This document summarizes the difference between countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can be singular or plural and refer to things that can be counted. Uncountable nouns only have one form and refer to materials, substances or abstract concepts that cannot be counted directly. Examples of countable nouns include apple, banana, and pineapple. Examples of uncountable nouns include rice, bread, and milk. The document provides rules for making countable nouns plural and includes exercises to practice using countable and uncountable nouns correctly.

1. Countable
&
Uncountable nouns
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3. Countable nouns
e.g. I eat a banana every day.
I like bananas.
“Banana” is a countable noun.
We can add ‘s’ to a countable noun:
“Bananas”

4. A countable noun can be
1. singular (banana) or
Countable nouns are things we can
count.
 We can say ‘one banana’ ,‘two
bananas’ etc.
Countable nouns
2. plural (bananas)

5. Countable nouns
Examples of countable nouns
singular plural
 apple apples
 pineapple pineapples
 cucumber cucumbers
 strawberry strawberries
 grape grapes

6. Countable nouns
We add -es to nouns in – s, –sh,- ch, -x, -z
and to some nouns in -o
beach beaches
potato potatoes
Nouns ending in “consonant + y” change “y”
into “i” and add es
activity activities
Nouns ending in –fe change it to –ves
knife knives

8. Uncountable nouns
e.g. I eat a bowl of rice everyday.
I drink a bottle of milk per week.
She buys a packet of tea in the market.
He has a cup of coffee for breakfast.
Rice is an uncountable noun.

9. Uncountable nouns
 An uncountable noun has only one form.
(rice)
•Uncountable nouns are things we can’t
count: liquids (water), food (bread),
materials (iron), ideas (anger).
•We can’t add ‘s’ to an uncountable noun.
To refer to quantity we use measuring
units: a kilo, a litre, a gram...

10. Uncountable nouns
Examples of uncountable nouns:
 salad dressing
 paper
 ham
 aluminium
 milk

12. I. Put the correct form of the
given words into the spaces.
1.John is eating some _________(potato).
2.Is there any _________ (water) in the jar?
3.Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me some
__________ (jam).’
4.There are some _________ (box) at the
door.
5.There aren’t any ________(knife) on the
table.
potatoes
water
jam
boxes
knives

13. Measuring units. Complete orally
and write it down in your NB:
1. A bar of... 2.A bottle of...
3.A bowl of... 4.A can of...
5.A carton of... 6.A cup of...
7.A littre of... 8.A portion of...
9.A packet of... 10.A piece of...
11.A loaf of... 12.A kilo of...

15. Can you answer the following
questions from memory.
1. How many bottles of beer can you see?
2. How many balloons are there on the table?
3. How many plastic glasses are there?
4. Is there much food?
5. Is there much orange juice?
6. Are there many people?
7. Are there many elderly people?