Do you like apple? Do you like apples?
shangshui
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I am a little bit lost with the use of a, an, and the. Can anyone help me?
e.g. Do you like apple? /Do you like an apple? /Do you like the apple? / Do you like apples
I know the second, the third sentance and the fourth are grammatically correct, but I just ask someone whether she/he like apples or not, not about how many apples and which apple. Is the first one correct?
and e.g. Sit on sofa or sit on the sofa, Watch TV or Watch the TV?
Answer phone or answer the phone?
Thanks in advance
Bigote Blanco
Senior Member
Do you like apple? /Do you like an apple? /Do you like the apple? / Do you like apples
Do you like apples? (apples in general, not a specific apple)
Do you like the apple?(a specific apple. the- identifies which apple.
Sit on the sofa. ( the- when speaking about a specific sofa)
Answer the phone( the — when speaking about a specific phone)
SpyroNinja
Member
The first one is never correct, unless «apple» is a name — of a person or of the computer company, for example, in which case it must be capitalized:
Do you like Apple?
Yes, I love my iPod.
Creed Bratton
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A is usually used before a word that starts with a non-vowel.
Usually an is used before a word that begins with a vowel.
An football does not sound good.
tomandjerryfan
Senior Member
A is usually used before a word that starts with a non-vowel.
Usually an is used before a word that begins with a vowel.
An football does not sound good.
Senior Member
Do you like apple?
Do you like an apple?
The word «an» has a similar meaning to «one.»
It doesn’t make sense to talk about liking one individual apple (but here we don’t know which one). You can like a type of apples, but you can’t really like a particular apple (we don’t know which one). You can, however, say «I like a girl,» meaning, «I like one individual girl, but you don’t know which one.»
You can also say, «would you like an apple?» (meaning, do you want an apple?)
Do you like the apple? (OK) (Do you like this apple?) This question is asking whether you like one particular apple, and we do know which one. You use this when the conversation has already made it clear which individual apple you’re talking about.
Do you like apples? (OK) (Do you like apples in general?)
Sit on sofa
Sit on the sofa (OK) (We know which one)
Sit on a sofa (OK) (This is less common. It means to sit on any sofa, we don’t know which one)
Answer phone
Answer the phone (OK) (We know which one)
Answer a phone (OK) (This is not common at all. It means to answer any phone, we don’t know which one. Of course usually we know which phone to answer—the one that is ringing!)
This is different:
Watch TV (OK) This is a standard phrase to describe the general action of watching TV. It does not usually take an article, because it does not matter which TV you are watching. Compare it to the phrase «eat dinner.» We are not thinking of «TV» or «dinner» as an object anymore. It does not matter which dinner you are eating, or which TV you are watching.
Watch the TV (OK) This is less common. You would only use it when you are talking about a specific TV.
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How do you like them apples?
What exactly does this phrase mean and in which situations is it used?
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It is used as an expression of gloating when someone turns the tables on someone else. There is a good example in the movie Good Will Hunting, where Matt Damon’s character (Will Hunting) gets a girl’s phone number in a Harvard bar where he, coming from working-class South Boston, is, despite his extraordinary intellect, socio-economically out of his league and is insulted by the Harvard rich kid (Clark) whom he has bested — actually, destroyed — in an argument. On the street later he sees his rival for the girl’s attention through a restaurant window. He goes up and raps on the glass to get the young man’s attention, and the following dialogue occurs:
Will: Well, I got her number. How do you like them apples?
It can also be used as an expression of surprise at a sudden turn of fortune.
Robusto’s answer does a good job explaining the meaning of the sentence, but for the sake of completeness, here’s the origin of the phrase.
Apparently during the first World War, the Allies had an anti-tank grenade which was colloquially referred to as a «toffee apple» thanks to the appearance of its bulb:
In the John Wayne movie «Rio Bravo», one of the characters launches a «toffee apple» at the enemy lines and says the phrase «How you like them apples?» referring, of course, to the bomb. As movie phrases are wont to do, it entered popular consciousness as a boastful expression of triumph.
I’m pretty sure that the phrase, «how do you like them apples,» does not appear in the Wizard of Oz. The apple tree says, «What do you think you’re doing!» and «How would you like to have someone come along and pick something off of you.»
Rio Bravo was a western — no one shot a «toffee apple» mortar in the movie. If they did use the phras, «how do you like them apples,» it would be an anachronism, because the phrase was apparently popularized during World War I.
The British had a trench mortar that was called a «toffee apple.» The same mortar was alternately called, «plum pot.»
Early in the war, before the «toffee apple» trench mortar was developed, soldiers made improvised explosive devices, grenades and mortars using empty «plum and apple» jam tins. The words «plum» and «apple» may have been associated with mortars and grenades as a result.
Other grenades were also called «apples» during the war, so it was not always a specific reference to the «toffee apple»-style trench mortar.
But even though the expression became popular during the war, there is one known example (as far as I know) of the expression used in Texas in 1895 (also at the above link), so it may have been regional or not widely known before it spread in the trenches of WWI. And its original meaning may not have had anything to do with trench mortars or grenades, even if they played a role in how troops understood or used the expression during the war:
Bryan is the best cotton market in this section of the state and has received more cotton than any other town in this section. How do you like «them apples?»
The Eagle, (Bryan, Texas), September 26, 1895, page 2.
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Учебник Spotlight 6. Student’s Book. Страница 86
Module 9а. Food and Drink — Еда и питье
1. a) Listen and repeat. Which of these items are fruit/meat/vegetables/ drinks/dairy products? Which of them are similar in your language? — Прослушай и повтори. Какие из этих предметов фрукты/мясо/овощи/напитки/ молочные продукты?
- fruit: apples, bananas — фрукты: яблоки, бананы
- meat: meat — мясо: мясо
- vegetables: carrots, potatoes, onions, tomatoes — овощи: морковь, картошка, лук, помидоры
- drinks: water, juice, milk, coffee — напитки: вода, сок, молоко, кофе
- dairy products: milk, cheese, yoghurt, ice-cream — молочные продукты: молоко, сыр, йогурт, мороженое
Комментарий: В указанные категории не входят eggs (яйца), bread (хлеб), pepper (перец), salt (соль), olive oil (оливковое масло), fish (рыба), honey (мед), cake (торт), biscuit (печенье), rice (рис), sugar (сахар)
b) Choose items from the picture and act out exchanges in pairs as in the example. — Выберите продукты с картинок и разыграйте диалоги в парах, как в примере
- A: Do you like fish? — Тебе нравится рыба?
- B: Yes, it’s delicious. /No, it’s horrible. — Да, она вкусная/ Нет, она ужасная.
- A: Do you like apples? — Тебе нравятся яблоки?
- B: Yes, they’re tasty. I also like oranges and bananas. Do you like fruits? — Да, они вкусные. Мне также нравятся апельсины и бананы. А тебе нравятся фрукты?
- A: No, I prefer meat, cheese, milk and yoghurt. Do you like yoghurt? — Нет, я предпочитаю мясо, сыр, молоко и йогурт. Тебе нравится йогурт?
- B: Yes, I do. Especially I like yoghurt with fruit pieces. — Да. Особенно я люблю йогурт с кусочками фруктов.
- A: Oh, yeah. You’ll never see yoghurt with meat pieces. Such a pity. — О да. Ты никогда не встретишь йогурт с кусочками мяса. А жаль.
2. Which of the words in Ex. 1 are: countable (we can count them)? uncountable (we can’t count them)? — Какие из слов в упр. 1: исчисляемые? неисчисляемые?
- milk — молоко —uncountable
- eggs — яйца —countable
- juice — сок —uncountable
- yoghurt — йогурт —uncountable
- water — вода —uncountable
- cheese — сыр — uncountable
- bread — хлеб —uncountable
- pepper — перец —uncountable
- salt — соль —uncountable
- olive oil — оливковое масло —uncountable
- meat — мясо —uncountable
- fish — рыба —uncountable
- potatoes — картофель —countable
- apples — яблоки —countable
- bananas — бананы —countable
- ice-cream — мороженое —uncountable
- honey — мёд —uncountable
- cake — торт —uncountable
- biscuit — печенье —countable
- tomatoes — помидоры —countable
- carrots — морковь —countable
- onions — лук —countable
- rice — рис —uncountable
- coffee — кофе —uncountable
- sugar — сахар —uncountable
Примечание: Давайте разберем, какие существительные могут считаться неисчисляемыми, а какие — исчисляемыми. Из самого названия понятно, что то, что можно посчитать (в штуках), является исчисляемым предметом. Различные жидкости, массы, сыпучие предметы нельзя посчитать в штуках (для этого используются другие меры веса и объема), если только у них нет индивидуальной упаковки.
Приведем примеры. Yoghurt — йогурт — является неисчисляемым предметом, а если мы говорим об индивидуальной упаковке, тогда йогурт становится исчисляемым. Сравните: вода (неисчисляемое) — бутылка воды (исчисляемое), торт (неисчисляемое) — кусочек торта (исчисляемое), хлеб (неисчисляемое) — буханка хлеба (исчисляемое) и т.д. Есть еще такие сложные слова как potatoes (картофель) — во множественном числе это слово исчисляемое, поскольку подразумевается несколько картофелин. А в единственном (potato) оно может быть как исчисляемым (одна картофелина), так и неисчисляемым, когда мы говорим о ней, как о еде (блюде).
3. a) Read the examples and the rules. — Прочитай примеры и правила
- To make this dish you need some tomatoes, an egg and some olive oil. — Чтобы приготовить это блюдо, тебе нужны несколько помидоров, яйцо и немного оливкового масла.
- We need to go to the supermarket; we haven’t got any eggs and we haven’t got much olive oil. We haven’t got many potatoes, either. — Нам нужно пойти в магазин; у нас нет яиц и у нас нет достаточно оливкового масла. У нас также не так много помидоров.
- Are there any tomatoes in the fridge? — Есть помидоры в холодильнике?
- I think we have a little milk and a few eggs. Do we need any olive oil? — Я думаю, у нас есть немного молока и несколько яиц. Нам нужно оливковое масло?
- We use some in the affirmative and any in the negative and the interrogative. — Мы используем some в утвердительных и any в отрицательных или вопросительных предложениях
- We use much (enough )/alittle (not much but enough) with uncountable nouns — Мы используем much (достаточно)/a little (не много, но достаточно) с неисчисляемыми существительными
- We use many (enough)/a few (not many but enough) with countable nouns. — Мы используем many (достаточно)/a few (не много, но достаточно) с исчисляемыми существительными
- We use a lot of with both countable and uncountable nouns. — Мы используем a lot of (много) и с исчисляемыми и с неисчисляемыми существительными (только в утвердительных предложениях).
Подробно об употреблении some/any можно прочитать в нашем грамматическом справочнике.
b) Look at the picture in Ex. 1 and ask and answer questions. — Посмотри на картинку в упр. 1, задай вопросы и ответь на них.
- A: Is there any milk? — Есть молоко?
- B: Yes, there’s some milk. — Да, есть немного молока.
- A: Is there any sugar? — Есть сахар?
- B: Not much. — Не много.
- A: Are there any tomatoes? — Есть помидоры?
- B: Not many. — Не много
- A: Are there any eggs? — Есть яйца?
- B: Yes, there’re some eggs. — Да, есть яйца.
- A: Are there any carrots in the fridge? — Есть морковка в холодильнике?
- B: Yes, there’re some. — Да, есть.
- A: Do you see bananas in the fridge? — Ты видишь бананы в холодильнике?
- B: Yes, I see many bananas in our fridge? — Да, я вижу много бананов.
- A: Is there any juice? — Есть сок?
- B: Yes, there is a little. — Да, есть немного.
- A: Is there any bread? — Есть хлеб?
- B: Yes, there is a lot of bread. — Да, есть много хлеба.
- A: Is there any cheese in the fridge? — Есть сок в холодильнике?
- B: No, there isn’t any. — Нет.
- A: Is there any sugar? — Есть сахар.
- B: We haven’t much sugar? — У нас нет много сахара.
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