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COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLENOUNS


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Countable Nouns

A Count Noun is a noun which can be modified by a numeral andoccur in both singular and plural form, as well as co-occurring withquantificational determiners like every, each, several, most, etc.Countable nouns are individual objects, people, places, etc. which

can be counted. Count nouns can be made plural, usually byadding -s or -es at the end.

For example:

She saw seven cows in the garden

There is a cow in the garden.

Every cow is an animal.

That is the equipment we use for the project.


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Examples

Usually count nounsPeople Places Things

child/ren

teacher/s

student/s

plumber/slawyer/s

psychologist/s

historian/s

economist/s

biologist/s

reporter/s

dean/s

coordinator/s

researcher/s

store/s

mall/s

park/s

bar/soffice/s

school/s

home/s

station/s

church/es

deli/s

cafeteria/s

shop/s

airport/s

shoe/s

car/s

door/s

house/skey/s

letter/s

chair/s

box/es

cow/s

poster/s

glass/es

ball/s


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Uncountable Nouns

An uncountable noun is a type of common noun that cannot bemodified by a number without specifying a unit of measurement.In general, non-count nouns are considered to refer to indivisiblewholes, they are not individual objects and can not be counted.

Uncountable nouns are used to describe a quality, action, thing orsubstance that can be poured or measured. Non-Count nouns alsorefer to a whole category made up of different varieties or a wholegroup of things that is made up of many individual parts.Uncountable nouns are always singular.

For example: There is some water in that pitcher.

That is the equipment we use for the project.


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Examples

Usually non-count nounsThings Qualities Actions Fields of Study

water

stuff

money

adviceproof

equipment

dust

homework

fun

information

ink

luck

dependability

honesty

loyalty

sincerityintegrity

walking/to walk

typing/to type

jumping/to jump

thinking/to thinkswimming/to swim

psychology

history

social work

economicsbiology

English

anatomy

philosophy

religion

theology


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The "much" and "many" RuleMany is used with count nouns.

For example: How many papers do you have to write?

There were too many books required for that class.

Much is used with non-count nouns. For example:

How much homework did you have last night? I had to read so much literature for my English class.

We use "a" with objects we can count the begin with aconsonant Example:a book

We use "some" with object we can not count Example:some milk We use "an" with object we can count that begin with a

vowel Example:an orange

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You can use "some" and "any" with countable nouns.For example:

Some dogs can be dangerous.

I don't use any computers at work

You only use "many" and "few" with plural countablenouns.

For example: Many elephants have been hunted.

There are few elephants in England.

You can use "a lot of" and "no" with plural countablenouns.For example: No computers were bought last week.

A lot of computers were reported broken the weekbefore.


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EXERCISES

1. My cousin is very beautiful. She has green eyes

and________ .a) long hair

b) long hairs

c) a long hair

d) a long length of hair

2._________ have you got in the bank? Is it enough to buy ahouse?

a) How many moneys

b) How many moneyc) How much money

d) How much moneys


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3. On Saturday, my friend Paul went fishing and he caught________ .a) three fish

b) three fishes

c) three items of fishd) three of fish

4. How many________ did the teacher give us today? He alwaysgives us a lot to do.a) homework

b) homeworks

c) a lot of homework

d) pieces of homework

5. Every morning before I come to school, I spend thirty minutesdoing_______ .That's how I stay so slim.a) exercise

b) an exercise

c) some exercises

d) some pieces of exercise


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COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE

NOUNS:The children are playing in the garden.

I don't like milk.

I prefer tea.

My mother uses butter to prepare cakes.

There are a lot ofwindows in our classroom.We need some glue to fix thisvase.

My father drinks two big glasses of water everymorning.

The bread my mother prepares is delicious.

I'd like somejuice please!

A rise in oil prices is inevitable since there is more and more world demand forenergy.

The exercises on this website are interesting.

Dehydrated babies must drink a lotofwater.

I met some nice people when I was walking along thebeach.

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