Countable and Uncountable Nouns
Give a short definition of uncountable nouns and give three examples of nouns that are not uncountable, e.g.: cats
are nouns nouns cannot be counted
e.g.: people, things, animals
Give a short definition of irregular plural nouns and give three examples of them.
Child/Children
Man/Men
Person/People
Identify the mistakes in the following sentence:
There is many moneys in my pocket.
“Money” cannot be accompanied by a quantifier such as “many” since it is uncountable and the word money does not have a plural form and does not end in s.
True and false: is it possible to use articles such as “a/an” with uncountable nouns such as money or water?
false, They can't be preceded by the indefinite article a/an.
What is the plural form of mouse?
Mice
Indicate which of the following nouns are countable and which are uncountable
cousin
shoes
magazine
rice
information
rain
Give an example of countable nouns with the following categories:
People, for example: girls
Food, for example: carrots
Objects, for example: chairs
boys,
grapes
pencils
What is the difference between How much and how many?
make a sentence with each one.
we use "how much" with uncountable nouns and "how many" when the noun we are talking about is countable
Which of the following nouns is irregular?
doctor, box, sheet, shelf, feet, desk, laptop.
feet
Name 4 countable nouns that you might find in a classroom:
blackboards
pencils
students
tables
What is the plural form of Woman?
Women
Which of the following nouns is not countable?
photograph, candle, paintings, intelligence, horse
intelligence
True or false: the plural form of the word “Potato” is “potatoes”.
True
True and false: quantifiers such as “some, any and much” can be used when we are talking about uncountable nouns?
Answer and give an example in a sentence
True
E.g.: There is some milk in the fridge
Drinks are usually treated as uncountable but we can refer to them as if they were countable as in a cup of , a glass of... Give an example of a sentence with a liquid uncountable noun, using one of these expressions
Give me three cups of tea, please.