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COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS. Mgr. Lucia Jureňová. Countable nouns. When the countable noun is Pl. we can use it alone. I want apples. We can use some and any. some - affirmative senten c es I have got some dollars.

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COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

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  1. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS Mgr. Lucia Jureňová

  2. Countable nouns • 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?

  3. Countable and uncoutablenouns • Countablenouns- are easy to recognize. They are thingsthatwecancount. Forexamplecar.Wecancountcars. Wecanhave 1, 2, 3, 4 or more cars. • Uncoutablenouns Wecan’t count them. We can’t divide into separete elements. For example: We can’t count milk, BUT we can count bottles of milk.

  4. Countable nouns • 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…

  5. Countalbe nouns • 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.

  6. Countable nouns • 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.

  7. Countablenouns Wecanusea few/ manywithcountablenouns: I havegot a fewdollars. I havegotmanyfriends. Peopleiscountable. Peopleisthepluralof person.

  8. Countablenouns • WhencountablenounisPl., wecanuseitalone. I likeapples. • Wecanusesome/anywithcountablenouns in plural. • some - affirmativesentences I havegotsomedollars. • any- negativesentences, questionsentences I haven’t got any dollars. Have you got any dollars?

  9. Uncountable nouns 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…..

  10. Uncountable nouns • 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.

  11. Uncountable nouns FOOD:Countable and Uncountable Nouns • meat • juice • fruit • milk • sugar • coffee • salt • soup • tea • butter • cheese • honey Countable nouns tomato carrot hot dog pancake apple orange cake pie burger…

  12. Thankyouforyourattention!

  13. Sources: www.englishclub.com/grammar/nouns-un-countablehttp://.htm

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