Mgr.

Lucia Jureňová
 When the countable noun is Pl. we can use it
alone.
I want apples.
We can use some and any.
some - affirmative sentences
I have got some dollars.
any - negative sentences, question
sentences
I haven’t got any dollars.
Have you got any dollars?
 Countable nouns -  Uncoutable nouns
are easy to We can’t count
recognize. They them. We can’t
are things that we divide into
can count. For separete
example car. We elements. For
can count cars. We example: We can’t
can have 1, 2, 3, 4 count milk, BUT
or more cars. we can count
bottles of milk.
 Here are some more countable nouns:
 Dog, cat, person, man…
 Cup, plate, fork, spoon….
 Bottle, box….
 Table, chair, bag…
 Pen, ruler, pencil, desk….
 Lamp, sofa, carpet…
 Countablenouns can be Sg. or Pl..
 For example :
My apple is red.
My apples are red.

A window is clean.
The windows are clean.
 We can use the article a/ an with countable
nouns:
A cat is an animal.
 When a countable noun is Sg, must use a
word like a/ the/ my/ this with it.
I want an apple.
This is nice skirt.
My brother is very polite.
We can use a few/ many with countable nouns:
I have got a few dollars.
I have got many friends.

People is countable. People is the plural of

person.
 When countable noun is Pl., we can use it alone.
I like apples.

 We can use some/any with countable nouns in

plural.
 some - affirmative sentences
I have got some dollars.
 any - negative sentences, question sentences
I haven’t got any dollars.
Have you got any dollars?
We cannot count them.
For example we cannot count ‘milk’. We can
count bottles of milk, or boxes of milk, but
we cannot count ‘milk’ itself.
We don’t usually use article a/an with
uncountable nouns. But we can say a
something of:
a bottle of water
a piece of news
a bar of chocolate
a glass of milk…..
 We can use some and any with uncountable
nouns.
 Some – affirmative sentences
 Any – question sentences, negative sentences
I have got some money.
I haven’t got any money.
 We can use a little and much with
uncountable nouns.
I have got a little money.
I haven’t got much money.
 tomato  meat
 juice
 carrot  fruit
 hot dog  milk
 sugar
 pancake
 coffee
 apple  salt
 orange  soup
 tea
 cake
 butter
 pie  cheese
 burger…
 honey

Countable nouns Uncountable nouns

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