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COUNT AND NON –COUNT NOUNS

There are two different kinds of nouns: Count and non-count.

|Count Nouns have two forms: singular (used with a or an ) or plural. |
|Singular: I need a ticket. Plural: I need two tickets. ||Non-count Nouns have only one form. You can’t count them. Don’t use a or an with non-count nouns. Don’t add s to non-count nouns. |
|I need information |
|You can use either the or a possessive adjective before both count and non-count nouns.|
|Where’s the ticket? Where’s the money? |
|Where’s my ticket? Where’s my money? |
|Common Non-Count NounsFood Non-Count Nouns |
|Furniture luggage software bread fruit rice |
|Homework money traffic cheese gum sugar|
|Information music time coffee food tea |
|Jewelry paper candy milk water |
|Some and A lot of:|
|You can use some and a lot of with plural count nouns and non-count nouns. Do not use some and a lot of with singular count nouns. |
|I have some magazines I have some money. |
|I have a lot ofmagazines I have a lot of money. |




| |Count Nouns Non-Count Nouns |
|Questions |Use how many with pluralUse how much with |
| |count nouns. non-count nouns. |
| |How many + noun + are there? How much + noun + is there? |
||How many + noun + do/does + How much + noun + do/does + |
| |Subject + Verb? Subject + Verb? |
| |How many students are there in this class? Howmuch coffee is there? |
| |How many cups do we need? How much time do we have? |
|Affirmative |Use a lot of, a few, many, and Use a lot of, a little with non- |
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