Digital SAT Video Learning
Platform
OVERVIEW OF
NOUNS
Standard English Conventions
Test the ability to conform to core conventions of
Standard English mainly related to form, structure, usage
and punctuation.
• Subject-verb agreement
• Pronoun-antecedent
agreement
• Verb forms
• Subject-modifier placement
• Plural and possessive nouns
indicates people, places, objects, and ideas,
Noun
and can always be preceded by a(n) or the.
Qualitative and Quantitative
Count Non-Count
Plural/ Singular Singular
[Link], Desk [Link],
Intelligence
Count vs Non-Count Nouns
Count Non Count
• Take a/an or one in • Take a/an or one in
singular singular
• Has plural form (s/es) • No plural form
• Always take Singular
• Generally, take plural
verbs (When the noun is
verbs in case of plural
subject)
numbers
• Need Unit/Containers to
(when the noun is
indicate amount
subject)
Examples
Count Non Count
A pen Money
Singular
An Ostrich Water
Pens 2 Dollars
Plural 5 Glasses of
10
water
Ostriches
Examples
Advertising vs Advertisement
There are too many
Count
advertisements during
television hours
There is too much advertising
Non-Count
during television hours
Determiners and Quantifiers
Indicate the amount or quantity of
nouns
Examples • Every child in the contest received a
ribbon.
• There’s a little milk left.
• Sara wanted another piece of pie.
Enough, All, A lot of,
Plenty of. More, Most,
Determiners used with
Some, This that, Any
both count and non-count
nouns
• I have enough money for everyone.
• I have enough sandwiches for everyone.
Exceptions
Some Non-Count nouns such as
Food, Meat, Money and Sand
Can be count if they-
• Indicate Special types/ Delicacies
[Link] fruits of Rajshahi
• Indicate different types
e.g. He studies meats.
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