You will learn about
countable and uncountable nouns. but before you continue the lesson, look at
the following chart and study the nouns.
Countable
|
Uncountable
|
books
|
money
|
friends
|
meat
|
teachers
|
juice
|
tables
|
milk
|
Countable nouns (count nouns):
Countable
nouns have
a singular and a plural form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a number-
they can be counted. (That's why they are called "countable nouns").
Example:
1 friend, 2 friends, 3
friends...
1 book, 2 books, 3 books...
1 book, 2 books, 3 books...
Countable nouns take many.
Example:
100 friends – many friends
100 friends – many friends
Uncountable nouns (uncount / non-count nouns):
Uncountable
nouns can
only be used in singular. These nouns cannot be used with a number- they can't
be counted. (That's why they are called "uncountable nouns").
Examples:
I have a lot of money.
(Not 1000 money)
You say I drink a lot of milk. (Not5 milk)
You say I drink a lot of milk. (Not
Uncountable nouns take much.
Example:
Note: Of course you can count money, milk,
meat; but then you would use the currency, liter, kilo, glass,...and say that
you have got:
- 5 euros
or dollars... (but not
5money). - 2
liters, pints, glasses... of milk (but not
2milk) - 3
kilos... of meat (but not 3 meat)
- 10
bottles of mineral water... (but not
10mineral water)
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