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Title: COUNTABLE


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COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
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COUNTABLE NOUNS
  • We can count them
  • one/two/ three countable nouns
  • They can be singular (1) or plural (2)
  • a car four cars

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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
  • Water/ salt /air / rice / money /music
  • You cant say one/two /three water
  • They only have singular
  • Rice, NOT Rices
  • We cant use a/an uncountable
  • NO A money NO A music

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A/ AN SOME
  • A/ an singular countable
  • I need a new car
  • Some plural countable (affirmative)
  • I need some shoes
  • Some uncountable (affirmative)
  • I need some money

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UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
  • To make uncountables countable we use
    partitives
  • Water
  • a glass / a bottle of water
  • Rice
  • a bowl of rice
  • Coffee
  • a cup of coffee

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ANY
  • Any negative interrogative
  • Any plural countable
  • I dont have any apples / Do you have any apples?
  • Any uncountable
  • I dont have any money / Do you have any money?

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DUAL NOUNS
  • Some nouns are countable uncountable
  • A cake (countable)
  • A piece of cake (some cake)
  • e

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DUAL NOUNS
  • A chicken
  • Some chicken

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There is/There are
  • There is a/one singular countable
  • There is a car.
  • There are some plural countable
  • There are some books.
  • There is some uncountable
  • There is some money in my wallet.

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There is/There are (negative)
  • There isnt a singular countable
  • There isnt a car. (NO any, NO one)
  • There arent ANY plural countable
  • There arent any books.
  • There isnt ANY uncountable
  • There isnt any money in my wallet.

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There is/There are (questions)
  • Is there a singular countable?
  • Is there a chair in the classroom?
  • Are there ANY plural countable
  • Are there any books on the table?
  • Is there ANY uncountable
  • Is there any money in your wallet?
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