Separate objects, people or concepts. COUNTABLE Separate objects, people or concepts. We can count countable objects. They are separated objects Examples: dog, apple, chair….. They have both a singular and a plural form The apple is very nice We can use the article «a/an» in the singular: They passed me a sandwich We use some only in the plural: Can I have some chairs?
We cannot count countable objects. They are not separated objects UNCOUNTABLE Materials, liquid, concepts, collections, mass objects without boundaries We cannot count countable objects. They are not separated objects Examples: sugar, butter, milk, water, salt, pasta They only have a singular form and we use a singular verb The pasta is very nice We cannot use the article «a/an» : He served me a pasta (NO!) We use some: Can I have some pasta?
singular form – singular verb UNCOUNTABLE singular form – singular verb COUNTABLE singular and plural Positive a, an (singular) / some (plural) / a few (small quantity) / a lot of – lots of (large quantity) Positive a glass of, a bowl of, a piece of / some / a little (small quantity) / a lot of – lots of (large quantity) Negative much (small quantity) / any Negative many (small quantity) / any Questions how many? /some (plural – offerings) answers: some /any (plural) Questions how much? /some (offerings) answers: some /any (singular verb)