1. COUNT AND NONCOUNT NOUNS

2. NONCOUNT NOUNS Whole groups or whole masses.
Furniture, coffee and sugar.
Abstract concepts.
Love, wisdom, spirituality.
Phenomenon of Nature
Sunshine, rain, snow.

3. SOME COMMON NONCOUNT NOUNS

4. Whole groups made up of similar items

5. Fluids

6. Solids

7. Gases

8. Particles

9. Abstractions

10. Languages

11. Fields of Study

12. Recreation

13. Activities

14. Natural Phenomena

15. Generic Nouns Articles are used to make generalizations.
A is used for singular nouns
A banana is yellow.
0 is used for plural nouns and noncount nouns
0 Bananas are yellow.
0 Fruit is good for you.

16. Indefinite Nouns Singular I ate a banana. Plural count noun
(two, a few, several)
I ate some bananas.
Noncount noun
(a little, a lot of)
I ate some fruit.

17. Definite Nouns The banana I ate this morning was delicious. Singular
I got the apples from the tree.
Plural
The fruit from that market is inexpensive.
Noncount

18. Expressions of Quantity for Count nouns
One
Each
Every
Two,three, etc.
A couple of
A few
Many
Several
A number of

19. Expressions of quantity for noncount nouns
A little
Much
A great deal of

20. Expressions of quantity for both count and noncount nouns
Some/any
A lot of/lots of
Plenty of
Most
all

21. Negative vs. Positive She has few friends. She made a few friends.
I have little money.
I saved a little money.