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Countable vs. Uncountable Nouns Guide

This document summarizes countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can be counted and have both a singular and plural form. They take articles like "a" or "an" and can be counted using quantifiers like "many." Uncountable nouns cannot be counted and only have a singular form without articles. They are quantified using terms like "much" or "a little." The document provides examples of countable nouns like "apple" and uncountable nouns like "water" to illustrate these differences in grammar and usage.

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Countable vs. Uncountable Nouns Guide

This document summarizes countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can be counted and have both a singular and plural form. They take articles like "a" or "an" and can be counted using quantifiers like "many." Uncountable nouns cannot be counted and only have a singular form without articles. They are quantified using terms like "much" or "a little." The document provides examples of countable nouns like "apple" and uncountable nouns like "water" to illustrate these differences in grammar and usage.

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COUNTABLE – UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

NOUN : PERSON , PLACE, THING, ANIMAL

NOUNS

COUNTABLE: can count them UNCOUNTABLE: can’t count them

Singular a /an Plural Wáter Uncountable


A potato nouns work only
Potatoes Bread
in singular form,
A child Children Cheese and without
articles (a-an)
A table Tables Wine
A city Cities Beer
An egg Butter
Eggs
A pencil Coffee
Pencils
A cat jam
cats
1. GRAMMAR:

Countable nouns : We can count them

Spelling rules PLURAL NOUNS

1.- Add –s to the noun. a bag bags


Noun + -s
2.- if the noun ends in: a fox foxes
s, ss, sh, ch, x, o : -es a dress dresses

3.- If the noun ends in “y” a baby babies


and a cherry cherries
Consonant +y : -ies
4.- a toy toys
Vowel(a,e,i,o,u)+y: -s a guy guys

5.- If the noun ends in “f” or a knife knives


“fe” a leaf leaves
f/fe ves

An apple sugar
3 apples some sugar
Some _ algunos (as) some (algo de)
+ +
Some apples Some sugar
Some oranges Some water
There are some oranges. There is some sugar.
There are some apples. There is some wáter.

- ? - ?

any apples any sugar


any oranges any water

There aren’t any apples. There isn’t any sugar.


There aren’t any oranges. There isn’t any water.
Are there any apples? Is there any sugar?
Are there any oranges? Is there any water?
Complete with some- any – a- an
I have some eggs.
I don’t buy …an…. apple.
I don’t buy any apples.
There are some Pineapples.
There is some Cereal.
Do you have a banana?
Is there a Student in class?

HOW MANY – HOW MUCH


How many + plural countable How much + singular uncountable
/s/es/ies

- How many oranges did


you eat yesterday? A few How much milk do you buy? A
- How many students are little.
there in class? A lot. How much beer did you drink in
There are a lot of students the party? A lot.
in my class. I drank a lot of beer.
- How many apples do you How much rice did you cook?
usually buy in a week?

Quantifiers
Countable / plural Uncountable / singular

1.Some / any 1.Some /any


2.None 2.None
3. A few 3. A Little
4. A lot / A lot of 4.A lot / a lot of

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