explanation of countable nouns

2. 
Countable nouns
 Countable nouns are nouns which we can count and
they have singular and plural form
 Example:
orange – oranges
egg- eggs
tomato- tomatoes
apple – apples

3. 
 Uncountable nouns are words which we cannot
counted, they only have a singular form and they do
not have plural forms.
 Example: money
water
music
information
Uncountable nouns

4. 
 We use A with countable nouns: a pear, a peach, a
tomato, a sofa.
 We use AN when the words starts with a vowel: an
orange, an umbrella.
 We use SOME with countable and uncountable nouns (
without specifying the exact number)in affirmative
sentences: some milk, some potatoes, some sugar, some
books.
 We use ANY with countable and uncountable nouns in
negative and interrogative sentences: any coffee, any
chairs, any furniture
A, an, some and any

5. 
How much and how
many
 If we talked about
uncountable nouns we
use “how much”
 If you want to express
countable nouns you
use “how many”
 Tip: People is
accountant, since it is
the plural of person
(person): one person,
two people, three
people, etc.

6. 
 Cheese
uncountable
a piece of cheese
there is some cheese
Examples

7. 
 uncountable
there is some water
A bottle of water or two bottles of water
there aren’t any bottle of water
water

8. 
 Countable
A sausage
theres is a sausage
there are some sausages
Sausage

9. 
 Countable
a sofa
two sofas
there aren’t any sofas
some sofas
Sofa

10. 
 How many cups of coffee do you drink a day?
 How many pants did you buy in the last sale?
 How many pictures did you take last summer?
 How much coffee do you drink in the morning?
 How much wine did France produce last year?
 How much work do you have?
Questions

11. 
 Write C for countable and U for uncountable
Time __ oil__
Hair __ bread___
Apples __ book___
Rice___ salt___
Honey___ fingers___
Cars___
Orange___
Exercises

12.  Fill the blank with a, an, any and some
It is _____ dog
linda doesn’t have ____ pet
there are ____ cars in the parking lot
there is ____ apple on the desk
I bought _____ bottle of water
jake always eats _____ cheese at night

13. 
 __________ cheese do you buy?
 ___________ books are there in your bag?
 ___________films did Tom see last week?
 ___________meat are you going to buy?
 ___________friends does Linda have?
Choose How much or How many

14. 
 www.englishexercises.org/makeagame/viewgame.a
sp?id=3246
 es.slideshare.net/begonya297/countable-and-
uncountable-nouns-presentation
References