Countable & Uncountable nouns

1. COUNTABLE / UNCOUNTABLE
NOUNS
(Unit-7 c Lesson-20)

2. Contents
1. COUNTABLE NOUNS - ( Тоологддог нэр үг)
2. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS – (Тоологддоггүй нэр үг)
3. MEASURING UNITS – (Хэмжих нэгж)
4. QUANTIFIERS – (Тоон үзүүлэлт)
5. EXAMPLES – (Жишээ)

3. 1. COUNTABLE NOUNS
Things you can count in units.
• One apple, two apples, three apples…
• One cookie, two cookies, three cookies…
• One egg, two eggs, three eggs…
• One tomato, two tomatoes, three tomatoes..…
Singular
Plural

4. 2. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Things you can’t count in units.
• Butter
• Coffee
• Meat
• Sugar
Singular
Plural
Measuring Units and
Quantifiers

5. Groups of uncountable nouns include:
• mass nouns /milk, sugar, wine etc /
• subjects of study /Physics, History, Geography, etc /
• sports /football, cricket, tennis /
• languages /Arabic, French, Chinese /
• diseases / chickenpox, malaria, mist /
• natural phenomena / rain, snow, mist /
• collective nouns /money, furniture, luggage /
• certain other nouns /accommodation, anger, luck /

6. 3. MEASURING UNITS
Both countable and uncountable nouns can be
measured with a MEASURING UNIT.
MEASURING UNITS express an exact amount. That’s
why they are used in recipes.
cup / glass / spoon / bowl
bottle / can / jar / gallon /bag / box
slice / bunch / dozen
pint / quart / liter / kg / pound

7. MEASURING UNITS
Cup Glass Bowl

8. MEASURING UNITS
Spoon Bag Box

9. MEASURING UNITS
Bottle Can Jar

10. MEASURING UNITS
Bunch Slice Dozen

11. 4. QUANTIFIERS
Both countable and uncountable nouns can be
measured with a QUANTIFIER.
QUANTIFIERS express an amount that is not exact but
everybody understands it.
a / an / some / any
much / many / a lot of / lots of
a little / a few
how much / how many?

12. A / AN
We use a/an to talk about singular countable nouns.
an egg an applea nut a lemon

13. ANY and its compounds /anyone, anything/
We use any to talk about plural countable nouns and
uncountable nouns (negative and interrogative forms)
There isn’t any cheese.
Is there any cheese?
Has anyone seen Jim today?
There aren’t any bananas.
Are there any bananas?
There isn’t any petrol in the
tank.

14. SOME and its compounds/somebody, someone/
We use some to talk about plural countable nouns and
uncountable nouns
(affirmatives, offerings and requests)

15. EXAMPLES
I’ll have some flakes for breakfast. (affirmative)

16. 5. EXAMPLES
Would you like some candies? (offering)
Would you like something to drink?

17. EXAMPLES
Can I have some tea, please? (request)

18. OTHER QUANTIFIERS
NOUNS COUNTABLE BOTH UNCOUNTABLE
QUANTITY
BIG many a lot of much
SMALL a few - a little

19. EXAMPLES
I eat many slices of pizza.

20. EXAMPLES
My mother usually makes a lot of pancakes.

21. EXAMPLES
A lot of people eat a delicious iced chocolate.

22. EXAMPLES
The students drink too much coffee.

23. EXAMPLES
We have just a few eggs.

24. EXAMPLES
A little wine is good for your health.

25. DIFFERENCE: HOW MANY x HOW MUCH
How many…? to ask about plural countable nouns.
How much…? to ask about uncountable nouns.

26. EXAMPLES
How many oranges do we need to make juice?

27. EXAMPLES
How many cookies do you want?

28. EXAMPLES
How many tomatoes are there in the kitchen?

29. EXAMPLES
How much water do you drink every day?

30. EXAMPLES
How much milk do we need to make a cake?

31. EXAMPLES
How much chocolate sauce would you like?

32. Homework
1. Put the words
Countable - pea, peach, ...............
Uncountable nouns – popcorn, bread, ..............
(popcorn, pea, onion, peach, lobster, cereal, water, bread, yogurt, salmon, meat, salt, wine,
ketchup, lettuce, cheese, mustard, cabbage, celery, spring onions, cauliflower)
2. Quantifiers– (Тоон үзүүлэлт) – Exercise 3
Complete the sentence.
(some, any, much, many, a little, a few, a lot)