COUNTABLE

COUNTABLE: Are things you can count... have singular and plural forms. Battery: Batteries restaurant: restaurants

Numbers are used or the articles a / an to accountants
a photo one film two postcards...

FOR EXAMPLE: Three books

A photo one film

CAN BE USED IN SINGULAR AND PLURAL

FOR EXAMPLE:

SINGULAR

A DOG

A PEN

A CAR


PLURAL

TWO DOGS

FIVE PENS

SIX CARS

UNCOUNTABLE

UNCOUNTABLE: Uncountable nouns are substances, concepts etc that we cannot divide into separate elements. We cannot "count" them. For example, we cannot count "milk". We can count "bottles of milk" or "litres of milk", but we cannot count "milk" itself.



FOR EXAMPLE: Your luggage looks heavy.


RICE


SUGAR



WATER











NOTE: money is considered as an uncountable noun.



Example: I don´t have money.
Andrea has much money.

NOTE: UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS DO NOT HAVE A PLURAL FORM

QUANTITY

QUANTITY: A LOT OF, MANY, AND MUCH

• We use A LOT OF with countable and uncountable nouns in affirmative sentences.

AFFIRMATIVE

COUNTABLE: There are a lot of vitamins in fruits

UNCOUNTABLE: There is a lot of fat in sausages

• We use MANY with countable nouns in negative sentences and questions.

NEGATIVE

COUNTABLE: I don´t have many plans

UNCOUNTABLE: vegetables doesn´t contain much fat

• We use MUCH with uncountable nouns in negative sentences and questions

QUESTIONS

COUNTABLE: How many vitamins are there in this apple?

UNCOUNTABLE: How much fat is there in this fish?

ENOUGH, TOO MUCH AND TOO MANY

We use (not) enough before uncountable and plural countable nouns: Do we have ENOUGH milk?, We don´t have ENOUGH eggs to make a tortilla

We use too much before uncountable nouns: There´s TOO MUCH sugar in my tea

We use TOO MANY before plural countable nouns: Jennifer has bought too many hamburguer

EXERCISE

performs the activity and see that both know the item


1. Ketchup
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

2. Money
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

3. Peach
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

4. Cucumber
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

5. Hair
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

6. Cookies
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

7. Mangoes
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

8. Mayonnaise
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

9. Pie
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

10. Cake
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

11. Pop Corns
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

12. Potatoes
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

13. Candy
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

14. Bread
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

15. Salt
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

16. Eggs
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

17. Strawberry
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

18. Oil
Answer: Uncountable / Countable

ANSWER

1. Ketchup
uncountable

2. Money
uncountable

3. Peach
countable

4. Cucumber
countable

5. Hair
uncountable

6. Cookies
countable

7. Mangoes
countable

8. Mayonnaise
uncountable

9. Pie
uncountable

10. Cake
uncountable

11. Pop Corns
uncountable

12. Potatoes
countable

13. Candy
countable

14. Bread
uncountable

15. Salt
uncountable

16. Eggs

countable

17. Strawberry
countable

18. Oil
uncountable