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count nouns
Count nouns have two forms: singular and plural.
Singular count nouns refer to one person or thing:
Plural forms
class > classes; watch > watches; gas > gases; wish > wishes; box > boxes
When a noun ends in a consonant and -y we make the plural in -ies...
Man > men; woman > women; child > children; foot > feet;
person > people
Plural count nouns do not have a determiner when they refer to people or things as
a group:
uncount nouns
Some nouns in English are uncount nouns.
We do not use uncount nouns in the plural and we do not use them with the indefinite
article, a/an.
furnitur homewor
advice baggage equipment information
e k
a piece a bit
pieces of... bits of... an item of... items of...
of... of...
Although substances are usually uncount nouns...
May I have a white wine. = May I have a [glass of] white wine.
They sell a lot of coffees. = They sell a lot of [different kinds of] coffee.
I prefer white wines to red. = I prefer [different kinds of] white wine to red.
They had over twenty cheeses on sale. = They had over twenty [types of] cheese on sale.
This is an excellent soft cheese. = This [kind of] soft cheese is excellent.
Some nouns have two meanings, one count and the other non count:
busines marriag
death industry power property
s e
Some uncount nouns end in -s so they look like plurals even though they are singular
nouns.
5: Group nouns
Some nouns, like army, refer to groups of people, animals or things, and we can use
them either as singular nouns or as plural nouns.
committe
army audience company crew enemy
e
famil
flock gang government group herd
y
The audience clapped their hands.
Barcelona are winning 2-0.
6: Two-part nouns
A few plural nouns, like binoculars, refer to things that have two parts.
pyjama tight
scissors shorts spectacles trainers
s s
trousers tweezers
proper nouns
Names of people, places and organisations are called proper nouns. We spell proper
nouns with a capital letter:
When we give the names of books, films, plays and paintings we use capital letters for
the nouns, adjectives and verbs in the name: