Countable and uncountable nouns

Countable and uncountable nouns

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   Countable nouns  Countablenouns are nouns which we can count and they have singular and plural form  Example: orange – oranges egg- eggs tomato- tomatoes apple – apples
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    Uncountable nounsare words which we cannot counted, they only have a singular form and they do not have plural forms.  Example: money water music information Uncountable nouns
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    We useA with countable nouns: a pear, a peach, a tomato, a sofa.  We use AN when the words starts with a vowel: an orange, an umbrella.  We use SOME with countable and uncountable nouns ( without specifying the exact number)in affirmative sentences: some milk, some potatoes, some sugar, some books.  We use ANY with countable and uncountable nouns in negative and interrogative sentences: any coffee, any chairs, any furniture A, an, some and any
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   How much andhow many  If we talked about uncountable nouns we use “how much”  If you want to express countable nouns you use “how many”  Tip: People is accountant, since it is the plural of person (person): one person, two people, three people, etc.
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    Cheese uncountable a pieceof cheese there is some cheese Examples
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    uncountable there issome water A bottle of water or two bottles of water there aren’t any bottle of water water
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    Countable A sausage theresis a sausage there are some sausages Sausage
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    Countable a sofa twosofas there aren’t any sofas some sofas Sofa
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    How manycups of coffee do you drink a day?  How many pants did you buy in the last sale?  How many pictures did you take last summer?  How much coffee do you drink in the morning?  How much wine did France produce last year?  How much work do you have? Questions
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    Write Cfor countable and U for uncountable Time __ oil__ Hair __ bread___ Apples __ book___ Rice___ salt___ Honey___ fingers___ Cars___ Orange___ Exercises
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   Fill theblank with a, an, any and some It is _____ dog linda doesn’t have ____ pet there are ____ cars in the parking lot there is ____ apple on the desk I bought _____ bottle of water jake always eats _____ cheese at night
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    __________ cheesedo you buy?  ___________ books are there in your bag?  ___________films did Tom see last week?  ___________meat are you going to buy?  ___________friends does Linda have? Choose How much or How many
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    www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.a sp?id=3246  es.slideshare.net/begonya297/countable-and- uncountable-nouns-presentation References