COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Mgr. Lucia Jureňová

 When

the countable noun is Pl. we can use it alone. I want apples. We can use some and any. some - affirmative sentences I have got some dollars. any - negative sentences, question sentences I haven’t got any dollars. Have you got any dollars?

 Countable

nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example car. We can count cars. We can have 1, 2, 3, 4 or more cars.

 Uncoutable

nouns We can’t count them. We can’t divide into separete elements. For example: We can’t count milk, BUT we can count bottles of milk.

 Here

are some more countable nouns:  Dog, cat, person, man…  Cup, plate, fork, spoon….  Bottle, box….  Table, chair, bag…  Pen, ruler, pencil, desk….  Lamp, sofa, carpet…

 Countable

nouns can be Sg. or Pl..  For example : My apple is red. My apples are red. A window is clean. The windows are clean.

 We

can use the article a/ an with countable nouns: A cat is an animal.  When a countable noun is Sg, must use a word like a/ the/ my/ this with it. I want an apple. This is nice skirt. My brother is very polite.

We can use a few/ many with countable nouns: I have got a few dollars. I have got many friends. People is countable. People is the plural of person.

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When countable noun is Pl., we can use it alone. I like apples.

We can use some/any with countable nouns in plural.  some - affirmative sentences I have got some dollars.  any - negative sentences, question sentences I haven’t got any dollars. Have you got any dollars? 

We cannot count them. For example we cannot count ‘milk’. We can count bottles of milk, or boxes of milk, but we cannot count ‘milk’ itself. We don’t usually use article a/an with uncountable nouns. But we can say a something of: a bottle of water a piece of news a bar of chocolate a glass of milk…..

 We

can use some and any with uncountable nouns.  Some – affirmative sentences  Any – question sentences, negative sentences I have got some money. I haven’t got any money.  We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns. I have got a little money. I haven’t got much money.

tomato  carrot  hot dog  pancake  apple  orange  cake  pie  burger… 

Countable nouns

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meat juice fruit milk sugar coffee salt soup tea butter cheese honey Uncountable nouns

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