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INGLÉS II

Mg. Magali g.Prado

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COUNT NOUNS AND NOUN COUNT NOUNS
 ORIENTACIONES

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• Count nouns
• Non count nouns
 COUNT NOUNS
1. Count Nouns: are things which can be counted. That means
that there can be more than one of them.

– I need three books for tomorrow.

more than one book.
• The noun book is a count noun.

2. Non-Count Nouns: are nouns that you can not count one by
one.
– Please, bring me some water.
water cannot be easily counted.
• The noun water is a non-count noun.
• Count Nouns refer to things that you can easily count.

Count Nouns
Chairs Students Hats
Bananas Bottles Glasses
Houses Boats Shirts
Countries Pencils Cars
 Count Nouns

one pig Two pigs

For nouns that end with a consonant, add s.
 one potato A lot of potatoes

For some nouns that end in o, add es. If you are not
sure, check a dictionary.
USE A / AN
an words that begin
with vowels
A
singular count nouns
an
 NON COUNT NOUNS
• Non-Count Nouns refer to things that by their nature are not
easily countable such as substances, mass forms and abstract
ideas.
Noncount Nouns Examples
milk coffee water
Parts That Are Small rice sugar grass
Categories mail furniture money
Abstractions love advice education
Sports/Recreation soccer chess baseball
Fields of Study grammar music law
Medical Conditions arthritis cancer flu
We usually treat uncountable nouns as singular : We
use a singular verb. For example:
• This news is very important.
• Your luggage looks heavy.
You can count uncountable nouns if you use:
• A piece of… cheese
• A bowl of… soup
• A cup of… tea
• A bottle of…wine
• A carton of…milk MILK

• A bar of… chocolate

 Here are some of the most common containers /
quantity expressions for these uncountable nouns:
advice - a piece of advice
baggage - a piece of baggage
bread - a slice of bread, a loaf of bread
equipment - a piece of equipment
furniture - a piece of furniture
garbage - a piece of garbage
information - a piece of information
knowledge - a fact
luggage - a piece of luggage, a bag, a suitcase
money - a note, a coin
musica – a song, a piece
news - a piece of news
pasta - a plate of pasta, a serving of pasta
research - a piece of research, a research project
travel - a journey, a trip
work - a job, a position
We don’t use indefinite articles (a/an) with uncountable nouns.
We use QUANTIFIERS. Look at the examples:

a sack of rice a loaf of bread a jar of honey

a box of cereal a slice of pizza a cup of coffee

 a piece of cake a bar of chocolate a can of soda

a bag of chips a mug of beer a spoon of salt

a package of cookies a carton of milk a tub of ice-cream

 EXAMPLES

Countables
1.- I eat an apple every day.
I eat some apples every day.

2.- She uses a computer

3.- They do some exercises here in the Gym

1.- I eat rice every day . I don’t say I eat a rice every
day

2.- He usually drink some water.

3.- She wants a cup of coffee.

4.- The baby drinks a glass of milk every day.

5.- My mother buys a bag of sugar.

• Put a / an or some.
1. … honey 11. … meat
2. … lemon 12. … water
3. … potato 13. … banana
4. … doughnut 14. … cucumber
5. … yoghurt 15. … sugar
6. … tomato 16. … pepper
7. … juice 17. … tea
8. … cheese 18. … dinner
9. … milk 19. … salt
10. … bread 20. … apple
 Put in order the countable
and uncountable nouns

cup, plate, fork, sugar, salt, bottle, cheese, coin, water,

milk, box, litre, tea, coffee, suitcase, bag, ham, cake,
dollar, animal, man, person, equipment, traffic, talent,
web site, clothes, music, desert, land, nation, fish,
pollution, food.
 QUANTIFIERS: SOME, ANY, MUCH A LITTLE, A LOT OF
NONCOUNT NOUNS

• You can use much, a lot of,a little and any with
noncount nouns.
• Example :

• I drank too much tea.( mucho)

• I ate a lot of ( demasiado ) bread and a little( un
poco ) meat.
• I didn’t eat any butter
 QUANTIFIERS: SOME, ANY, A FEW, MANY , A LOT OF
COUNT NOUNS
• We use many with plural count nouns in positive statements and questions

1.- We bought many books last week

2.- Were there many people At the Movie theater?

• We use a few with count nouns

1.- I have a few candies for you

3.- We use some in affirmative statements, only in the case , you offer something to
somebody, we use some in questions.

Would you like some ice cream ?

• We use any in negative statements and questions

1.- I don’t have any pens

2.- Do you have any questions ?

4.- We use a lot of with count nouns and non count nouns

• A lot of fruit grows in Ica

• That’s a lot of grapes

• How much : Things you can’t count
The use of , much, a lot of, a little and any
• How many :Things you can count.
The use of , many, a lot of, a few and any
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