Countable and Uncountable Nouns

COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS COUNTABLE NOUNS are nouns which can be counted. They have a singular and a plural form. You add s to the singular noun to make the plural form. car – cars

table - tables

If a countable noun ends in ch, sh, s, o, or x , you add es to make the plural form. church – churches bush – bushes bus – buses box – boxes potato - totatoes If a countable noun ends in a consonant + y, you change y to i and add es. baby – babies story – stories dictionary - dictionaries If a countable noun ends in f or fe, you change the f to v and add es or s. thief – thieves leaf - leaves wife - wives Some countable nouns are irregular and therefore have irregular plural forms person / people woman / women mouse / mice fish / fish deer / deer

child / children tooth / teeth louse / lice goose / geese

man / men foot / feet sheep / sheep ox / oxen

You use a singular verb with singular countable nouns The child is happy. You use a plural verb with plural nouns. The girls are playing basketball. Some nouns are always plural. You use a plural verb. TROUSERS, GLASSES, SCISSORS, POLICE

My glasses need cleaning

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS are nouns which can’t be counted. They have no plural form and they always take a singular verb. BREAD, CHEESE, MILK, PETROL, SUGAR, ADVICE, MONEY, INFORMATION, LETTUCE, HONEY, JUICE, LUGGAGE, ....

We use uncountable nouns alone or with “SOME / ANY, A LOT OF, MUCH, HOW MUCH”. There isn’t any milk There isn’t much butter. We need some information. How much money do you need? We don’t use “A / AN or a NUMBER” with uncountable nouns. a bread, an advice We can make uncountable nouns countable to express quantity. We add a unit or a quantity with “OF” a bit of wood a glass of milk a slice of bread

a lump of sugar a piece of information a tube of toothpaste

PLURALS (REGULAR & IRREGULAR)

MAN - MEN

WOMAN - WOMEN

TOOTH - TEETH

FOOT - FEET

FISH – FISH

SHEEP - SHEEP

BOOK – BOOKS

WATCH - WATCHES

TOMATO - TOMATOES

TOY - TOYS

CHILD - CHILDREN

GOOSE - GEESE

LOOSE – LICE

PERSON

- PEOPLE

MOUSE - MICE

OX - OXEN

BOX - BOXES

BUSH - BUSHES

BABY - BABIES

KNIFE - KNIVES

PARTITIVES PICTIONARY

A CUP OF TEA

A LOAF OF BREAD

A BOWL OF SUGAR

A BAR OF SOAP

A BUNCH OF GRAPES

A CARTON OF ORANGE JUICE

A CAN OF COLA

A DOZEN OF EGGS

A JUG OF MILK

A BOX OF CHOCOLATES

A BUNCH OF FLOWERS

A GLASS OF WATER

A JAR OF MARMALADE

A SLICE OF PIZZA

A TUBE OF TOOTHPASTE

A PACKET OF BISCUITS

A PAIR OF SCISSORS

A TUB OF POPCORN

A ROLL OF TOILET PAPER

A KILO OF ORANGES

A POT OF YOGHURT

A PAD OF WRITING PAPER

A BOTTLE OF WINE

A SLAB OF CHOCOLATE

A REEL OF COTTOM

A PIECE OF CAKE

A TIN OF SARDINES

A BALL OF STRING

A STRING OF PEARLS

A BAG OF SHOPPING