Countable and

uncountable
nouns+some/any
Econ. William Figueroa, MBA.
 COUNTABLE NOUNS
• Countable nouns are things that we can count.
• For example:
• I have a brother
• There are two glasses on the table
• There are fourteen students in the class
 COUNTABLE NOUNS
• Countable nouns have a singular and a plural form. We can use a/an with
the singular form.
• For example:
• Do you want a banana?
• I like bananas
• We need an egg for this récipe
• We need three eggs for this recipe
 UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
• Uncountable nouns are things that we can’t count. They usually don’t
have a plural form, and we can’t use a/an with them.
• For example:
• I don’t like cheese.
• Do you like lemonade?
• There’s a lot of sugar in this cake
 Some
• We use some in affirmative statements with uncountable nouns and plural
countable nouns. We use it when we don’t say exactly how much or how
many. For example:
• There’s some juice in the fridge
• There are some apples in the bowl
 Any
• We use Any in negative statements and questions with uncountable nouns
and plural countable nouns.
• There isn’t any milk
• We don’t have any oranges
• Do you have any money?
• Are there any strawberries?