COUNTABLE & UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

COUNTABLE NOUNS
We can count them:
one/two/ three + countable nouns They can be singular (1) or plural (2+) a car four cars

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
Water/ salt /air / rice / money /music

You cant say one/two /three + water

They only have singular

Rice, NOT Rices

We cant use a/an + uncountable NO A money NO A music

A/ AN & SOME
A/ an + singular countable

I need a new car

Some + plural countable (affirmative)

I need some shoes

Some + uncountable (affirmative)

I need some money

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
To make uncountables countable we use partitives: Water a glass / a bottle of water

Rice
a bowl of rice

Coffee
a cup of coffee

ANY
Any: negative & interrogative

Any + plural countable

I dont have any apples / Do you have any apples? Any + uncountable I dont have any money / Do you have any money?

DUAL NOUNS
Some nouns are countable & uncountable A cake (countable)

A piece of cake (some cake)

e

DUAL NOUNS

A chicken Some chicken

There is/There are

There is a/one + singular countable

There is a car.
There are some + plural countable

There are some books.

There is some + uncountable

There is some money in my wallet.

There is/There are (negative)

There isnt a + singular countable

There isnt a car. (NO any, NO one)

There arent ANY + plural countable

There arent any books.

There isnt ANY + uncountable

There isnt any money in my wallet.

There is/There are (questions)

Is there a + singular countable?

Is there a chair in the classroom?

Are there ANY + plural countable

Are there any books on the table?

Is there ANY + uncountable

Is there any money in your wallet?