Countable and uncountable technology activities

Countable and uncountable technology activities

Use the list below to do the activity or activities from here that your teacher tells you to:

• Decide what you need to set up a new office, a new home, a new company, etc
• Find things in common with your partner
• Find things you have more of than your partner and/ or use more than your partner

Your teacher will tell you which version of the list to use.

 

Useful language for doing the activities “How many…?” “How much…?” “How often…?” “a lot (of)” “quite a lot (of)” “some” “a few”/ “a little”/ “not many”/ “not much” “a couple (of)” “one”/ “a”/ “an” “no”

 

When your teacher stops you, ask about any words below which you don’t understand, aren’t sure how to use, etc, using those to continue the activity above as a class (e.g. trying to find things in common with that word).

 

Look at the Without -S Version. Put “-s” at the end of any word which can take it (i.e. any words which are countable), leaving the others (uncountable nouns) without -s.

AND/ OR
Do the brainstorming stage below.  

 

Check with the version of the worksheet with -s already on it. Other answers are possible, so please check if you wrote anything different.

 

Countable and uncountable technology list – with -s version

• air conditioners/ air conditioning
• amusement arcades/ video arcades
• answerphone messages/ voice mail
• applications/ apps/ software
• batteries
• computer games/ video games/ game consoles
• desktop computers/ PCs
• digital cameras
• dishwashers
• e-cigarettes
• electricity
• electronic equipment for your work
• hardware
• laptops
• memory
• microwaves/ microwave ovens
• microwavable food/ microwavable meals
• music
• music files
• online English practice
• photocopiers
• photocopy paper
• podcasts
• printers/ printer ink
• programming
• remote controls
• satellite TV/ cable television
• satnav/ satellite navigation
• scanners
• sci-fi/ science fiction
• smart speakers
• smartphones
• spam/ spam mail
• tablets
• teleconferences/ videoconferencing
• torches/ flashlights
• vending machines
• (computer) viruses
• vlogs/ vloggers
• VR headsets/ virtual reality headsets
• washing machines
• wearable technology (smartwatch, etc)
• websites
• webcams
• Wi-Fi

Countable and uncountable technology list – without -s version

• air conditioner/ air conditioning
• amusement arcade/ video arcade
• answerphone message/ voice mail
• application/ app/ software
• battery
• computer game/ video game/ game console
• desktop computer/ PC
• digital camera
• dishwasher
• e-cigarette
• electricity
• electronic equipment for your work
• hardware
• laptop
• memory
• microwave oven
• microwavable food/ microwavable meal
• music
• music file
• online English practice
• photocopier
• photocopy paper
• podcast
• printer/ printer ink
• programming
• remote control
• satellite TV/ cable television
• satnav/ satellite navigation
• scanner
• sci-fi/ science fiction
• smart speaker
• smartphone
• spam/ spam mail
• tablet
• teleconference/ videoconferencing
• torch/ flashlight
• vending machine
• (computer) virus
• vlog/ vlogger
• VR headset/ virtual reality headset
• washing machine
• wearable technology (smartwatch, etc)
• website
• webcam
• Wi-Fi

Brainstorming stage

Firstly without looking above, put suitable words in each column below. Many more things not above are also possible.

Look at the list above, then brainstorm more.

Compare your extra ideas as a class.