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Uncountable nouns are

Countable nouns are things substances, abstract things, etc.


that we can count. We cannot "count" them.
Some countable nouns:
Some uncountable nouns:
dog, cat, animal, man, person
music, art, love, happiness
bottle, box, litre
advice, information, news
coin, note, dollar
furniture, luggage, money
cup, plate, fork
rice, sugar, butter, water

Countable nouns can be


We usually treat uncountable nouns
singular or plural:
as singular. We use a singular verb.
This girl is very pretty.
This news is very important.
Where are my books?
Where is my money?

We can use the indefinite article


We don’t use a/an with uncountable
a/an with countable nouns:
nouns. But we can say a something
a house
of:
an apple
a piece of news
a bottle of water
We can use some and any with
countable nouns:
We can use some and any with
I've got some dollars.
uncountable nouns:
Have you got any pens?
I've got some money.
Have you got any milk?
We can use a few and many with
countable nouns:
We can use a little and much with
I've got a few dollars.
uncountable nouns:
I haven't got many pens.
I've got a little money.
I haven't got much rice.
I. Put the words below into the table:
plant, water, love, tree, ice, flower, milk, butter, bread, bottle, pencil,
margarine, music, metal, air, bird, book, news, cream, information, money,
cheese, salt, meat, snow, cup, bag, apple, time, car, toothpaste, chocolate,
yoghurt, potato, honey, luggage, rice, sugar, happiness, advice, sweet,
vegetable, table, pasta, wool, coffee, sand, jam, tea, trousers, shoe, truth,
boredom, work, job, view, wisdom, plate, glass, iron, beer, fridge, mountain,
gas, art, lettuce, ham, lemon, ice cream, paper

CountableUncountable

II. Fill in the sentences with: many, much, some, any, a little, a
few, a lot of.

I have …………………….. apples.

Do you have ………………… sugar?

There is ………………………. pasta in the bowl.

There isn’t …………….………..butter in the fridge.

Are there ……………..……cherries on the tree?

She bought ………………….. book.

Tom has ……………………..flowers.

There is……………………. milk in the jug.

I have too ……………………… cheese on my sandwich.

We know only ………………..…..people.

He’s got ……………………. friends.

There are too…………………….cars.

I’ll give you …………………… good advice.

They spent ………………………..days in Spain.

You always have …………………. time.

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