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Countable vs. Uncountable Nouns Guide

This document summarizes the differences between countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can be pluralized and take the indefinite article "a" or "an", while uncountable nouns cannot be counted or pluralized and do not take indefinite articles. Examples are provided of countable nouns like "horse" and "man" and uncountable nouns like "music" and "happiness". The document also provides exercises to correct the use of countable and uncountable nouns, and explains the use of definite and indefinite articles with nouns.

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Countable vs. Uncountable Nouns Guide

This document summarizes the differences between countable and uncountable nouns. Countable nouns can be pluralized and take the indefinite article "a" or "an", while uncountable nouns cannot be counted or pluralized and do not take indefinite articles. Examples are provided of countable nouns like "horse" and "man" and uncountable nouns like "music" and "happiness". The document also provides exercises to correct the use of countable and uncountable nouns, and explains the use of definite and indefinite articles with nouns.

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Countable

and
uncountable
nouns
Countable nouns
❖ can be counted using numbers
❖ have a singular and a plural form
❖ the singular form can use the indefinite article "a" or "an".
❖ If you want to ask about the quantity of a countable noun, you ask
"How many?" combined with the plural countable noun.

Exemples:
one horse two horses
one man two men
one idea two ideas
Uncountable nouns
❖ cannot be counted
❖ may be the names for substances, concepts, etc that we cannot divide into separate elements.
(liquids, powders, gases, food, etc.).
❖ used with a singular verb
❖ usually do not have a plural form
❖ not used with the indefinite article a/an, instead can use some and any with uncountable nouns

music, art, love, happiness money, currency

advice, information, news rice, sugar, butter, water

furniture, luggage electricity, gas, power


Correct the mistakes:
1. These carrot are sweet.
2. I don’t like teas at all.
3. I’d like to cut some pear for this salad.
4. There is much waters in this jar.
5. How many sandwich have you bought?
6. You can take four potato from the basket.
7. Do you eat meats?
8. There is much rices in this dish.
9. Where is breads?
10. These berry are very sweet.
11. There are four chair round the table.
12. These vegetable are green.
13. Where are the onion?
14. I bought some cherry in the afternoon.
15. I adore pear.
16. Don’t put more salts in this dish.
17. Cut these cucumber, please.
A /AN versus THE
We use:
A or AN + a singular countable noun when the listener/reader doesn’t know exactly which thing
we are talking about.
We’ve got a new car.
THE+ noun when it is clear which thing(s) or person/people we are talking about.
The apples I’m eating now is from our garden.
NO ARTICLE (ZERO ARTICLE)+ plural countable noun/uncountable noun, when we are talking
about things in general.
Bananas are sweeter than apples.
Chocolate isn’t good for you.
Doctors have got a difficult job.

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