Tablas

TABLE
USING THERE IS / ARE WITH COUNTABLE and UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS |
Countable | Uncountable |
Singular | Plural | One form |
(+)There is a chair. | There are some chairs. | There is some water|
(-) There isn’t a table. | There aren’t any tables. | There isn’t any cheese. |
(?) Is there a bathroom? | Are there any bathrooms? | Is there any coffee? |
Conclusions from the table:
• Withcountable nouns we have two forms: singular and plural and when we refer to uncountable nouns we only use one form.
• When we use the singular form with countable nouns we use a/an and with pluralswe use some/any.
• With the uncountable nouns we do not use a/an and we can use some/any
• With countable nouns some/any means “an indefinite number”
• With uncountable nouns some/any means “aportion of”
Conclusiones:
Como vemos cuando un sustantivo es contable hay dos formas: singular y plural pero con los no constables solo hay una forma. Nunca usen la forma plural cuando usen los nocontables. También cabe resaltar que cuando usamos el some /any con los contables significa algunos/algunas o en negativo ningun pero cuando se usa con los no contables quiere decir algo de. Veamos:
Thereare some books on the table. (Hay algunos libros)
There aren’t any books. (No hay ningun lbro) Ojo que en español se usa la forma singular de libro pero en inglés no.
Are there any books? (Hay algúnlibro)
There is milk. (Hay algo de leche)
There isn’t any milk. (No hay nada de leche)
Is there any milk? (Hay algo de leche?)
Countable nouns – Count nouns
A noun renames a person, place orthing. If a noun is viewed as countable if:
• A or an can be used in front of it : a table, an egg
• It has a plural form : there are two tables
• It can be used in a question with how many: How manyrooms are there?
• A number can be used before it: four computers
If a noun is viewed as uncountable:
• a/an cannot be used in front of it: Cereal is healthy
• it does not have a plural form: I...