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Countable and uncountable nouns - Coggle Diagram
Countable and uncountable nouns
Countable nouns can be counted
For positive sentences we can use
a
or
some
for plurals
Examples: There's
a
girl in the store and I have
some
friends in Mazatlán
Questions
We use any or how much with uncountable nouns.
when we are offering something or asking for something, we normally use some.
In questions we use a/an, any or how many with countable nouns.
For negative sentences we can use
a/an
for singular nouns and
any
for plural nouns
Example
dog, cat, animal, man, person
bottle, box, litre
coin, note, dollar
cup, plate, fork
table, chair, suitcase, bag
Examples: I don't have
a
dog and I don't see
any
seats
Uncountable nouns always take singular verbs
expressions of quantity
some
lots of
much
many
a few
a little
Any
Countable nouns can take singular or plural verbs
Uncountable nouns
may be the names for abstract ideas or qualities or for physical objects
Examples
tea.
sugar.
water.
air.
rice.
knowledge.
beauty.
anger.
Uncountable nouns are used with a singular verb. They usually do not have a plural form.
Some words are both countable and uncountable with different meanings
Countable
A chicken-The whole animal A paper- a newspaper
Uncountable
Chicken- The meat Paper- the material