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Episode 9 Part 4
The WIZARD has stopped the previous scene. WIZARD: Hmm, what do you think TSHOMBE will do? Will he tell the truth about his income and pay more taxes? Or will he lie about his income so he doesn't have to pay the extra money? Before we find out, let's review today's language lesson. Countable nouns are things you can count. One, two, three, etc. When you have more than one of these nouns, you add an 's' or an 'es' to make it plural. Watch and listen. PAT SPRINGDALE: And I will take these two 'rings'. And these four 'necklaces'. MS. CATHY: Do you have two 'jobs' ? WIZARD: Let's look at non-count nouns. Non count nouns are nouns you can't make plural with an S. Instead, you add a container or some form of measurement. The container gets an 'S' or an 'ES' at the end. Watch and listen. ANNA: Could I have two 'glasses' of 'lemonade', please? WIZARD: You can't count lemonade. You don't say "two lemonades". You say two 'glasses' of lemonade. You add an 'es' to 'glass' to make 'glasses'. Let's look at another example: CATHY: You also deducted (reading) twenty cases of sugar and three hundred bags of ice?
