miércoles, 14 de junio de 2017

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

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A noun can be countable and uncountable.

Countable

I eat a banana every day.
L like bananas.

Countable nouns (or count nouns) are thigs we can count They have both singular and plural forms (e.g. cat/cats; woman/women; country/countries). In the singular, they can be preceded  by a or an. Most nouns come into this category.

You can use A or AN  with singular countable nouns.

a beach                                   a student                                 an umbrella

You can use SOME and ANY with plural countable noun.

We sang some songs.

Did you buy any apples?

We use MANY and FEW with plural countable noun.

We didn't take many photographs.
We have a few jobs to do.

Uncountable

I eat rice every day.
I like rice.

Rice is an uncountable noun.
Uncountable nouns are things we cannot count. 
An uncountable noun has only one form (rice).

We cannot usually use A / AN with uncountable nouns. We do not say "a sand" or "a music". But you can often use A...OF

Example:   a bowl of rice                                a piece of music

We can use SOME and ANY with uncountable nouns.

We listened to some music.
Did you buy any apple juice?

We use MUCH and LITTLE with uncountable nouns

Example:  We didn't do much shopping.
                 I have a little work to do.

ACTIVITIES
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-practice/nouns-countable-and-uncountable.
Retrieved from English Grammar in Use

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