COUNTABLE AND NON-COUNTABLE NOUNS

A. COUNTABLE NOUNS (Kata benda bisa dihitung)

Singular (tunggal) Plural (Jamak)

A book Two books
A student Five students, any students
A person Ten people
A foot Feet
Woman Women
Child Children
Mouse Mice
Tooth Teeth
Man men

B. UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS (kata enda tak bisa dihitung)

Liquid (cairan) Water, milk, oil

Food meat, bread

glass, wood, iron

Construction material
Natural substances smoke, oxygen

Substances with small parts sand, sugar, rice, dust (debu)

Group of things clothing(pakaian), furniture (perabot), luggage (barang
bawaan)

Language Indonesian (bahasa Indonesia), English, Javanese

Abstract concept sadness (kesedihan), ignorance (pengabaian), obedience

(kepatuhan), purity (kemurnian)

C. Bisa COUNTABLE atau UNCOUNTABLE

Noun Countable Uncountable

Light (lampu-cahaya) Please turn on the light Be careful. This forest is very
dark. There is no light here.
Glass (gelas-kaca) I need a glass of coffee The floor is made of glass
Iron (setrika-besi)
Hair (sehelai rambut – rambut)
Coffee (bji kopi – kopi
minuman)
Business (usaha – urusan)
If you want to iron your clothes,
you can use my iron.
There is a hair in your drink
Please prepare three coffee
Mr. harun has a big business in
this country
Iron is very expensive now.
Calculate first beore you build
your house.
Sinta has long black hair
Do you like drinking coffee
It’s not your business

D. NOUN DETERMINER (penanda kata benda)

DETERMINERS -COUNTABLE DETERMINES – NON COUNTABLE

A(n), the some, any The, some, any
This, that, these, those This, that
None, one, two, three None
Many Much (untuk kata tanya dan negative)
A large number of, a great number of A large amount of
A lot of A lot of
(a) few (a) little
Fewer …. than… Less…. than…
More…. than…. More …. than….

DEFINITE and INDEFINITE ARTICLES

(kata sandang tertentu dan tak tentu)

A. Indefinite Article = a dan an

A digunakan di depan kata yang diawali dengan bunyi konsonan, an digunakan di depan kata yang
diawali dengan bunyi vokal

INDEFINITE ARTICLE - a INDEFINITE ARTICLE - an

A book An interesting story
A unit An egg
A university An SMP student
A big ant An ant
A Eropean An honest student
A house An ear
A home An uncle
A half An heir
A union An understanding
A uniform An elephant
A white umbrella An umbrella
A whole hour An hour

B. Definite article : the

Di depan kata benda yang sudah disebutkan
Sesuatu yang telah diketahui bersama
Sesuatu yang sudah menjadi pengetahuan umum
Di depan kata benda yang spesifik (dibatasi oleh
kata, frase, atau anak kalimat)
There is a tiger under the tree. The tiger is very
big.
The man uder the tree is my father. (kedua
pembicara sudah tahu laki-laki yan dimaksud)
The sun is shining
The house where John lives in is very nice

Penggunaan THE Dilarang menggunakan THE

(samudera, sungai, laut, danau yang jamak) : The Danau tunggal : Lake Toba
Red sea, The atlantic Ocean
Pegunungan : The Rocky mountains Gunung : Mount galunggung, Mount
Merapi