English

dog, cat, animal, man, person, bottle, box, litre, coin, note, dollar, cup, plate, fork, table, chair, suitcase, bag,

Countable nouns can be singular or plural:

My dog is playing.

My dogs are hungry.

We can use the indefinite article a/an with countable nouns:

A dog is an animal.

When a countable noun is singular, we must use a word like a/the/my/this with it:

I want anorange. (not I want orange.)

Where is my bottle? (not Where is bottle?)

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 some dollars.

Have you got any pens?

We can use a few and many with countable nouns:

I've got a few dollars.

I haven't got many pens.

"People" iscountable. "People" is the plural of "person". We can count people:

There is one person here.

There are three people here.

Uncountable Nouns

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. Here aresome more uncountable nouns:

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. For example:

This news is very important. Your luggage looks heavy.

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 of rice,





We can use some and any with uncountable nouns:

I've got some money. Have you got any rice?

We can use a little and much with uncountable nouns:

I've got a little money. I haven't got much rice.

Uncountable nouns are also called "mass nouns".When you learn a new word, it's a good idea to learn whether it's countable or uncountable.

Nouns that can be Countable and Uncountable

Sometimes, the same noun can be countable and uncountable, often with a change of meaning.

|Countable | |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'sdifficult 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 theparty. |time |Have you got time for a coffee? |
|Macbeth is one of Shakespeare's greatest works. |work |I have no money. I need work! |


  Drinks (coffee, water, orange juice) are usually uncountable. But if we are thinking of a cup or a glass, wecan say (in a restaurant, for example):

• Two teas and one coffee please.

I. Asking questions for countable and uncountable objects. Complete the questions using much or many and answer them with a quantifier:

1. How __________ money do you have? ____________________________________

2. How ______________ people live in your city? _______________________________

3. How...