Grammar 4 Countable and Uncountable nouns

2. Grammar 4
Countable and
Un countable
Nouns
 Countable and uncountable nouns are also
know as “count” nouns and “non-count” (or
mass) nouns.
 Do you remember “proper nouns” and
“common nouns”?
 Proper nouns: start with a capital letter and
are the names given to particular people,
places and dates.
 Common nouns: are the names of everyday
things and often have the articles “a”, “an”
or “the” in front of them.

3. C0llective,
concrete and
abstract nouns
Possessive
nouns
Are you familiar with collective nouns
(the names for groups of people,
animals or things), concrete nouns
(thins we can see, hear, smell, taste or
touch physically and using 5 senses)
and abstract nouns (the names for
things like ideas, feelings, actions,
qualities and events).
Remember possessive nouns? Ex,
Claudia´s backpack orYear 5 students´
textbooks.

4. Countable and
uncountable
nouns
 Most nouns have a singular and plural forms:
girls, dogs, foxes, dishes….
 Some irregular plurals: men, women,
children, mice, sheep, wolves…
 Nouns like these, which can be counted, that
can have “a” or “an” in front of them and
have a plural form, are called “countable”
nouns.

5. Let´s go on a
picnic!
 What would we take?
 You might like some bred and
butter, some honey and jam, or
some cheese.
 Can we buy a bread or two jams
at the supermarket?
 Instead, we use general
descriptions like “some”, “ a lot
of” or “more” and if we want to
express a specific quantity, we
use noun phrases like “a loaf of
bread” or “a jar of jam”. We do
not ask “how may” as we would
with countable nouns, but “how
much?” instead.

6. Uncountable
nouns
 This is because, in
English, these things
are thought of as a
single idea or as
something that is
too hard to divide.
 You might bring two
cakes and a big roast
chicken to the picnic
(countable), then sit
down and eat some
chicken and cake
(uncountable).

7. Uncountable
nouns
What about rice, sugar, pasta,
flour, milk, food rain, snow,
thunder, lightning, weather, gold,
silver, money, luggage, traffic
furniture, music?

8. Excercise
 Countable: ant, apple, banana, basket, blanket,
bottle, cake, chicken, cup, dish, egg, flask, fork,
grape, jar, knife, napkin, orange, plate, spoon,
sandwich
 Uncountable: bread, butter, cake, cheese, chicken,
coffee, soup, tea, frit, grass, honey, jam, lemonade,
mustard, pepper, salt, water.
 Quantities: a jug of lemonade, water, two slices of
bread, cake, cheese, chicken, a loaf of bread, a
spoonful of honey, jam, mustard, pepper, salt, five
bottles of lemonade, mustard, water, a cup of
coffee, soup, tea, lemonade, water, three pieces of
bread, cake, cheese, chicken, fruit, a jar of coffee,
honey, jam, mustard.

9. Spelling List 4
Numerical
Prefixes for 4,
5 and 6
 English words relating to the numbers
four, five and six also have prefixes
influenced by Latin and Greek. Words
beginning with quad (r) or quar come
from the Latin words, quattuor and
quartus, meaning four and fourth.
Quin- comes from the Latin word
quinque and penta from the Greek
word pente both meaning five.
 Six comes form the Greek, hexa and
sex-from the Latin.
 Spelling list
 quad, quintet, quadrant, quartet,
sextet, hexagon, pentagon, quarter,
quadruple, hexagonal, pentathlon,
sextant, quadrangle, pentagram,
quadruped, pentameter, sextuplet,
quadrilateral