2. A. Noncount Versus Count Nouns
B. How Much Versus How Many
C. (A) Little Versus (A) Few
D. Not Much Versus Not Many
3. A. Noncount Versus Count Nouns
Noncount nouns include the following:
Ideas(history, knowledge)
Emotions or feeling (love, peace)
Activities (tennis, swimming)
Mass nouns-things that you can measure
(gasoline,rice) or group together (furniture). The
most common mass nouns are names of food.
4. Structures Nouns Explanations Examples
Noncount
Nouns
Bread coffee
Butter meat
Cheese rice
Noncount nouns are
singular and take
singular verbs. Do
not use a or an with
noncount nouns.
Instead, you can use
adjectives such as
some and any.
We need bread.
There isn’t any coffee
left.
Is there some rice?
Count
Nouns
Business a business
Chicken a chicken
Glass a glass
Cake a cake
Some nouns are
either count or
noncount,
depending on theor
meaning. A or an can
be used with these
nouns when they are
count nouns.
Whe’re having chicken
for dinner.
Heve you ever held a
chicken?
We need glass for the
window.
Could I have a glass of
water?
5. Noncount Nouns Count Nouns
Employment jobs
occupations
Homework assignments
Exercises
Information facts
statistics
Love dates
Feelings
News Broadcasts
Programs
Violence Argumants
Fights
weather Climates
Storm
Noncount Versus Count Nouns
6. How much and how many are used to ask questions about quality.
Structure Explanation Examples
Noncount
Nouns
How much is used to ask questions
with noncount nouns. Answers to
these questions may include a variety
of indefinite adjectives such as a lot
(of), lots of, some, much, (a) little, or
not... any
How much bread do we
have?
We have a little bread?
We don’t have any bread.
Count
Nouns
How many is usedto ask questions
with count nouns. Answer to these
questions may include a variety of
indefinite adjectives such as a lot (of),
lots of, some, many, (a) few, or not...
Any.
How many loaves of bread
should I buy?
Don’t buy very many loaves.
Buy a few loaves of bread.
B. How Much Versus How Many
7. Note:
The expression some, (not) any, a lot of,
and lots of may be used with both
counts and noncount nouns
Note:
The expressions (a) little, (a) few, (not)
much, and (not) many are used with
Noncount nouns
8. C. (A) Little Versus (A) Few
Phrases that express
quantities or
amounts can be used
with nouns. Some
are used with count
nouns, and others
are with noncount
nouns.
A few, few, and not many are
used with count nouns.
A little, little, and not much are
used with noncount nouns.
Not many, few, not much, and
little mean “a small amount”
(perhaps nott enough)
Not many and not much are more
common in conversational English
than few and little.
9. (A) Little Versus (A) Few
With Count Nouns
• A few
There are a few apples left.
(there are some apples left)
• Few
Few apples are left
(not as many as we want or
need)
With Noncount Nouns
• A little
There is a little milk left in
the carton.
(There is some milk left.)
• Little
There is little milk left.
(probably not enough)
10. D. Not Much Versus Not Many
• Not Many
– There aren’t many apples left.
• Not Much
– There isn’t much milk left in the carton.
