3. COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NAMES

COMMON COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NAMES

SOME / ANY / A 

MUCH / MANY / A LOT:     INFORMATION      EXERCISE

(A) LITTLE / (A) FEW:  INFORMATION      EXERCISE

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EXAMPLES WITH COUNTABLE NAMES

• She has three dogs.
• I own a house.
• I would like two books please.
• How many friends do you have?

UNCOUNTABLE NAMES

• tea
• sugar
• water
• air
• rice
• knowledge
• beauty
• anger
• fear
• love
• money
• research
• safety
• evidence

EXAMPLES WITH UNCOUNTABLE NAMES

• There has been a lot of research into the causes of this disease.
• He gave me a great deal of advice before my interview.
• Can you give me some information about uncountable nouns?
• He did not have much sugar left.
• Measure 1 cup of water, 300g of flour, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
• How much rice do you want?

SOME NOUNS ARE COUNTABLE IN SPANISH AND UNCOUNTABLE IN ENGLISH:

accommodation, advice, baggage, behavior, bread, furniture, information, luggage, news, progress, traffic, travel, trouble, weather, work

EXAMPLES

• I would like to give you some advice.
• How much bread should I bring?
• I didn't make much progress today.
• This looks like a lot of trouble to me.
• We did an hour of work yesterday.

SOME NOUNS CAN BE UNCOUNTABLE AND COUNTABLE

hair, light

EXAMPLES

• She has long blond hair.
• The child's hair was curly.
• I washed my hair yesterday.
• My father is getting a few grey hairs now. (refers to individual hairs)
• I found a hair in my soup! (refers to a single strand of hair)
• There wasn't much light in the room.
• We could see a lot of lights in the distance.

PARTITIVES ARE USED TO MAKE UNCOUNTABLE NAMES COUNTABLE