COUNTABLE NOUN
a book/ one book/ the
book
A pen
A student
A car
A person
A deer
My house
SINGULAR ( TUNGGAL)
Two books, some
books
Pens
Five students, any
students
Three cars
Tten people
Four deer
Some houses
PLURAL ( JAMAK)
Contoh kalimat
I have a story book.
The book is not
expensive. There are
some books in the
bookstore.
Doni bought a pen
yesterday. He has
some pens in his bag.
I have 1 fish but he
has 3 fish
Untuk mengubah kata
benda tunggal menjadi
jamak, di tambahkan
akhiran s/-es di akhir kata
benda tunggal tersebut.
( regular plural nouns)
Terdapat kata kata
tertentu yang tidak
memerlukan s/-es untuk
menjadi plural, tetapi
mempunyai bentuk
tersendiri. ( irregular plural
nouns)
Irregular Plural Nouns
Man men
Woman women
Child children
Oxoxen
Mouse mice
Foot feet
Goose geese
Tooth teeth
Calf calves
Half halves
Knife knives
Leaf leaves
Some nouns that
end in f or fe are
changed into ves
in the plural
Irregular plural nouns
Auto autos
Kilo kilos
Memo memos
Radio radios
Some nouns that end
in o add only s to
form the plural
Echo echoes
Hero heroes
Potato potatoes
Tomato tomatoes
Some nouns that end
in o add es to form
the plural
Irregular Plural Nouns
Deer deer
Fish fish
Means means
Series series
Sheep sheep
Species species
Some nouns have the same
singular and plural form
Criterion criteria
Phenomenon phenomena
Stimulus stimuli
Syllabus syllabi/syllabuses
Formula formulae/formulas
vertebra vertebrae
Analysis analyses
Basis bases
Oasis oases
Appendix appendices/appendixes
Index indices/indexsx
Bacterium bacteria
Medium media
Datum data
memorandum memoranda
Curriculum curricula
Some nouns that English has borrowed
from other languages have foreign
plurals
Non Countable Nouns
( Kata Benda Tidak Bisa Dihitung )
Air
Food
Information
Meat
Mathematics
Sand
Money
News
Economics
A glass of milk
Two glasses of milk
Three cups of tea
Some boxes of chalk
A piece of paper
Two pieces of paper
A bar of meat
A bar of soap
A jar of honey
A can of fanta
Non countable Nouns
kata benda tidak bisa dihitung
Air
Food
Information
Meat
Mathematics
Sand
Money
News
time
A glass of milk
Two glasses of milk
A piece of paper
A bar of soap
Three bars of
chocolate
A cone of ice cream
A jar of honey
Two sacks of rice
Three
* Please turn on the
light
* I need a glass of
coffee
If you want to iron
your clothes, you can
use my iron.
There is a hair in your
drink
Please prepare three
coffees
Countable
Be careful. This forest is
very dark. There is no
light here.
The floor is made of glass
Iron is very expensive
now. Calculate first
before you build your
house
Sinta has long black hair
Do you like drinking
coffee?
Non countable
Noun Determiners
A(n), the, some, any
This, that, these, those
None, one, two, three
Many
A large number of, a
great number of
A lot of
(a) few
Fewer than
More . than
Determiners +
countable
The, some, any
This, that
None
Much
A large amount
A lot of
(a) little
Less.than
More.than
Determiners + noncountable
Exercise
Geography
news
Oil
Car
Hair
Person
Water
Oxygen
Tooth
Soup
Money
Food
Foot
Sugar
Sand
Countable and Non- Countable
Nouns
I need ( a few/ a little) rice for my baby
You need ( many/much) money to buy a car
My wife sold ( that/those) bikes yesterday
morning
There are ( less/ fewer) cars in this parking
lot than in that parking lot
We need (many/ much) bad news on
television
There were ( a large number of/ a large
amount of ) people in the room
We need ( a great number of / a large
number amount of) people in the room
You can get ( a few/ a little) books in my
room.
I have ( less/ fewer) oil than you.
Check the underlined word or phrase that must
be changed in order for the sentences to be
correct.
Because they had spent too many time
considering the new contract, the students lost
the opportunity to lease the apartment.
Please give me a few coffee and some if you
have any left.
I cant believe there is a large amount of
people gathering in front of the TV station to
see the beautiful actress.
She has wild ideas about your business, but
much of them are considered to be really good.
