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CHAPTER 13: COUNTABLE AND NONCOUNTABLE NOUNS

CHAPTER 13: COUNTABLE AND NONCOUNTABLE NOUNS. Following is a list of some common nouns which are usually or always used as noncount nouns: Advice Information weather clothing fruit** homework water furniture Food work * housework rain jewelry baggage Bread evidence snow luggage

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CHAPTER 13: COUNTABLE AND NONCOUNTABLE NOUNS

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  1. CHAPTER 13: COUNTABLE AND NONCOUNTABLE NOUNS

  2. Following is a list of some common nouns which are usually or always used as noncount nouns: Advice Informationweatherclothing fruit** homeworkwaterfurnitureFoodwork* houseworkrainjewelrybaggage Bread evidence snowluggage Intelligence wind machinerycheese Slang ignorance air money Coffee vocabularyknowledgedew Music meat significance fog Postagemilk fun hail Scenery pepperenjoymentcourage Heat traffic rice happiness Honesty humiditybutter salt Sadness luck lighting Sugartransportation

  3. *Work is used as a count noun when it means “ a work of art”; e.g., There are many works of art in the museum. (Compare: I have some work to do tonight.) • **Many food terms are used as count nouns when they mean “a kind of”;e.g. An orange is a fruit. (Compare: I had fruit for dessert.)

  4. BE CAREFUL with the noun 'hair' which is normally uncountable in English: • She has long blondehair • It can also be countable when referring to individual hairs: • My father's getting a few greyhairsnow

  5. THE PLURAL OF NOUNS

  6. Most nouns form the plural by adding -s or -es.

  7. A noun ending in -y preceded by a consonant makes the plural with -ies.

  8. There are some irregularformations for noun plurals. Some of the most common ones are listed below.

  9. Some nouns have the same form in the singular and the plural.

  10. a an a few any a littlemuch a lot of some many a lot • How …….children do you and Tony have? • I don't have patience and I find jigsaw puzzles boring. • We only have carrots. We should go and buy some more. • "Do we need any mushrooms?" "No, we have . Look, three bags!“ • There was an explosion at the factory and people were injured. We don't know how many yet. • When you make the pie, put wine in too. But not too much! It makes it really tasty. • When you go out, buy me apple and a bottle of Coke. • I don't need advice from you. You don't understand the problem! • "Do you like this programme?" "Not . You can change the channel if you want.“ • Lots of people in Spain like to take siesta during the hottest part of the day. • I have been to America times. Twice in 1996 and again last year. • Can you give me information about the buses in the city centre please? • people think he is stupid, but he's actually quite intelligent.

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