Countable and Uncountable Nouns A noun can be
Countable and Uncountable Nouns A noun can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns can be "counted", they have a singular and plural form. For example: A book, two books, three books. . . An apple, two apples, three apples. . Uncountable nouns cannot be counted, they are not separate objects. This means you cannot make them plural by adding -s, because they only have a singular form. It also means that they do not take a/an or a number in front of them. For example: Water Work. Information Coffee Sand
Countable and Uncountable Nouns There is /There are • • There are potatoes in the basket. • There is milk in the box.
Countable and Uncountable Nouns. Some/Any There is some water in the glass. There are two bottles of water on the table. There is some sugar. There is some chocolate. There are three bars of chocolate. There is some meat in the kitchen.
Countable and Uncountable Nouns. There isn’t any + uncountable nouns. There aren’t + countable plurals. There isn’t any coffee on the list. There aren’t three sprigs of parsley. There isn’t any watermelon juice in the fridge. There aren’t two packets of biscuits. There isn’t any coke with me. There aren’t any tomatoes.
Countable and Uncountable Nouns. How much/How many kilos of okras are there? There aren’t any okras here. There are 3 kilos of potatoes here. How much flour do we need? We need some flour. There isn’t any flour in the bowl.
Countable and Uncountable Nouns. Some/any/how much/how many There is some cake on the plate. There aren’t any packets of biscuits in the bag. There are some flowers on the table. There isn’t any bread at home. How many cans of cokes are there? How much money do you need?
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