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COUNTABLE / NONCOUNTABLE NOUNS. Some nouns are countable which means that they have a singular and a plural form. You can use a/an with the singular form and the with both. book book s job job s man men house house s
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COUNTABLE / NONCOUNTABLE NOUNS • Somenouns are countablewhichmeansthat they have a singular and a plural form. You can use a/an with the singular form and the with both. book books job jobs man men house houses • Other nouns are noncountable which means you can use only the singular form of the noun. NEVER use a/an. Bread traffic water beer rice chicken meat
QUANTIFIERS How many? PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS (way) too many Not many Only a few How much? UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (way) too much don’t have a plural form Only a little not much Not enough A lot of with both kinds of nouns Lots of
HOW MUCH / HOW MANY WITH PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS IN Qs & NEGATIVE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE THERE? THERE AREN’TMANY. / THERE AREN’TANY/ NONE IN AFFIRMATIVES: A LOT THERE ARE A LOT. / A LOT LOTS WITH UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS IN Qs & NEGATIVES HOW MUCH MEAT IS THERE? THERE ISN’T MUCH. / NOT MUCH / THERE ISN’T ANY / NONE IN AFFIRMATIVES: A LOT THERE’S A LOT. / LOTS