Chapter 3, Book 4ALongman Welcome to

English

When our grandparents were young

cola old cola new cola

chewing gum

fast food

a clock two clocks

a comic

two comics

CDs

a CD

air-cons

a air-con

a mobile phone

two mobile phones

Are they countable? 它们可数吗？

No Yes Yes Yes

No No Yes Yes

There is some…. Is there any…? Yes, there is.

No, there isn’t.

There are some…. Are there any…? Yes, there are.

No, there aren’t.

grandpa grandma

grandparents

I saw my grandparents

They are old.

50 yeas ago

They were young.

Is there any cola? WasYes, there was.

Is there any fast food?

WasNo, there wasn’t.

…when you were young.

Questions我们使用 was 或者 were 表示疑问 .

Yes,

thereNo,

was.

wasn’t.

Was there any50 years ago?when you were young?

fast foodcola

不可数名词

Questions我们使用 was 或者 were 表示疑问 .

Yes,

thereNo,

were.

weren’t.

Were there any50 years ago?when you were young?

CDs air-cons

可数名词用复数形式

Yes, there were.

any bicycles?

Were there any bicycles when you were young, Grandpa?

No, there weren’t.

any air-cons?

Were there any air-cons when you were young, Grandpa?

Was there any ice cream when you were young, Grandpa?

Yes, there was.

Practice

any ice cream?

No, there wasn’t.

any fast food?

Was there any fast food when you were young, Grandpa?

any chewing gum?

Was there any fast food when you were young, Grandpa?

No, there wasn’t.

1.______ there any cola when you were young?

Yes, there _________.

2. ______ there ____ air-cons when you ______ young?

No, there __________.

3. Yesterday Mary won a prize. She _______ happy.

4. When we ______ young, there ______ any fast food.

5. _______the children tired yesterday?

Yes, they ________.

Was

was

Were any were

weren’t

was

were wasn’t

Were

were