A/AN, SOME/ANY

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Countable – nouns that we can Uncountable – nouns that we

count cannot count
EXAMPLES OF UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:

 Cheese
 Bread
 Butter
 Meat
 Liquids in general (juice, oil, etc)
 Pasta
 Rice
 Sugar
 Flour
 Salt
A/AN, SOME/ANY

a/an + singular countable noun

A book, an umbrella, a pen, an elephant
 Some + plural countable noun in the affirmative
 I have some books.
 There are some pens on the table.
 Any + plural countable noun in the negative and
interrogative
 I don’t have any books. – negative sentence
 Do you have any books? – interrogative sentence