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COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS - Coggle Diagram
COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
COUNTABLE NOUNS: YOU CAN SAY "ONE", "TWO", "THREE" OR "A", AND "AN"
HAVE SINGULAR: COMPUTER, KID, APLLE, ETC
HAVE PLOURAL: COMPUTERS, KIDS, APPLES, ETC. THESE NOUNS ENDS IN LETTER (S)
USE "S" AT THE PLOURAL
: EGGS.
USE "ES" IF THE NOUN ENDS IN (s / sh / ch / x):
PEACHES.
USE "IES" IF THE NOUN ENDS IN (y, change the y to ies):
FAMILIES.
USE "VES" IF THE NOUNS ENDS IN (f or ...fe, change the f/fe to ves)
: LIVES
SPECIAL VERBS THAT DOESNT END IN S: MOUSE/MICE. MAN/MEN. wOMAN/WOMEN.
USE A
: BEFORE EVERY CONSONANT.
USE AN
: BEFORE VOWELS (A, E, I, O, U) AND IF LETTER H IS NOT PRONOUNCED.
WITH A
: A CAR, A PEN, A POTATO.
WITH AN
: AN APPLE, AN UMBRELLA, AN AIRPORT
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS.WE CAN'T SAY "A/AN", "ONE", "TWO", "THREE", "ETC". EXAPLE: MUSIC, MONEY, LOVE
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS USUALLY FALL UNDER THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
MATERIALS:
WOOD/GLASS/WOOL
LIQUIDS & GASES
: WATER/MILK/AIR
SOME FOOD:
BREAD/FISH/BACON
MADE OF SMALLER PARTS:
SUGAR, RICE, SAND
ABSTRACT IDEAS:
LOVE/FREEDOM/LUCK
SPEACIAL:
MONEY/NEWS/INFORMATION
WE CAN USE
SPECIAL
WORDS TO COUNT UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:
• A PIECE / SLICE OF BREAD, CAKE, ETC.
• A BOTTLE OF JUICE, WATER, ETC.
• A GLASS OF MILK, JUICE, ETC.
COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE:
A/AN
SAID ABOUT WHAT ARE TALKING
A
CHICKEN / CHICKEN
A
SMOKE/ SMOKE
THE CHILD IS EATING ICE CREAM.
THE CHILD IS EATING
AN
ICE CREAM. (AN ICE CREAM CONE)
AN/A & SOME: . SOME IS USED WITH PLURAL COUNTABLE NOUNS OR UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS:
LET'S GET
SOME
FOOD.
DO YOU WANT
SOME
WATER?
. WE BOUGHT
SOME
BANANAS AT THE STORE.
IF A NOUN IS
UNCOUNTABLE
OR IS
SINGULAR
, IT NEEDS A SINGULAR VERB (
IT
). IF THE NOUN IS
PLURAL
, IT NEEDS A PLURAL VERB (
THEY
):
THIS PIZZA IS DELICIOUS.
THE BIRDS ARE FLYING.
A PERSON IS SITTING.