NOUNS COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE

Learning objective: Students will be able to identify and use countable and uncountable nouns.

WHAT IS A NOUN ?

Countable nouns
Countable nouns have a singular and a plural
form. In plural, these nouns can be used with a number- they can be counted. (That's why they are called "countable nouns"). Example: 2 friends, 3 friends...

1 book, 2 books...

Uncountable nouns
Uncountable nouns can only be used in
singular. These nouns cannot be used with a number- they can't be counted. (That's why they are called "uncountable nouns"). Examples: I have a lot of money. (Not 1000 money) You say I drink a lot of milk. (Not 5 milk)

MAIN DIFFERENCES

 Making uncountable nouns

countable
You can make most uncountable noun
countable by putting a countable expression in front of the noun. For example:A piece of information./ new / advice / bread 2 glasses of water / milk 10 litres of coffee / paint / water Three grains of sand / rice

THERE IS / THERE ARE

We use There is / There are to say that
something exists (or does not exist)
a) There is a river in my town b) There are 600 students in this school c) Is there a Post Office near hear?. Yes, there is d) There aren`t any tomatoes

THERE IS / ARE

Conclusions from the table:

With countable nouns we have two forms: singular and plural and when we refer to uncountable nouns we only use one form. When we use the singular form with countable nouns we use a/an and with plurals we use some/any. With the uncountable nouns we do not use a/an and we can use some/any With countable nouns some/any means an indefinite number With uncountable nouns some/any means a portion of

AFFIRMATIVE
"There is" y "There are" quieren decir
"Hay" en espaol. "There is" es singular y "There are" es plural. There is a book. (Hay un libro.) (C.S) There are books. (Hay libros.) (C.P)

There is much water. (Hay mucha

agua.) (U.)

NEGATIVE
El negativo es "There is not" y "There are
not" y sus contracciones. There is not a book. - There isn't a book. There are not books. - There aren't books There is not any water There isnt any water

INTERROGATIVE
Para formar una pregunta nada ms
cambiamos el orden de las palabras. Is there a book? Yes, there is. / No, there isn't. Are there books? Yes, there are. No, there aren't. Is there any milk?
Yes, there is. no, there isnt

SOME / ANY
Some y Any are used generally as
quantifiers to determinate existence or absence. SOME : We use "some" in positive sentences. We use some for both countable and uncountable nouns. Example: I have some friends. ANY: We use "any" in negative sentences or questions. We use any for both countable and uncountable nouns. Example: Do you have any cheese? He doesn't have any friends in Valparaiso.

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