COUNT AND NON-COUNT NOUNS

Contenidos
Count and Non-count Nouns’ Spelling Rules and Verb
Traits.
Non-count Nouns’ Categories
There is and There Are
Exercises.
Count nouns
Count nouns are things that you can count.
Count nouns can form plural
Count nouns use the actual verbs’ traits.
Examples:
a. Table
b. Chair
c. Telephone
d. Power socket
e. Pencil
Non-count nouns
 Non-count nouns name
things that cannot be counted
 Non-count nouns do not form
singular or plural
 Non-count nouns should be
used with the 3rd person verb
traits
 Examples:
a. Money
b. furniture
c. baggage
d. Information
e. News
Non-count nouns’ categories
Abstract ideas: love, faith, money
Academic subjects: English, Art, Mathematics
Illnesses: flu, stomachache, fever, cancer
Sports and activities: tennis, football, climbing
Natural events: rain, wind, storm, snow
Food: drinks, meat, spices, oils, dairy products
There is, there are
Use there is with singular count nouns and with non-
count nouns.
E.g. There’s money in the bank account
 There’s a laptop on the table
Use there are with plural count nouns
E.g. There are a lot of people at the meeting
Exercises
Los siguientes links te enlazan con ejercicios de
listening, vocabulario y gramática para que practiques
lo aprendido:
Listening
http://www.elllo.org/august/john/jfridge.htm
http://elllo.org/july/anna/atacos.htm
Vocabulary
http://www.eslgamesplus.com/fast-food-esl-vocabulary-
memory-game-hamburger-bread-hot-dog/
Grammar
http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/various/there
_is_there_are.htm