Chicken can mean a bird or its meat.
The idea
Count birds with a chicken and two chickens. Meat is usually uncountable: some chicken.
Examples
- A chicken is walking by the gate.
- Two chickens slept in the shed.
- We added chicken to the noodles.
- The chicken crossed the garden.
- Would you like some chicken with rice?
- Those chickens have brown feathers.
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Do not say a chicken for an unspecified amount of meat; it can mean a whole bird.
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Choose the correct word. Three ___ are looking for food in the yard. (chickens / chicken)
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chickens
Chickens counts the birds.
Choose the correct word. Please add some ___ to my sandwich. (chicken / chickens)
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chicken
Chicken names meat after some.
Choose the correct word. One bird is called ___. (a chicken / some chicken)
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a chicken
A chicken names one bird.
Practice round
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Choose the correct word. Three ___ are looking for food in the yard. (chickens / chicken)
Choose the correct word. Please add some ___ to my sandwich. (chicken / chickens)
Choose the correct word. One bird is called ___. (a chicken / some chicken)
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Tap the words in the right order.
Tap the words in the right order.
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