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Countable & Uncountable nouns. Countable nouns. Countable nouns can be singular or plural:. My dog is playing . My dogs are hungry . We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:. A dog is an animal.
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Countable nouns can be singular or plural: • Mydogisplaying. • Mydogsarehungry.
We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns: • A dog is an animal.
When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it: • I want an orange. (not I want orange.) • Where is my bottle? (not Where is bottle?)
When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone: • I likeoranges. • Bottlescanbreak.
We can use some and any with countable nouns: • I'vegotsomedollars. • Have you got any pens?
"People" is countable. "People" is the plural of "person". Wecancountpeople: There is one person here. There are three people here.
We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. Forexample: • This news is very important. • Yourluggagelooks heavy.
We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music".But we can say a something of: • apieceofnews • abottleofwater • agrainofrice
Do the following exercise: • http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/nouns_articles/uncountable_nouns.htm
We can use some and any with uncountable nouns: • I'vegotsomemoney. • Have you got any rice?
Many – MuchFew - Little Countable Uncountable We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns: I've got a little money. I haven't got much rice. • We can use a few and many with countable nouns: • I've got a few dollars. • I haven't got many pens.
Do the following exercise: • http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=1257
Coffee/tea/juice/beer etc. (drinks) are normally uncountable: • I don't like coffee very much.
BUT you can say a coffee(= a cup of coffee), two coffees (=two cups) etc. : • Two coffees and an orange juice, please.
The following nouns are usually uncountable: Accommodation Advice Baggage
The following nouns are usually uncountable: Behaviour BreadChaos
The following nouns are usually uncountable: Damage Furniture Information
The following nouns are usually uncountable: Luck Luggage News
The following nouns are usually uncountable: Permission Progress Scenery
The following nouns are usually uncountable: Traffic Weather Work
Do the following exercises: • http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=3246 • http://www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.asp?id=7065 • http://engblog.ru/countable-uncountable-nouns
