This document provides information on countable and uncountable nouns, including: - Countable nouns have both a singular and plural form, like boy/boys, while uncountable nouns are treated as singular, like water or advice. - Determiners like "a", "many", and "much" are used differently with countable and uncountable nouns. - Singular countable nouns take a singular verb form, while plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns take a plural verb form. - Suffixes can be added to nouns, verbs, and adjectives to form new words, like education/educate or permission

1. COUNTABLE/ UNCOUNTABLE
SINGULAR/ PLURAL
Noun

2. Countable Noun
Singular Form Plural Form
boy boys
potato potatoes
watch watches
country countries
leaf leaves
man men
fish fish
- clothes
- pants

3. Uncountable noun
[abstract, food, subject, field, weather, language, sport,
activity, category]
Be treated as singular noun
water sugar bread dust sand hair
reading jogging scrabble chess skateboarding
advice possibility reputation laziness importance
family staff team army crowd
government club gang band committee

4. Countable Uncountable
 A
 Many
 Few
 A few
 Much
 Little
 A little
Determiner
Countable and uncountable
The, some, any, a lot of, lots of, plenty of,
enough, no

5. Singular Plural
Countable
a boy, an apple, one box
Uncountable
happiness, advice, flattery
S.singular + V.singular
3 cats, 3 men, 5 goose,
2 busses
S.plural + V.plural
Singular or Plural

6. Position
 A lionfish is a swimming paradox. It is painted in
fierce hues of orange and white but it has an almost
melancholy expression.
 It has fearsome venomous spines sticking out of its
back, but elegant fan-shaped fins protruding from its
side.
 And although it floats with an indolent air, it is
actually an active and skilled predator—one that
hunts in teams using surprisingly sophisticated
tactics.

7. Position
 A lionfish is a swimming paradox. It is painted in
fierce hues of orange and white but it has an almost
melancholy expression.
 It has fearsome venomous spines sticking out of its
back, but elegant fan-shaped fins protruding from its
side.
 And although it floats with an indolent air, it is
actually an active and skilled predator—one that
hunts in teams using surprisingly sophisticated
tactics.

8. Suffix
noun/ verb/ adjective + suffix
Education - educate
Permission - permit
Entertainment - entertain
Department - depart
Signal - sign
Survival - survive
Slavery - slave
Fishery - fish
Coverage -cover
Storage - store
Insurance -insure
Competence - compete
Constituent - constitute
Dispatcher - dispatch
Instructor - instruct
Pediatrician - pediatrics
Specialist - special
Partnership - partner
Sincerity - sincere
Completeness - complete
Accuracy - accurate
Death - dead

9. Many environmental analyst recommend that nations reduce
their ______ on non-renewable energy source.
A. Dependently
B. Dependence
C. Dependent
D. Depend

10. Both financial advisors recommend investing in
pharmaceutical companies although Paul Laurinen is
suggesting a wider ______ of stocks.
A. Select
B. Selected
C. Selection
D. Selective

11. Since the closing of the community theater, many Corana
resident have become strong ______ of public funding for
the arts.
A. Supportive
B. Supporters
C. Supporting
D. Support