May 16, 2015
Countable Uncountable
Things you can count (singular or plural)
Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count.
Example: "pen".We can count pens. We can have one, two, three or more pens
Things you can´t count (they can’t be plural).
Butter, meat… Some nouns can be
countable or uncountable but the meaning is different.
Example: chocolate
a / an / some / anya / an / some / any
how much / how how much / how many?many?
Use a / an with singular countable nouns.
Use some with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in + sentences.
Use any with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in – or ? sentences.
We can also use some in ? to ask for and offerings
music, art, love, happiness advice, information, news furniture, luggage rice, sugar, butter, water electricity, gas, power money, currency
Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself.
I've got some money.
Have you got any rice?
Sometimes, the same noun can be countable and uncountable, often with a change of meaning.
There are two hairs in my cofee!
I don’t have much hair.
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banana
Countable Uncountable
Uncountable
butter
Uncountable
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clown
Countable
Countable Uncountable
Uncountable
water
Uncountable
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Uncountable
sugar
Uncountable
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Uncountable
rice
Uncountable
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dogs
UncountableCountable
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grapes
1.There are ____________ in the river.
a) Some fish
b) Some fishes
c) Any fishes
2. Is there any ___________ (water) in the jar?
a) Waters
b) Water
3. Is there ________ orange juice?
a) Some
b) Any
4. ___ there any sugar?
a) Is
b) Are
5. ___there any apples?
a) Is
b) Are
By: Jhessika X. Pinedo