How to differentiate between countable nouns and uncountable ones. how to change singular noun to plurals for tourism students

1. COUNTABLE
&
UNCOUNTAB
LE
ENGLISH FOR TOURISM 4
PANCASILA UNIVERSITY
JAKARTA
WASI WIDAYADI, ST., MBA.

2. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
1. Gas: air, steam, oxygen, etc
2. Liquid: water, oil, soup, etc
3. Particles: salt, sand, corn, etc
4. Abstract: experience, happiness, patience,
etc
5. Categories:
 chairs, tables, cupboards  furniture
 bananas, oranges, grapes  fruit
 letter, packages, postcards  mail
!!! UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS  SINGULAR

3. PRACTICE 1
Put these words into the right categories:
countable nouns or uncountable nouns.
assignment fruit clothing dress
vegetable fact vocabulary information
traffic car word novel
mail literature corn pea
letter homework coin money
Countable Uncountable

4. Plurals
1. school, house
 schools, houses +s
2. kiss, dish, church, tax, buzz
 kisses, dishes, churches,
taxes, buzzes +es
3. baby, city
 babies, cities +ies
toy toys
-cy  -cies -vy  vs

5. Plurals
3. tomato, radio, volcano
 tomatoes, radios, volcanos/oes +s/es
4. wolf, knife
 wolves, knives +ves
except: chef, chief, roof, cliff +s
5. sheep, deer, species
 sheep, deer, species no
change

6. Plurals
6. child, tooth, mouse
 children, teeth, mice
7. alumnus, datum, criterion
 alumni, data, criteria

7. Practice 2
Change the nouns to plurals.
1. Dormitory 11. Goose
2. Belief 12. Volcano
3. Leaf 13. Fax
4. Piano 14. Species
5. Wish 15. Bacterium
6. Stitch 16. Half
7. Opinion 17. Roof
8. Mosquito 18. Ox
9. Louse 19. Hero
10. Attorney 20. Phenomenon

8. Many/Much, Few/Little
Many
+ Countable (plurals)
Few
Much
+ Uncountable (singular
Little

9. Practice 3
Add much / many (1-10) and little / few (11-
20). Change the nouns to plurals if needed.
1. machinery 11. song
2. machine 12. music
3. equipment 13. stuff
4. tool 14. thing
5. hardware 15. sandwich
6. bracelet 16. bread
7. jewelry 17. poetry
8. jewel 18. poem
9. suggestion 19. novel
10. advice 20. literature