countable or uncountable
News
uncountable
The pastas are very nice.
Correct or Incorrect?
Incorrect. Why?
I had ( ) cereal for breakfast.
I had some cereal for breakfast.
Add a modifier to make the noun countable:
paper
piece/ roll/ sheet
How many countable and uncountable nouns?
Blood, Coffee, Food, Ice, Meat, Music, Paper
7 uncountable nouns and zero countable nouns
Can I have an information? (Correct / Incorrect)
1. Incorrect
I needed ( a / an / some ) time to come up with ( a / an / some ) answer.
I need some time to come up with an answer.
Add a modifier to make the noun countable:
advice
piece
From the list below, you are given 15 seconds to count how many countable and uncountable nouns.
Milk, Eggs, Onions, Salt, Beans, Potatoes, Celery, Tomatoes, Lemon, Pepper, Cheese.
5 uncountable and 6 countable nouns
The news is good. (Correct / Incorrect)
Correct
You need to find (a / an / some) decent job first.
You need to find a decent job first.
Explain the difference between few and a few. Give example sentences
We use the word few when we want to talk about the quantity of something. Usually, we use it when we want to talk about a small quantity:
Few members of the family leave their hometown each year.
In the sentence above, we used few to indicate that only one or two members of the family leave town—most of them stay put. However, if we were to add “a” to few, we would be saying something else:
A few members of the family leave their hometown each year.
Furniture
uncountable
I have a luggage for this trip. (correct/incorrect)
incorrect
1. Would you like ( ) coffee?
2. He always likes ( ) piece of chocolate .
1. some
2. a
Can we use 'some' for questions?
only offers
baggage, luggage, suitcase
2uncountable , 1 countable
He gave me an advice.
Is "an advice" correct?
Incorrect. Should be "some advice" or "a piece of advice".
1. Do you like ( ) butter?
2. Is there ( ) opera house in your town?
3. Can I have ( ) bread, please?
1. some
2. an
3. some
give me an example of a noun that can be both countable and uncountable depending on its meaning.
Any example