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Countable and

Uncountable Nouns
Countable nouns

 Countable nouns are those that refer to something that can be counted;


 They have both singular and plural forms (e.g. cat/cats; woman/women; country/countries);
 In the singular, they can be preceded by a or an. 
Uncountable nouns

 They are for the things that we cannot count with numbers;


 Abstract ideas, objects that are too small or too amorphous to be counted (liquids, powders, gases, etc.);
 They usually don’t have a plural form.
Much, many, a lot of

 Much: uncountable nouns. (e.g. How much sugar do you need?)


 Many: countable nouns. (e.g. How many people are there?)
 A lot of: both. (e.g. I have a lot of things to do. / You drank a lot of coffee.)
Some

 Some can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns.


 Uncountables: some milk, some water, some butter, some bread, some Money.
 Countables: some books, some oranges, some friends.
Some and Any

 “Some” and “any” can be used with both countable and uncountable nouns, the main difference is that “any”
is only used in negative and interrogative setences.

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