A brief explanation of Nouns, articles and there is there are

1. Countable vs.
Uncountable Nouns
Noun Plurals
There is There are
A An Some Any

2. UNCOUNTABLE
COUNTABLE NOUNS
NOUNS CANNOT
HAVE PLURALS:
BE COUNTED: Some examples:
Some examples: A cat - Three cats
Sugar, A tree – Six trees
Bread, A city – Two cities
Milk, A kiss – Some kisses
News, A woman – Some women
Money, A foot – Two feet
Cheese,
Water

4. REGULARS: Add: Regular Plurals:
–s CarS, BookS, ShopS, dayS,
-es (after s/ x/sh/ch/z) ….
BoxES, WatchES, SandwichES
-ies (after consonant AND: …TomatoES, PotatoES,
+y) …
City  CitIES, Baby  Babies
- Sometimes the Leaf  Leaves , shelf 
Endings F or /fe  ShelVes
IRREGULARS: ves Life  Lives, half  halVes
Common Irregular Plurals:
Have NO rules. You Foot  Feet, Goose  Geese
have to learn the Man  Men , Woman 
plural forms. Women
Child  Children
Person  People
M/Louse  M/ Lice
Sheep  Sheep , Fish  Fish

6. There IS + Singular or Uncountable Noun:
- There is a tree in the garden
- There is some milk in my coffee
There ARE + Plural Noun:
- There are some cars in the garage
- There are two boys in the classroom.
Affirmative: There is… / There are…
Negative: There isn’t… / There aren’t…
Interrogative: Is there…? / Are there…?
Short Answer: Yes, there is / No, there aren’t.

7. A/ AN + SINGULAR Nouns:
A + Consonant There’s a book on my desk
An+ Vowel & Mute There’s an apple on the
consonants kitchen table
SOME in AFFIRMATIVE There’s some sugar in my
+ coffee.
UNCOUNTABLE There are some biscuits for
& PLURAL Nouns breakfast.
ANY In the NEGATIVE & There isn’t any milk left.
INTERROGATIVE Is there a free room?
+ UNCOUNTABLE & There aren’t any chips today.
PLURAL Nouns Are there any students in
class?

9. There’s an ambulance at the door.
There are some children in the park.
There isn’t any gas in the car!
There aren’t any computers in this
classroom.
Is there a swimming pool in the
garden?
Are there any fish in the pond?
 Lots of Practice here

10. There’s an ambulance at the door.
There are some children in the park.
There isn’t any gas in the car!
There aren’t any computers in this
classroom.
Is there a swimming pool in the
garden?
Are there any fish in the pond?
 Lots of Practice here