COUNT

and
NON-COUNT NOUN

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What is a
NOUN?
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A NOUN is a word that

refers to THINGS
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Such as:
Laptop, animal, book,
table, smell, taste,
music, etc
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A NOUN is a word that

refers to PLACE
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Such as:
Kitchen, office, campus,
mall, shop, café, airport,
etc
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A NOUN is a word that

refers to PERSON
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Such as:
Linda, Bob, Andy,
Jamal, etc
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A NOUN is a word that

refers to
an idea or a concept
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Such as:
poverty, religion,
happiness, anger,
excitement, surprise, etc
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NOUN

SINGULAR PLURAL
FORM FORM
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(Baby) She gives birth to twin babies

(Dictionary) He sells three dictionaries
(Wife) The man is married to 2 wives
(Dish) She is washing the dishes
(Tomato) Many tomatoes are sold
(Knife) My mom bought some knives
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In English sentence structure,

noun can be divided into two
categories

COUNT NOUN
(Countable)
and
NON-COUNT NOUN
(Uncountable)
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Attention!
In English language it is very important
to really identify if a noun is COUNT or
NON COUNT in a sentence
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COUNT and NOUN COUNT NOUN

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COUNT and NOUN COUNT NOUN

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COUNT NOUN
noun that can be counted

1. I have a pen
2. I have an eraser
3. I have a pencil
4. I have three envelopes
5. I have one box
6. I have two boxes
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NON COUNT NOUN

noun that cannot be counted
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NON COUNT NOUN

noun that cannot be counted

1. I need furniture from my home

2. I stop at the shop to buy stationery
3. Linda gives advice to me everyday
4. Bob sells jewelry
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NON COUNT NOUN

noun that cannot be counted

1. I need furniture from my home

2. I stop at the shop to buy stationery
3. Linda gives advice to me everyday
4. Bob sells jewelry

• NO ‘S’ or ‘-ES
• NO Article A, AN
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NON COUNT NOUN

noun that cannot be counted

1. I need some furniture from my home

2. I stop at the shop to buy some stationery
3. Linda gives some advice to me everyday
4. Bob sells some jewelry

• But we can always use “SOME”

without “-s” or “-es”
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IDENTIFY!
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• a loaf of..
• a bowl of ..
• a cup of ..
• a slice of ..
• a bag of ..
• a basket of ..
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I want to visit a lot of cities in Canada

I put a lot of sugar in my tea

I have a lot of questions for you

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I want to visit many cities in Canada

I put much sugar in my tea

I have many questions for you

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I want to visit …….. cities in Canada

I put ………….. sugar in my tea

I have …….. questions for you

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I want to visit a few cities in Canada

I put a little sugar in my tea

I have a few questions for you

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Conclusion
1. Noun is a word that refer to things, places, names, etc
2. Noun can either be SINGULAR or PLURAL
3. Add –s or –es for Singular Noun if the item is more than one
4. There are rules to adding –s or –es for plural nouns.
5. Noun is divided into 2 categories, Count Noun and Non Count Noun
6. Non Count Noun is always SINGULAR. It doesn’t have plural
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