COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Colin's diet recipe

Uncountable

cheese meat

carrots

eggs cucumbers

Countable

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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS ?

Uncountable nouns often refer to liquids, materials , general concepts and abstract qualities . Uncountable nouns are singular they don' t usually have plural forms .

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Uncountable nouns Questions Affirmative statements How much +cheese pasta rice uncountable does he noun eat? He eats a lot of +cheese. uncountable noun

Negative statements He doesn't eat pasta. much + uncountable noun He doesn't a loteat of rice.

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COUNTABLE NOUNS ?

Countable nouns are nouns we can count . They have singular and plural forms .

Use the articles A or AN before a singular noun .

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Countable nouns
Questions How many +eggs potatoes bananas countable does noun he eat?

Affirmative statements

He eats a lot of eggs. + countable noun He a eats / an egg s. every morning.

Negative statements He doesn't many eat potatoes. + countable noun He doesn't a lot eat of bananas.

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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS IN APPLICATION

Questions
How much +rice uncountable noun How many +potatoes plural countable noun

Affirmative statements

uncountable noun a lot of cheese plural countable noun a lot of potatoes

+

Negative statements

much +rice uncountable noun a lot of +rice uncountable noun plural countable noun many +potatoes

a lot of +potatoes plural countable noun

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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Some nouns can be both countable and uncountable wit h a difference in meaning.
rock (uncountable = the material) a rock (countable = a piece o f rock) coffee (uncountable = the substance) a coffee (countable = a cup o f coffee) ff^ hair (uncountable) a hair (countable = one hair)

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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Some nouns which are uncountable in English may be countable in your own language. In English, these nouns are uncountable: Accommodation, furniture, knowledge, music, traffic, advice, homework, luggage, news, transport , fruit, information, money, pasta CAN I HAVE SOME INFORMATION ? NOT Can I have some informations ?

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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Uncountable nouns can be countable if we use expressions such as:

a piece of advice / fruit / information / news a slice of bread / toast / cheese a bar of chocolate a cup of coffee / tea a grain of sand a glass of water

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