candle(lit meal) candy (anonymous) card chocolate compliment confession date email/ (love) letter ex flashmob flirting flower gift/ present gold in-law jealousy jewel/ diamond jewellery lie/ lying lingerie marriage/ wedding matchmaker/ matchmaking meal (live/ harp) music(ian) perfume phone call photo/ selfie poem/ poetry promise/ vow proposal/ engagement ring romance rom-com rose speech stuffed animal/ teddy bear sympathy/ commiseration tattoo tear/ crying violinist
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(-s) (-es) (-ies)
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