This document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. It explains that countable nouns can be counted using numbers and plural forms are created by adding -s, -es or -ies. Uncountable nouns cannot be directly counted and use the determiner "some". It provides examples of countable nouns like apple, egg, and pineapple and uncountable nouns like sugar, flour, and water. The document also discusses the rules for using the determiners "a", "an", and "some" depending on whether the noun begins with a vowel or consonant sound.

1. Nouns
1. Countable Nouns
2. Uncountable Nouns
3. a, an, some

2. 1. Countable Nouns
• nouns that can be counted.
• usually, it can be directly counted using numbers.
• we add -s, -es or -ies at the end of the word for things
that are more than one.
• for example:
• ::1 apple/an apple > 3 apples/some apples
• :: 1 mango/a mango > 2 mangoes/ some mangoes
• :: 1 strawberry/a strawberry > 5 strawberries/some
strawberries

3. 2. Uncountable Nouns
• nouns that cannot be counted.
• we usually use some for uncountable nouns.
• it can only be counted with the help of containers, weight,
parts or volume.
• we don't add -s, -es or -ies to uncountable nouns.
• for example:
• :: some milk, some flour, some sugar, some chocolate, some
water.
• :: a carton of milk, a cup of tea, a bottle of water, 2 spoon of
sugar, 4 boxes of cereal, 5 kilograms of flour, 3 litres of
orange juice, a slice of cake.

4. 3. a, an, some
• a is used to show 1 thing that starts with consonant
sounds. ( a banana, a coconut, a doughnut, a fish,
etc..)
• an is used to show 1 thing that starts with vowel
sounds. ( an apple, an egg, an orange, etc..)
• some is used to show more than 1 thing or
uncountable things. ( some apples, some oranges,
some milk, some sugar, some bread, etc..)

5. Example of Countable and
Uncountable Nouns.
Countable Nouns
• apple
• egg
• pumpkin
• orange
• pear
• pineapple
Uncountable Nouns
• sugar
• flour
• water
• butter
• juice

6. Fill in the blanks with the correct
answer using a/an/some.
1. _____ apple 10. ____ pear 19. ____ ice cream
2. _____ orange 11. ____ strawberry 20. ____ apricot
3. _____ banana 12. ____ tomato 21. ____ olive
4. _____doughnut 13. ____ cheese 22. ____ eggplant
5. _____ bread 14. ____ milk 23. ____ cherries
6. _____ tea 15. ____ orange juice 24. ____ pears
7. _____ oranges 16. ____ strawberries 25. ____ kiwis
8. _____ bananas 17. ____ tomatoes 26. ____ peach
9. ____ pineapple 18. ____ cherry 27. ____ peaches