Name: Marco Antonio Sargento Aymachoque Date: 18/01/2021

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE

The countable nouns are those that can be

Pay attention to the difference between the
counted one by one and the uncountable
nouns, on the contrary, cannot be counted
partitives a pair of and a couple of.
with numbers.

USE EXAMPLE
COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE A PAIR OF To refer to two equal things but A pair of
together they are considered a single shoes.
unit.
They designate They designate
Two elements impossible
PAIRS OF Two pairs of
elements that Air
birds to be treated with If we want to designate more than one shoes.
can be treated unit by adding a number in front
individuality
individually A COUPLE A couple of
To refer to two units of something or ideas.
Singular and Tree / They do not have person
Water / waters
plural form trees a plural form

A / an / one is Some / any / Ø is

used to designate I need a often used to I need
elements in the book designate some money
singular uncountable elements

They can be To be able to

counted one by One bee - count them you A bottle of milk
one using two bees
need the use of a
numbers syntagm + of