Noun

A noun refers to a person, an animal, an object, etc.

Countable nouns (Singular/Plural)
Nouns that we can count.
Uncountable nouns (-)
Nouns that we can’t count.
Countable n.
- Singular
a/an (+) (-) (?)
a: when a noun starts with sound of a consonant.
a teacher a tomato a knife
a university a house
an: when a noun starts with sound of a vowel.
an apple an umbrella an onion
an hour
- Plural
some (+) / (?) offers/ask for
when a noun starts with sound of a consonant or
vowel.
They are some teachers.
We need some tomatoes.
Can I have some apples?
 Do you want some biscuits?

any (-) (?)

when a noun starts with sound of a consonant or
vowel.
There aren’t any teachers here.
Do we need any tomatoes?
Uncountable n.
some (+) / (?) offers/ask for
There’s some water in the kitchen.
Do you want some sugar in your coffee?
any (-) (?)
There isn’t any butter in the dining room.
Is there any salt over there?

(U) Meat: pork, duck, lamb…

Drinks: juice, milk, oil/toothpaste
Microscopic origin: sand, salt, sugar..
Material: glass, wood, metal, iron, paper…
Bread, Music, Tennis, Money, news
a/an (+) (-) (?)
a/an + a container + of + (u)

There is a bottle of water on the table.

There are 2 bottles of water on the table.

We need a kilo of tomatoes.

We need a kilo of sugar.

many (c) plural – (+) (-) (?)

There are many books.
There aren’t many tomatoes
Are there many students here?
much (u) – (-) (?)
There isn’t much sugar.
Is there much oil?
a lot of (c) (u) (+) (-) (?)
There are a lot of books.
There aren’t a lot of tomatoes
Are there a lot of students here?
There is a lot of salt.
There isn’t a lot of sugar.
Is there a lot of oil?