nouns and qauntifiers

1. NOUNS AND QUANTIFIERS
INTERMEDIATE

2. NOUNS:
1. Countable:
- Singular (one);
-Plural (2+)
Most nouns take –s: chair – chairs; bus – buses; cherry – cherries; wife –
wives
Irregular plural: child – children; man – men; woman – women; foot –
feet; tooth – teeth; goose – geese; mouse – mice; sheep – sheep; deer –
deer; fish – fish
2. Uncountable
Have no plural and are followed by a verb in the singular
Examples: hair, money, news, advice, weather etc.

3. SINGULAR NOUNS
 Before singular nouns we use a/an or the:
 A/an = any, doesn’t matter which one out of many or all;
 The = this one only, specific or unique.
 1. I want to get a cat.
 2. Feed the cat, please.

4. PLURAL NOUNS
 + some: I have got some bananas.
 - any: I haven’t got any bananas.
 - any: Have you got any bananas?

5. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:
 + Some: I have got some juice.
 - Any: I haven’t got any juice.
 ? Any: Have you got any juice?

6. Before nouns we use:
Singular Plural Uncountable
+ a/the Some Some
- a/the Any Any
? a/the Any Any

7. LARGE QUANTITY
Plural countable Uncountable
+ A lot of/lots of A lot of/lots of
- Many Much
? How many How much

8. SMALL QUANTITY
Countable Uncountable
+, -, ? A few A little