Types of noun part 4
- 2. Countable Noun Uncountable Noun HOW MANY? HOW MUCH?
- 3. Countable Noun ● It can be counted using numbers ● Nouns which can take singular ( a dog, a house, a friend ) and plural form (a few books, lot of oranges ) . ● Thus, countable nouns are individual people, animal, places, things or ideas that can be counted. SINGULAR PLURAL one dog two dogs one man two men one idea two ideas
- 4. List of Countable Nouns : eggs phone army flower apple watermelon banana pencil cookies school bag channel cup bottle box car cherries pizza
- 5. Words used with countable nouns : two two girls every everyday these these chairs those those chocolates a couple of a couple of greetings cards several several years thousands thousands of seas the majority of the majority of students
- 6. Uncountable Noun : They for the things that cannot be counted with numbers. They are names for abstract ideas / qualities or for physical objects that are too small to be counted (liquids, powders or gases) They are used with a singular verb and do not have a plural form. Eg gases like air, hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen, smoke, steam. Never use “a” or “an”.
- 7. List of Uncountable Noun : FOOD & DRINK ABSTRACT GENERAL tea happiness research oil peace snow rice information failure salt travel jewellery soup wisdom money water help cotton ice cream love luggage cake time content bread space news
- 8. How are articles & quantifiers ? useful in countable and uncountable nouns….
- 9. When making sentences based on countable and uncountable nouns we use articles and quantifiers such as : Articles : a , an , the. Quantifiers : some, many, much, a little , a few , several. COUNTABLE NOUN a, an, the He ordered a coffee. This is an umbrella. Please get the book on the table. UNCOUNTABLE NOUN the The water is very clear. The food is very tasty. ARTICLES
- 10. QUANTIFIERS {word or phrase used before a noun to indicate the amount or quantity} Countable noun Uncountable noun Both many much all a few a little enough a number of a bit some a large number of a large amount of any a majority of a large quantity of a lot of
- 11. Sentences with the use of quantifiers based on both countable and uncountable nouns. COUNTABLE NOUN UNCOUNTABLE NOUN How many chairs do we need? Students don’t seem to have much homework these days Here are a few cats I’ve got a little money.
- 12. ABSTRACT NOUNS CAN BE USED TO QUANTIFY UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS A piece of advice
- 13. A knob of butter A pile of money
- 14. A flash of lightning A blade of grass
- 15. PRACTICE EXERCISE Solve the quiz in order to understand whether the following sentences belong to countable or uncountable nouns :
- 16. ● Do you have milk in the house? ○ a ○ any ● There are toy stores in the mall. ○ many ○ much ● I don’t have money? ○ much ○ many
- 17. Identify whether the words are countable or uncountable noun
- 18. English - Uncountable noun eraser - Countable noun furniture - Uncountable noun coffee - Uncountable noun raincoats - Countable noun