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Inglês 7º Ano – Countable and Uncontable nouns

Nome: _________________________________________________ Data: ___/___/___

COUNTABLE NOUS

Are words like car, book, pen. They are names of things that
you can count: You can say one car, two books, tree pens. a car

They can be singular ( a cat, one pencil) or plural ( two

pencils, a lot of pens). three pens

We use a / an only before singular countable nouns.

(A/An is bit like one: you can´t say one pencils or one smoke.)

a pencil

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Are words like smoke, rice, water, petrol. These are things that you can´t count
you say “smoke”, but not “ one smoke” or “two rices”.

Uncountable nouns are only singular. , and we cannot use a / an with them.
smoke

We often use an uncountable noun (without a / an) to say something is made of.

Example: This sweater is made of silk.

We can make uncountable nouns countable to express quantity. We add a

unit or a quantity with “OF”

A can of coke A bag of flour A box of cereals

 A) Countable or uncountable? Write the following nouns under the correct column.

book car elephant children photos meat mountains music wood friendship coffee wine smoke
pens pencil paper money sugar

SINGULAR COUNTABLE PLURAL COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE

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B) Use a / an if necessary and write C ( countable) or U ( uncountable).

..... money _________ ...... table _________

..... ponds _________ ...... books _________

..... cup of sugar _________ ..... cups of tea _________

..... bar of chocolate _________ ...... house _________

..... pen _________ ..... rabbit _________

..... ice-cream _________ ..... tube of toothpaste _________

..... glass of water _________ ..... rain _________

....... orange _________ ...... bottle _________