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NOUNS COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE Learning objective: objective: Students will be able to identify and use countable and uncountable nouns.
WH AT
IS A NOUN ?
Countable nouns
Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. In plural, t hese nouns can be used wit h a number-- t hey can be counted. (That's why t hey number are called "countable nouns"). Example Example:: 2 friends friends,, 3 friends friends... ...
1 book book,,
2
books...
Uncountable
Uncountable
I
nouns
nouns can only be used in singular. These nouns cannot be used with a number-- they number they can't can't be counted. counted.. (That's counted (That's why why they are called "uncountable nouns"). Examples amples:: have a lot of money of money money.. (Not 1000 money) You say I drink a lot of milk of milk milk.. (Not 5 milk)
MAIN
DIFFERENCES
Making
uncountable nouns countable
You can make most uncountable noun countable by putting a countable expression in front of the noun.
For example: example:--
A piece of of information information./ information ./ new / advice / bread glasses of of wate waterr / milk wate m ilk
2
10 litres of of coffee coffee / paint / water
Three grains of of sand sand / rice
THERE IS
/
THERE ARE
We use There is / There are to say that something exists (or does not exist) a) There is a river in my town b) There are 600 students in this school c) Is there a Post Office near hear?. Yes, there is d) There aren`t any tomatoes
THERE IS / ARE
Conclusions from the table: With countable nouns we have two forms: singular and plural and when we refer to uncountable nouns we only use one form. When we use the singular form with countable nouns we use a/an and with plurals we use some/any. With the uncountable nouns we do not use a/an and we can use some/any With countable nouns some/any means ³an indefinite number´ With uncountable nouns some/any means ³a portion of´
AFFIRMA MAT TIVE
"There is" y "There are" quieren decir "Hay " en en español. español. "There is" es singular sing si ngul ular ar y "There are" es plural. book.. (Hay un libro.) (C.S) There is a book There are books books.. (Hay libros.) (C.P)
There
is much water . (Hay mucha agua.) (U.)
NEGATIVE
El negativo es "There is not" y "There are not" y sus contracciones. There is not a book book.. - There isn't a book. There are not books books.. - There aren't books There is not any water ± ± There isn¶t any water
INT IN TERROGATIVE
Para formar una pregunta nada más cambiamos el orden de las palabras. Is there a book book? ? Yes, there is. / No, there isn't. books? ? Are there books Yes, there are. No, there aren't. milk? ? Is there any milk
Yes, there is. no, there isn¶t
SOME
Some
/ AN Y
y Any are used generally as quantifiers to determinate e xistence or absence. SOME : We use "some" in positive sentences. We use some for bot h countable and uncountable nouns. ave e some friends. Example: I hav Y:: We use "any "any any" " in negative sentences or AN Y questions. We use any for bot h countable and uncountable nouns. ave e any cheese? Example: Do you hav ave e any friends in Valparaiso. He doesn't hav
