Countable and uncountable nouns Primary Longman Elect 3A Chapter 2 Countable and uncountable nouns

There are two types of nouns. Countable nouns and uncountable nouns.

Countable nouns We can count the number of the object. We use ‘a’ or ‘an’ before it when there is only one. We add ‘s’, ‘es’ or ‘ies’ when there is more than one. We use ‘some’ when there is more than one. e.g. an egg  some eggs a tomato  some tomatoes

Countable nouns an egg a tomato a hamburger a banana

Uncountable nouns We cannot count the number of the object. We never use ‘a’ or ‘an’ before it when there is only one. We never add ‘s’, ‘es’ or ‘ies’ when there is more than one. We use ‘some’ when there is more than one. e.g. rice  some rice pork  some pork

Uncountable nouns milk butter cheese meat

Are the objects below countable or uncountable nouns? cola

Are the objects below countable or uncountable nouns? sugar

Are the objects below countable or uncountable nouns? onion

Are the objects below countable or uncountable nouns? mushroom

Are the objects below countable or uncountable nouns? potato

Are the objects below countable or uncountable nouns? soup

When there are two or more of the object, we can add ‘s’, ‘es’ or ‘ies’ to the end of the word. We call this the plural.

Countable nouns — plural cakes sandwiches cherries

We can’t count these words. We never add an ‘s’ to uncountable nouns.

Uncountable nouns milk tea jam

We use some with uncountable nouns.

Some + uncountable nouns some pork some tea some soup

We can use some with countable nouns too. some = more than one

Some + countable nouns some vegetables some noodles

        Countable nouns Uncountable nouns Can count? Use ‘a’ / ‘an’? + ‘s’ / ‘es’ / ‘ies’ for plural? Use ‘some’?        

Practice Fill in the blanks. some 1 _______ congee a 2 _______ pear

Practice Fill in the blanks. an 3 _______ apple some 4 _______ rice

Practice Do we need to add ‘a’ or ‘some’? Are they countable or uncountable? _____ congee some countable

Practice Do we need to add ‘a’ or ‘some’? Are they countable or uncountable? _____ sausages some countable

Practice Do we need to add ‘a’ or ‘some’? Are they countable or uncountable? _____ salt salt uncountable

Practice Do we need to add ‘a’ or ‘some’? Are they countable or uncountable? _____ peach a countable

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