UNIVERSIDAD PRIVADA SAN JUAN BAUTISTA

FACULTAD DE INGENIERÍAS
PROGRAMA ACADÉMICO DE INGENIERÍA

“COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE”

INTEGRANTES

Bautista Medina, Sly Alexs

Crisóstomo Suarez, Omar Alonso

Marcelo Palomino, Mariana Margarita

DOCENTE
Jorge Aviles, Rosario del Pilar

INGLES

CHINCHA – PERÚ

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 INDICE

1. Countable and uncountable nouns .............................................................. 3

1.1. Grammar explanation .......................................................................... 3

1.2. Countable: ........................................................................................... 3

1.3. Uncountable: ....................................................................................... 3

 1. Countable and uncountable nouns

1.1. Grammar explanation

Nouns can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns can be counted, e.g.

an apple, two apples, three apples, etc. Uncountable nouns cannot be counted, e.g. air,

rice, water, etc.

1.2. Countable:

Countable words are those that we can count, and therefore we can put them in

the plural and use the plural form of the verb.

• There are five apples in the fridge.

• There are five apples in the fridge.

Most of the words are countable, so they are not a problem.

Figure 1: Description of countable nouns

1.3. Uncountable:

The uncountable words are those that we cannot count, and therefore they

always go in the singular and with the singular form of the verb.

• There is oil in the fridge.

 • There is oil in the fridge.

We cannot count them normally, to do so we need expressions like 'a bottle of',

'a packet of', etc.

• A bottle of oil.

• A bottle of oil.

Figure 2: Description of uncountable nouns

In this table you can see the main differences between countable and uncountable:

Countable Uncountable

Have plural: They do not have plural:

• egg- eggs Rice cannot be rices

Before countable singular We cannot use a or an: no

we can use a or an: We can say to milk. they must go

• An apple preceded, if they want to be

individualized, by

some word with partitive value like a

carton of milk.

Also, for countable, some is used but in The some is used to accompany the

the plural. uncountable.

• Some apples • Some milk

• Some sugar

We can use numbers in front of We can't use numbers in front

an accountant: of an uncountable:

• Two eggs • We cannot say two rices

Many is used for names countable plurals Much is used for names uncountable

How many students were there? singulars

There are too many people. How much milk is in the fridge?

There is too much information.

We use few or a few to express an idea of We use little or a little for express an idea

quantity reduced or medium: few biscuits of quantity reduced or medium: little milk

or a few biscuits (few cookies or some or a little milk (little milk or a little

how many cookies) milk)