English 4

Food

Countable nouns

Uncontable nouns

Refer to things that exist as separate and distinct individual units. They usually refer to what can be perceived by the senses.

Exmaple

Chair, table. bowl

Refer to things that we can not count.

Example

Sugar,

Pluralizing

  1. most count nouns pluralize with -s
  2. non-count nouns don't pluralize at all

Fruit and vegetables

No counts nouns

This, that,these, those

combintation of nouns and articles

A, an

the

this that

these, those

no article

Seasoning and condiments

Some, Any, Little

A banana

the banana

this banana

these meats

sugar

Quantity terms

Count Singular

I practice every day

I'd like one donut, please.

Count plural

Can I have some chips?

She has a lot of books, and many are autographed

Diets

Units of Measurement

Containers and Quantifiers Containers

bag, box, bottle

Measurements

pound, ounce, gram

Other Quantifiers

bunch, piece, loaf