Countable Vs Uncountable Nouns

NOUN?

1. person; Ms. Keumala is my Lecturer

2. Place; Dika is from Bali
3. Animal; I like cat and rabbit
4. Things: I buy gadget yesterday
 Countable nouns

Things I can count

Two oranges
Three oranges
 COUNTABLE NOUNS
SINGULAR: PLURAL:
a + noun
one + noun noun + -s

a potato potatoes
Uncountable nouns

Things I can’t count

 NOUN ?
We love to read books.
?
countable Uncountable
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NOUN ?
Please pass the salt.
?
countable Uncountable
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NOUN ?
We need some chairs.
?
countable Uncountable
There is a mango. Singular countable
I have an egg.

There are some apples.

I have some eggs. Plural countable

There is some sugar. Uncountable

He has some oil.
A / AN / SOME / ANY
Type of sentence Countable Uncountable
+ We need an apple some butter
some apples some milk
- We don’t need a tomato any rice
any tomatoes any sugar
? Do we need a tomato? any rice?
any tomatoes? any sugar?
 Use a / an with singular countable nouns.
 Use some with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in +
sentences.
 Use any with plural countable nouns and uncountable nouns in – or ?
sentences.
 We can also use some in ? to ask for and offerings:
 Can I have some coffee?
 Do you want some biscuits?
Other Uses of ‘any’
 To mean “all” or “every”
 Any Sales Managers can sale these products
 For comparison, we use any
 This situation is more serious than anyone predicts
 This case is too complicated than anything happened
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a an some

a
There is _____ banana in the recipe.
singular countable noun
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a an some

There is _____
some ice cream in the fridge.
uncountable noun
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a an some

I need _____
some water to wash my
hands.

uncountable noun
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some any

I need _____
some time to study.
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some any

There is _____
some cheese.
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some any

There aren’t _____

any horses in the
field.
I’d like some juice.

unspecified quantity

I’d like a glass of juice.

specified quantity
 How Many or How Much ?

1. How much/ How many cars are

there?

There are six

cars!
2. How much/ How many Sugar is
there?

There are three spoons of sugar

3. How much/ How many pictures
are there?

There are six

pictures.
4. How much/ How many milk is
there?

There are two

boxes of milk