Uncountable and Countable nouns

Uncountable nouns are nouns we can not or do not count.

They are always in the singular form so we never use a or an with them.

→ A coffee NO
→ A water NO

However, we can use quantity words with them.

e.g. a glass of, a cup of….

→ A cup of coffee YES

→ A glass of water, orange juice,… YES

Countable nouns are the nouns we can count.

If there is only one (singular noun) we use a or an in front of it.
e.g. a lemon, an apple

If there is more than one (plural noun) we usually add –s to the noun.

COUNTABLE NOUNS- THE PLURALS

● Generalmente in inglese il plurale si forma aggiungendo la “S” alla fine della parola. Esistono però delle VARIAZIONI
ORTOGRAFICHE che dobbiamo imparare a MEMORIA che ci serviranno per sempre.

Singular noun It ends with Plural noun

Egg - G EGGS
Brush - SH BRUSHES
Watch - CH WATCHES
Bus - S BUSES
Glass - SS GLASSES
Box - X BOXES
Tomato - O TOMATOES
Boy - O+Y BOYS
Cherry - R+Y CHERRIES
Wife - FE WIVES
Leaf - F LEAVES

N.B. photos/pianos/radios/videos a differenza di tomatoes prendono solo la ‘S’

● Alcuni sostantivi hanno la forma plurale diversa, cioè IRREGOLARE.

 Singular noun Plural noun Italian

Man men UOMO

Woman women DONNA

Child Children BAMBINO/ BAMBINI

Person People PERSONA/ GENTE

Foot Feet PIEDE/ PIEDI

Tooth Teeth DENTE/ DENTI

Mouse Mice Topo/ topi

Goose Geese Oca/ oche

N.B. fish (pesce/i) and sheep (pecora/i) sono sostantivi invariabili e il verbo è sempre singolare

1. Forma il plurale dei seguenti sostantivi seguendo le regole che abbiamo visto (sul quaderno)
Toy, knife, shelf, story, wife, diary, calf, boy, kiss, mouse, woman, dress, child, fish, match, paintbrush, potato, baby,
leaf, wolf, chimney, foot, goose, person, sheep, eye, mouth, ear, house, family, fox, dictionary, strawberry.

TOYS – KNIVES – SHELVES – STORIES – WIVES – DIARIES – CALVES – BOYS – KISSES – MICE – WOMEN – DRESSES –
CHILDREN – FISH – MATCHES – PAINTBRUSHES – POTATOES – BABIES – LEAVES – WOLVES – CHIMNEYS – FEET –
GEESE – PEOPLE – SHEEP – EYES – MOUTHS – EARS – HOUSES – FAMILIES – FOXES – DICTIONARIES – STRAWBERRIES.

2. From singular into plural 3. From plural into singular

1. A mouse is grey Mice are grey.
2. A tooth is white Teeth are white.
3. A foot has got five fingers Feet have got five
fingers.
4. That tomato is on the table. Those tomatoes are
on the table.
5. This boy is clever. These boys are clever.
1. Pencils are school objects. The pencil is a school
object.
2. Cherries are in the basket. A cherry is in the
basket.
3. Peaches are yellow and orange. The peach is
yellow and orange.
4. Spiders have got six legs. The spider has got six
legs.
5. There are some geese in the farm. There is a
goose in the farm.