Countable And Uncontable

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Countable Nouns Countable nouns are easy to recognize. They are things that we can count. For example: "pen". We can count pens. We can have one, two, three ormore pens. Here are some more countable nouns: dog, cat, animal, man, person bottle, box, litre coin, note, dollar cup, plate, fork table, chair, suitcase, bag

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Countable nouns canbe singular or plural: My dog is playing. My dogs are hungry. When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it: I want an orange. (not I want orange.) Where is mybottle? (not Where is bottle?)

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When a countable noun is plural, we can use it alone: I like oranges. Bottles can break. We can use some and any with countable nouns: I've got somedollars. Have you got any pens?

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We can use a few and many with countable nouns: I've got a few dollars. I haven't got many pens.

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Uncountable NounsUncountable 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", butwe cannot count "milk" itself.

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Here are some more uncountable nouns: music, art, love, happiness advice, information, news furniture, luggage rice, sugar, butter, waterelectricity, gas, power money, currency

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We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular. We use a singular verb. For example: This news is very important. Your luggage looks heavy.

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We do not usually use the indefinite article a/an with uncountable nouns. We cannot say "an information" or "a music". But we can say a something of: a piece of news a bottle of water a grain ofrice

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We can use some and any with uncountable nouns: I've got some money. Have you got any rice?

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We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns: I've got a...