Countable and Uncountable Nouns
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This document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. It provides examples of countable nouns that can take a plural form and be used with numbers, as well as uncountable nouns that are only used in a singular form. It includes tables listing food and natural substance nouns as either countable or uncountable. The document also provides examples of quantifiers used with countable and uncountable nouns, and examples of choosing between "how much" and "how many" depending on whether the noun is countable or uncountable.
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Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- 1. Countable and Uncountable Nouns Countable nouns ( count nouns) have a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a number — they can be counted. Examples: one friend ( a friend) , two friends, three friends … four lamps, five lamps, six lamps … many friends a lot of waiters
- 2. Uncountable nouns ( uncount / non- count ) can only be used in singular. They can’t be used with a number — they can’t be counted. Examples: X one milk, two milks much milk a lot of water Countable and Uncountable Nouns
- 3. Table 1: FOOD NOUNS Uncountable Countable soup cake sugar , salt cookie rice nut salad patty milk , water sandwich soy sauce wafer vinegar vegetable
- 4. Table 1: FOOD NOUNS Uncountable Countable soup cakes sugar , salt cookies rice nuts salad patties milk , water sandwiches soy sauce wafers vinegar vegetables TABLE 2: NATURAL SUBSTANCES Uncountable Countable air hailstone water raindrop rain snowflake smoke snow weather
- 5. Table 1: FOOD NOUNS Uncountable Countable soup cakes sugar , salt cookies rice nuts salad patties milk , water sandwiches soy sauce wafers vinegar vegetables TABLE 2: NATURAL SUBSTANCES Uncountable Countable air hailstones water raindrops rain snowflakes smoke snow weather
- 6. OTHER EXAMPLES of UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS love music advice peace happiness work humanity traffic information corruption jewelry furniture luggage equipment time Questions: •How many siblings do you have? I have one sibling. / I have 11 siblings. I have many siblings. •How much money do you have? I have 1000 dollars. ( X 1000 moneys) I have much money. Quantifier Quantity
- 8. Write c for countable and u for uncountable: time u meat u flour u rice u notebook c butter u pillow c tea u sugar u ink u oil u game c tomato c pan c jam u salt u cream u hair u friend c house c honey u finger c cheese u carrot c mustard u ketchup u
- 9. Choose How much or How many a) cheese do you buy? b) books are there in your bag? c) films did Tom see last week? d) money do you spend every week? e) coworkers does Linda have? f) sugar do we need? g) eggs are there in the fridge? h) meat are you going to buy? i) milk did you drink yesterday? j) stars do you see? How much How many How many How much How much How much How much How many How many How many
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