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Countable and uncountable nouns
- 1. Countable andCountable and UncountableNounsUncountable Nouns
- 2. What are countablenouns? Countable nouns are individual objects, people, places, etc. which can be counted. A countable noun can be both singular - a friend, a house, etc. - or plural - a few apples, lots of trees, etc.
- 3. Use the singularform of the verb with a singular countable noun: dog, cat, animal, man, person bottle, box, litre coin, note, dollar cup, plate, fork table, chair, suitcase, bag Countable nouns can be singular or plural: My dog is playing. My dogs are hungry.
- 4. Countable nouns havea plural form Singular: a car an eggplant three Plural: some dolls many
- 5. Uncountable Nouns Uncountable nounsare substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself. Here are some more uncountable nouns:
- 6. Uncountable Nouns music, art,love, happiness advice, information, news furniture, luggage rice, sugar, butter, water electricity, gas, power money, currency
- 7. We usually treatuncountable nouns as singular : We use a singular verb. For example: This news is very important. Your luggage looks heavy. You can count uncountable nouns if you use:You can count uncountable nouns if you use: A piece of… cheese A bowl of… soup A cup of… tea A bottle of…wine A carton of…milk A bar of… chocolate MILK
- 8. Here are someof the most common containers / quantity expressions for these uncountable nouns: advice - a piece of advice baggage - a piece of baggage bread - a slice of bread, a loaf of bread equipment - a piece of equipment furniture - a piece of furniture garbage - a piece of garbage information - a piece of information work - a job, a position knowledge - a fact luggage - a piece of luggage, a bag, a suitcase money - a note, a coin musica – a song, a piece news - a piece of news pasta - a plate of pasta, a serving of pasta research - a piece of research, a research project travel - a journey, a trip
- 9. Here are somemore common uncountable food types with their container / quantity expressions: liquids (water, beer, wine, etc.) - a glass, a bottle, a jug of water, etc. cheese - a slice, a chunk, a piece of cheese meat - a piece, a slice, a pound of meat butter - a bar of butter ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard - a bottle of, a tube of ketchup, etc.
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- 11. Identify the followingobjects as countable or uncountable. 1. Q: Information 4. Q: Money a) countable a) countable b) uncountable b) uncountable 2. Q: Rules 5. Q: Rice a) countable a) countable b) uncountable b) uncountable 3. Q: Sheep 6. Q: Bottles Of Wine a) countable a) countable b) uncountable b) uncountable
- 12. Put in orderthe countable and uncountable nouns cup, plate, fork, sugar, salt, bottle, cheese, coin, water, milk, box, litre, tea, coffee, suitcase, bag, ham, cake, dollar, animal, man, person, equipment, traffic, talent, web site, clothes, music, desert, land, nation, fish, pollution, food.
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- 14. Identify the followingobjects as countable or uncountable. 1. Q: Information 4. Q: Money a) countable a) countable b) uncountable b) uncountable 2. Q: Rules 5. Q: Rice a) countable a) countable b) uncountable b) uncountable 3. Q: Sheep 6. Q: Bottles Of Wine a) countable a) countable b) uncountable b) uncountable
- 15. Put in orderthe countable and uncountable nouns COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE cup plate fork bottle coin box litre suitcase bag dollar animal man person web site clothes desert nation sugar salt cheese water milk tea coffee ham cake equipment traffic talent music land fish pollution food