COUNTABLE AND

UNCOUNTABLE
NOUNS
EK3
Unit 3
Lesson 11
COUNTABLE
 Nouns which we can count.
 Singular and Plural forms.

Examples:
1. She doesn’t eat one meal every day.
2. She eats three meals every day.
UNCOUNTABLE
 Nouns which we can’t count.
 They haven’t got plural forms.

Examples:
1. Lemon juice makes salads tastier.
2. Happiness is important to people.
A LOT OF/ LOTS OF
 Used with countable AND uncountable nouns.

 There are a lot of/ lots of restaurants here.

A FEW
A LITTLE
A few
 Countable nouns
 Positive sentences
 I would like a few potatoes please.

A little
 Uncountable
 Positive sentences
 I would like a few potatoes with a little
cheese, please.
MANY
MUCH
Many
 Countable nouns
 Negative sentences
 Questions
 Are there many restaurants in your town?

Much
 Uncountable nouns
 Negative sentences
 Questions
 There isn’t much salt on these chips.
TOO MUCH/ TOO MANY
 To talk about a quantity which is bigger than
we want or need
 Too much= uncountable nouns
 Too many= plural countable nouns

 There is too much cheese on my burger.

 I think too many children eat fast food.
NOT ENOUGH
 To talk about a quantity which is smaller
than we want or need.
 Uncountable nouns
 Plural countable nouns

 Some people don’t eat enough fruit.