A.
ASKING EXISTENCE
Read the dialog below with your friend!
Adam : Hana where will you go?
Hana : Oh… I will go to my grandmother’s house.
Adam : Why do you go there?
Hana : Oh because I want to give her these flowers.
Adam : how many flowers do you bring?
Hana : Oh… I bring a lot for her, there are rose, orchid,
chrysanthemum flower.
Then where will you go Adam with those milk?
Adam : I will sell them.
Hana : Then how much do you bring for today?
Adam : I bring ten bottles of milk.
Hana : Well, I hope you can sell them all.
Adam : thanks Hana, and be careful on the way.
From the text above, we can use these sentences to ask the existence of things or people:
1. How many… (for countable noun)
2. How much… (for uncountable noun)
Example:
1. Tom : How many pens do you have?
Jack : I have two pens.
2. A’an : How much water do you drink in a day?
Sandra : I drink eight glass of water in a day.
List of countable and uncountable noun
Countable Nouns
Uncountable Nouns
Singular Plural
Book (buku) Books Furniture (perabot)
Pencil (pensil) Pencils Food (makanan)
Blackboard (papan tulis) Blackboards Paper (kertas)
Boy (anak laki-laki) Boys Air (udara)
Teacher (guru) Teachers History (sejarah)
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Child (anak Children Vocabulary
Person (orang) People Money (uang)
Woman (wanita) Women Iron (besi)
Man (laki-laki) Men Sand (pasir)
Box (kotak) Boxes Information (informasi)
Tomato (tomat) Tomatoes Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia)
Mouse (tikus) Mice Meat (daging)
Scissors (gunting) - Ink (tinta)
Glasses (kacamata) - Gold (emas)
Note:
To make sure that the uncountable noun is plural we can add some, any, much, and a
lot of.
Note:
+es digunakan saat huruf
Task 1 terakhir dari countable noun
adalah o, ch, sh, ss, dan x.
Fill in the blanks by using how much or how many!
1. ____________ apples do you eat in a day?
2. ____________ girls are in the class?
3. ____________ milk do you drink in a day?
4. ____________ bus that crosses this way?
5. ____________ chickens are in the Jenkin’s farm?
6. ____________ paper do you need for your letter?
7. ____________ furniture are in your home?
8. ____________ heroes are in the Avanger movie?
9. ____________ feet do the cow have?
10. ____________ money do you have?
Task 2
Underline T (True) if the words in the bold type is correct and F (False) if it is incorrect
1. There are thirty students in my class. (T / F)
2. I have some papers in my bag. (T / F)
3. My car doesn’t need much oil. (T / F)
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4. Today, I buy a lot of story books. (T / F)
5. My mother watches a breaking news on the television. (T / F)
B. SHOWING EXISTENCE
Read the dialog below with your friend.
Jack : Thomas did you visit city zoo yesterday?
Thomas : Yes I did.
Jack : How many animals are in there?
Thomas : Oh… The zoo has many collections of animals. There are elephant, lion,
tiger, zebra, monkey, and crocodile. You have to there.
Jack : Sounds great, I will go there tomorrow.
Thomas : Yes, be careful on the way Jack.
Jack : Thanks, Thomas.
From the dialog above we know that the city zoo has many collection of animals, such
as elephant, lion, penguin, kangaroo, shark, komodo, giraffe, and many more.
In showing the existence of things or people, we may use this form;
There is… and there are… (ada)
There is… (Singular) There are… (Plural)
There is a girl There are three girls.
If you do not know the exact
There is a cat There are ten cats
amount of the things, you can
There is one book There are six books use many, some, much, few,
and little before the things.
After showing the existence of things or people, do not forget to give the information
of location by giving the prepositions;
Prepositions Example
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In ( di dalam) There is a girl in the class.
On (di atas) There are two books on the table.
Under (di bawah) There is a cat under the table.
Behind (di belakang) There is a garden behind my house.
In front of (di depan) There are ten pencils in front of your laptop.
Beside (di samping) There is a boy beside you.
Example:
There is a tiger under the tree.
There is a lion in front of the elephant.
There is a crocodile beside the elephant.
There is an elephant behind the lion.
There are three monkeys on the tree.
There are three zebras beside the elephant.
Task 3
Mention the things on the picture and the location!
1. There is a picture on the
wall.
2. …
3. …
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