Countable and uncountable nouns Nouns can be singular
Countable and uncountable nouns
Nouns can be singular and plural. SINGULAR a pen a house a table a bush a watch a fox a tomato/a potato PLURAL with –s two pens two houses two tables PLURAL with –es two bushes two watches two foxes two tomatoes/potatoes
SINGULAR a boy a toy a key a family a lorry a fly a loaf a leaf a life a wolf PLURAL: vowel + y + s two boys two toys two keys PLURAL: consonant + i + es two families two lorries two flies PLURAL: f v + es two loaves two leaves two lives two wolves
SINGULAR a child an ox a man a woman a policeman a fireman a foot a tooth a goose a mouse a dormouse a louse a fish a salmon a sheep a deer IRREGULAR PLURAL two children (-en) two oxen two men (men) two women two policemen two firemen two feet (-ee-) two teeth two geese two mice (mice/lice) two dormice two lice two fish (they don’t change in plural) two salmon two sheep two deer
Uncountable nouns don’t have a plural form. (nebrojive imenice) • bread- two loaves of bread two breads • milk- four bottles of milk • butter- two packets of butter • sand- some grains of sand • water – two glasses of water • money-two dollars, ten pounds, ten kunas • luggage-two pieces of luggage • furniture – two pieces of furniture • advice – a piece of advice • Information – a piece of information
Countable (C) or uncountable (U)? 1) There are lots of cities in the world with more than a million people. 2) I don’t like spices in my food and I don’t like potatoes with a lot of salt. 3) My parents drink coffee every day and I drink tea or water. 4) Strawberry jam is my favourite. 5) I have two slices of bread, cheese and salami before going to school. 6) How much sugar do you put in your tea? 1) C: a city–cities, a million–millions, a person–people 2) C: a spice-spices, a potato-potatoes U: food, salt 3) C: a parent-parents, a day-days U: coffee, tea, water 4) U: jam 5) C: a slice-slices, a school-schools U: bread, cheese, salami 6) U: sugar, tea
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