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Countable and Uncountable Nouns

The document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns refer to objects or concepts that can be counted, and can be singular or plural. They take a singular or plural verb depending on the number. Uncountable nouns refer to substances or abstract concepts that cannot be counted as individual units, and generally take a singular verb. Some common uncountable nouns include sugar, milk, music, and furniture. Quantifiers like "piece of" or containers can make uncountable nouns countable.

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns

The document discusses countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns refer to objects or concepts that can be counted, and can be singular or plural. They take a singular or plural verb depending on the number. Uncountable nouns refer to substances or abstract concepts that cannot be counted as individual units, and generally take a singular verb. Some common uncountable nouns include sugar, milk, music, and furniture. Quantifiers like "piece of" or containers can make uncountable nouns countable.

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Countable and

Uncountable Nouns
What are countable nouns?
Countable nouns are individual objects,
people, places, etc. which can be counted.

A countable noun can be both singular


- a friend, a house, etc.
- or plural - a few apples, lots of trees, etc.
Use the singular form of the verb with a
singular countable noun:
 dog, cat, animal, man, person
 bottle, box, litre
 coin, note, dollar
 cup, plate, fork
 table, chair, suitcase, bag
Countable nouns can be singular or plural:
 My dog is playing.
 My dogs are hungry.
 Countable nouns have a plural form

 Singular: a car
 an eggplant

 three
 Plural: some dolls
 many
Uncountable Nouns
Uncountable nouns are substances,
concepts etc that we cannot divide into
separate elements. We cannot "count"
them.
For example, we cannot count "milk". We
can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of
milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself.
Here are some more uncountable nouns:
Uncountable Nouns
 music, art, love, happiness
 advice, information, news
 furniture, luggage
 rice, sugar, butter, water
 electricity, gas, power
 money, currency
We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular : We
use a singular verb. For example:
 This news is very important.
 Your luggage looks heavy.

You can count uncountable nouns if you use:


 A piece of… cheese
 A bowl of… soup
 A cup of… tea
 A bottle of…wine
 A carton of…milk MILK

 A bar of… chocolate


Here are some of the most common containers /
quantity expressions for these uncountable nouns:

advice - a piece of advice


baggage - a piece of baggage
bread - a slice of bread, a loaf of bread
equipment - a piece of equipment
furniture - a piece of furniture
garbage - a piece of garbage
information - a piece of information
knowledge - a fact
luggage - a piece of luggage, a bag, a suitcase
money - a note, a coin
musica – a song, a piece
news - a piece of news
pasta - a plate of pasta, a serving of pasta
research - a piece of research, a research project
travel - a journey, a trip
work - a job, a position
Here are some more common uncountable food types
with their container / quantity expressions :
 liquids (water, beer, wine, etc.) - a
glass, a bottle, a jug of water, etc.
cheese - a slice, a chunk, a piece of
cheese
meat - a piece, a slice, a pound of meat
butter - a bar of butter
ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard - a
bottle of, a tube of ketchup, etc.
Put in order the countable
and uncountable nouns

cup, plate, fork, sugar, salt, bottle,


cheese, coin, water, milk, box, litre, tea,
coffee, suitcase, bag, ham, cake, dollar,
animal, man, person, equipment, traffic,
talent, web site, clothes, music, desert,
land, nation, fish, pollution, food.
Put in order the countable
and uncountable nouns
COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
cup sugar
plate salt
fork cheese
bottle water
coin milk
box tea
litre coffee
suitcase ham
bag cake
dollar equipment
animal traffic
man talent
person music
web site land
clothes fish
desert pollution
nation food
Arroz a la chiclayana
Peruvian chaufa rice
3- rice with chicken
4.-Cau cau
ceviche

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