COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXM6eUSUMK4

Countable nouns things, objects, people, places, etc. can be counted SINGULAR: PLURAL: a + noun one + noun noun + -s e.g. a book, a friend, a building ... two books, three friends, four buildings ...

USE - singular form of the verb with a singular countable noun: dog, cat, animal, man, person bottle, box, litre coin, note, dollar table, chair, suitcase, bag e.g. I am sitting on a chair. -and plural form of the verb with plural nouns: e.g. Your bags are on the floor.

Irregular Nouns: SINGULAR PLURAL -EN child children man men woman women ox oxen -EE foot feet goose geese tooth teeth NO CHANGE deer deer fish fish means means offspring offspring series series sheep sheep species species

Uncountable nouns substances, concepts etc that cannot be divided into separate elements have only one form and cannot "count" them e.g. music, art, love, happiness advice, information, news furniture, luggage rice, sugar, butter, water electricity, gas, power money, currency we usually treat uncountable nouns as singular we use a singular verb with them e.g. : This news is very important. Your luggage looks heavy.

Uncountable nouns CAN be counted if we use: A piece / a slice of… cheese / meat A bowl of… soup /cereal A cup of … tea A bottle / a glass of…wine A carton of … milk A bar of … chocolate / butter A tube of ketchup

Some of the most common quantity expressions / containers advice - a piece of advice money - a note, a coin baggage - a piece of baggage music – a song, a piece bread - a slice of bread, a loaf of bread news - a piece of news equipment - a piece of equipment pasta - a plate of pasta, a serving of furniture - a piece of furniture pasta garbage - a piece of garbage research - a piece of research, a information - a piece of information research project knowledge - a fact travel - a journey, a trip luggage - a piece of luggage, a bag, work - a job, a position a suitcase

Countable ↔ Uncountable  BOTH ↔ Uncountable There are two hairs in my coffee! hair I don't have much hair. There are two lights in our bedroom. light Close the curtain. There's too much light! Shhhhh! I thought I heard a noise. noise It's difficult to work when there is too much noise. Have you got a paper to read? (= newspaper) paper I want to draw a picture. Have you got some paper? Our house has seven rooms. room Is there room for me to sit here? We had a great time at the party. time Have you got time for a coffee? Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest works. work I have no money. I need work!

EXERCISES

TASK 1: Identify the following objects as countable or uncountable. 1. Information 4. Money a) countable a) countable b) uncountable b) uncountable 2. Rules 5. Rice 3. Sheep 6. Bottles of wine a) countable a) countable

a) countable a) countable 2. Rules 5. Rice a) countable a) countable KEY: 1. Information 4. Money a) countable a) countable b) uncountable b) uncountable 2. Rules 5. Rice a) countable a) countable b) uncountable b) uncountable 3. Sheep 6. Bottles of wine

Put in order the countable and uncountable nouns cup, plate, fork, sugar, salt, bottle, cheese, coin, water, milk, box, litre, tea, coffee, suitcase, bag, ham, cake, dollar, animal, man, person, equipment, traffic, talent, web site, clothes, music, desert, land, nation, fish, pollution, food.

KEY: COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE cup plate fork bottle coin box litre suitcase bag dollar animal man person web site clothes desert nation sugar salt cheese water milk tea coffee ham cake equipment traffic talent music land fish pollution food

ONLINE EXERCISES: C or U with key C or U - with answers SHORT PASSAGE A PIECE OF / A PACKET OF....