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English language is very lazy to
count things 
A QUICK REVISION OF
COUNTABLES &
UNCOUNTABLES
What are the countable
nouns?
** If you can count something, it is countable.It means
you ‘can express the countables in figures’.
APPLE
CAR
PERSON
MOUSE
one apple two apples
one car two cars
one person two people
one mouse two mice
What are the uncountable
nouns?
** If you cannot count something, it is uncountable. It
means you ‘cannot express the countables in
figures’.
SALT
MEAT
MILK
INFORMATION
one salt
one meat two meats
two salts
two milksone milk
two informations
one information
Is there a way to make
uncountables to express in figures?
If you know what structures to use, you
can make uncountables a little
countable.
Changing Uncountables to CountablesUNITS OF AMOUNT


You cannot count water
itself
You can count glasses,
bottles etc.
BUT
So why not counting
the glasses or bottles
instead of counting
water?

WATER 7 GLASSES OF WATER
SALT ONE SPOON OF SALT
MEAT
A KILO OF MEAT
Or
13 PACKETS OF MEAT
“
”
a piece a slice
a bar
a tub
a
bottle
a can a jar
a
packet
a
carton
a piece a slice
1)………………. of
milk
2 )………………. of
soup
3 )………………. of
water
4 )………………. of
soap
5 )………………. of
jam
6)………………. of
furniture
7)………………. of
meat
8)………………. of
butter
9)………………. of
nice
a bar
a tub
a
bottle
a can a jar
a
packet
a
carton
THANKS FOR
YOUR
PARTICIPATION

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