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Number: Count and Noncount Nouns

Number: Count and Noncount Nouns. Count Nouns are nouns that can be counted. Because these nouns can be counted, they have a singular and plural form. student → students child → children patch → patches woman → women baby → babies person → people leaf → leaves foot → feet

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Number: Count and Noncount Nouns

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  1. Number: Count and Noncount Nouns

  2. Count Nouns are nouns that can be counted. Because these nouns can be counted, they have a singular and plural form. student → students child → children patch → patches woman → women baby → babies person → people leaf → leaves foot → feet tomato → tomatoes sheep → sheep

  3. Important Rule! If a noun is used to modify another noun (if it is used as an adjective), it is always singular. • We are reading a seven-chapter book. • The book has seven chapters. • We live in a two-story building. • The building has two stories.

  4. Correct the errors involving count nouns. • Phu has two lab in his biology class. • The class had to write a five-paragraphs paper. • Earthquakes are terrible tragedys. • The lecture was presented by two mans. • The soccer team had two matchs last week.

  5. Noncount Nouns are nouns that cannot be counted. Because these nouns cannot be counted, they generally have only a singular form. Tip: Languages differ in which nouns are countable and which are not. If you are unsure if a noun is countable, look it up in a learner’s or ESL dictionary. These dictionaries indicate whether nouns are count (C), noncount (N), or uncountable (U).

  6. Many noncount nouns fit into categories. Food: bread, cheese, meat, sugar Liquids: coffee, gasoline, milk, paint, wine, water Solids: glass, ice, paper, wood Gases: air, oxygen, smog Particles: sand, dust Natural Phenomena: light, rain, thunder, weather Abstract Ideas: advice, anger, beauty, freedom, work Activities: running, swimming, writing Groups of Similar Items: clothing, equipment, money

  7. If the subject of a sentence is a noncount noun, use a singular verb. Good luck comes in many forms. Smog is a threat to the environment. News comes on every night at 5:00. Physics is my favorite subject.

  8. The articles a and an cannot be used with noncount nouns. I’m going to ask my uncle for advice. Not I’m going to ask my uncle for an advice.

  9. Correct the errors involving noncount nouns. If necessary, change the verb form. • We learned new vocabularies last week. • The weathers at the beach are usually sunny. • I drink coffees every morning. • The professor did a lot of researches. • She found good informations on the Internet.

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