Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs: Count x Non Count Nouns

This is a fantastic animated movie and its ecological message is subtle, but highly effective. It's also very funny.

A. Watch the movie segment TWICE and check the items that you can see OR that the characters say in the snippet. First, check that you understand all the words.

( ) EGGS

( ) TOAST

( ) ORANGE JUICE

( ) BACON

( ) CHEESEBURGERS

( ) CHICKEN

( ) WAFFLES

( ) FALAFELS

( ) JELLYBEANS

( ) AVOCADO

( ) PIZZA

( ) DOUGHNUTS

( ) BLT

( ) PIE

( ) FISH

( ) CRÈME BRULÉE

B. Now write down the food items under the correct column - COUNTABLE or NON-COUNTABLE.

ATTENTION:

Some nouns can be both countable or non-countable. Choose the column according to the information in the segment.



COUNTABLE X NON-COUNTABLE

EGGS ORANGE JUICE


C. Talk to a partner and say what you usually have for breakfast. Then say which foods in exercise A do you like and dislike.

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MOVIE SEGMENT DOWNLOAD - CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS

Answer Key:

Count:

EGGS, TOAST, CHEESEBURGERS, WAFFLES, FALAFELS, JELLYBEANS, DOUGHNUTS, BLT

Non-Count:

ORANGE JUICE, BACON, CHICKEN, AVOCADO, PIZZA, PIE, FISH, CRÈME BRULÉE