2. COUNTABLE NOUNS Canbecounted : I haveonepen/I havethreepens. Are usuallypreceededbyanindefinitearticlea/an:A caris a vehicle, justlikeanairplane. In the singular form, we use wordslikea/the/my/this: He wants a new car. (not He wants new car.) Where is my t-shirt? (not Where is t-shirt?)
3. In the plural and general form, theyappearalone: He likescars . I went shopping for t-shirts. We can use some and any with countable nouns: I've got some things to do . Are there any seats left? We can use “a few” and “many”with countable nouns: There were a few coins inside my pocket. Many students don’t go to school on Saturdays.
4. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Express everything that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. Take “juice“, for example: we can count “glasses of juice" or "litres of juice", but juice itself cannot be counted. Common uncountable nouns:
5. Oftenhaveonly a singular form, with a singular verb: Theireducationis close to zero. There are manyfishin thesea(not“There are manyfishes...”) But: Thosechildren are alwaysactingup !
6. Require singular verbsand are normallyprecededbysome, much, orlittle: Go to thesupermarket to buysome soap. Thereisn’tmuch more land to bediscovered. Fluorescent light bulbs use justa littleenergy.
7. The indefinite article a/anwith uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can use specific words of division :
