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    Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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    Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. We can count "milk" or "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but not "milk" we can't count "news" or "a piece of news"

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    Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. We can count "milk" or "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but not "milk" we can't count "news" or "a piece of news"

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    Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. We can count "milk" or "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but not "milk" we can't count "news" or "a piece of news"

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    Countable and uncountable nouns

    Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens.

    Here are some more countable nouns: dog, cat, animal, man, person

    bottle, box, liter (US) or litre (England)

    coin, note, dollar

    cup, plate, fork, knife

    table, chair, suitcase, bag

    COUNTABLES: SOME ANY FEW -MANY

    We can use some and any with countable nouns: I have some dollars. Do you have any pens?

    We can use a few and many with countable nouns: I have a few dollars. I dont have many pens.

    COUNTABLES: SOME ANY FEW -MANY

    Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

    My dog is playing. My dogs are hungry.

    "People" is countable. "People" is the plural of "person". We can count people: There is one person here. There are many people here.

    Uncountable Nouns We cant "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cant count "milk".

    Here are some more uncountable nouns: music, art, love, happiness rice, sugar, butter, water electricity, gas money

    UNCOUNTABLES: SINGULAR

    We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example: This news is very important. Your luggage looks heavy.

    We do not usually use a/an with uncountable nouns. We cant say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a something of: a piece of news a bottle of water
    a grain of rice

    UNCOUNTABLES: SOME ANY LITTLE -MUCH

    We can use some and any with uncountable nouns: I have some orange juice. Do you have any brown sugar?

    UNCOUNTABLES: SOME ANY LITTLE -MUCH

    We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns: I have a little orange juice. I dont have much brown sugar.

    Countable
    dollar song suitcase table battery bottle job

    Uncountable
    money music luggage furniture electricity wine work

    Drinks (coffee, water, orange juice) are usually uncountable. But if we are thinking of a cup or a glass, we can say (in a restaurant, for example):
    Two teas and one coffee please.

    What about glass? A glass of water. (Countable) A window made of glass.


    (Uncountable)

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