1. COUNTABILITY AND PLURAL NOUNS

2. COUNTABLE OR UNCOUNTABLE? AN APPLE / APPLES FRUIT / SOME FRUIT

3. A BOTTLE / A FEW BOTTLES WINE / A LITTLE WINE

4. A TABLE / MANY TABLES FURNITURE / MUCH FURNITURE

5. A CASE / A GREAT NUMBER OF CASES LUGGAGE / A LARGE AMOUNT OF LUGGAGE

7. You can use numberswiththem.

8. You can use thearticle a / anwiththeir singular form.

9. Theyonlyhaveoneform.

10. They are followedby a singular verb.

11. Youcan’t use eithernumbersorthearticle a /anwiththem.COUNTABLE NOUNS UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

12. Uncountablenouns Advice, information, accommodation, homework, knowledge, money, water, time, health, paper, iron, weather, traffic, equipment, work….. A fewuncountablenounsend in –s, buttheyfollow the normal rules foruncountablenouns and have a singular verb: News, billiards, politics, ….

13. We can countuncountablenounsindirectlybyusing a phraselikea piece of …, a bit of …. A bar of chocolate

14. A loaf of bread A pinch of salt

15. A slice of bread A carton of milk

16. A round of applause A bowl of rice

17. A bottle of, a grain of rice, anitem of furniture, a box of, a packet of, a bag of, a spoon of sugar, a can of coke, a jar of mermelade, ….

18. Someuncountablenouns can beused in a countablewaywhenthey describe a category FRENCH CHEESES SPANISH WINES

19. Somenouns can becountableoruncountablewith a change of meaning WOOD A WOOD

20. CHICKEN A CHICKEN

21. PAPER A PAPER

22. TOAST A TOAST

24. BUSINESS (in general) / A BUSINESS (a company)

25. GOSSIP (talking) / A GOSSIP (a person)

26. HAIR (alltogether) / A HAIR (a single strand)

27. HELP (in general) / A HELP (a helpfulpersonorthing)

28. WORK (in general) / A WORK (a work of art/ engineering, …)

30. GROUP NOUNS Groupnouns can befollowedbyeither a singular or plural verb: I thinkthegovernmentis/ are wrong, Itdependsonwhetherwethink of thegroup as a whole (singular verb), orits individual members(plural verb): Theaudiencewasverydisappointedaftertheplay. Theteamweregiven a medalafterwinningthe match. More groupnouns: army, class, company, crew, crowd, data, media, family, group, press, public, staff Remember! People, police and cattle are always PLURAL.