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Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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Countable and Uncountable Nouns

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Countable and uncountable nouns

Look at the examples

I'm making a cup of tea.


There's some money on the table.
Have we got any bread?
How many chairs do we need?
How much milk have we got?
Countable nouns

For positive sentences we can use a/an for singular


nouns or some for plurals.

There's a man at the door.


I have some friends in New York.

For negatives we can use a/an for singular nouns or


any for plurals.
I don't have a dog.
There aren't any seats.
Uncountable nouns
Here are some examples of uncountable nouns:

bread
rice
coffee
information
money Context is all!!
advice
luggage
furniture
We use some with uncountable nouns in positive
sentences and any with negatives.

There's some milk in the fridge.


There isn't any coffee.
Questions
In questions we use a/an, any or how many with
countable nouns.

Is there an email address to write to?


Are there any chairs?
How many chairs are there?

And we use any or how much with uncountable


nouns.
Is there any sugar?
How much orange juice is there?
But when we are offering something or asking for
something, we normally use some.

Do you want some chocolate?


Can we have some more chairs, please?

We also use some in a question when we think the


answer will be 'yes'.
Have you got some new glasses?
Other expressions of quantity

A lot of (or lots of) can be used with both countable


and uncountable nouns.
There are lots of apples on the trees.
There is a lot of snow on the road.

Notice that we don't usually use many or much in


positive sentences. We use a lot of instead.
They have a lot of money.
Other expressions of quantity

However, in negative sentences we use not many with


countable nouns and not much with uncountable
nouns.
There are a lot of carrots but there aren't many
potatoes.
There's lots of juice but there isn't much water.

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