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Types of Nouns

English, Grammar Review

Thing Idea
Part 2
 Let’s do some activities to recap the lesson
on nouns
• https://
www.grammarbank.com/nouns-exercises-2.ht
ml
• http://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/en-singular-and-p
lural-nouns.html#.
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 Countable vs Uncountable
Anything that can be counted, whether singular – a dog, a
house, a friend, etc. or plural – a few books, lots of oranges,
etc. is a countable noun. 

• There are at least twenty Italian restaurants in Little Italy.

• Megan took a lot of photographs when she went to the
Grand Canyon.
• Your book is on the kitchen table.
• How many candles are on that birthday cake?
• You have several paintings to study in art appreciation class.
• There’s a big brown dog running around the neighborhood.
 Uncountable nouns
Anything that cannot be counted is an uncountable noun.
Even though uncountable nouns are not individual objects,
they are always singular and one must always use singular 
verbs in conjunction with uncountable nouns. 

• There is no more water in the pond.

• Please help yourself to some cheese.
• I need to find information about Pulitzer Prize winners.
• You seem to have a high level of intelligence.
• Please take good care of your equipment.
• Let’s get rid of the garbage.
Uncountable nouns can be paired with words expressing
plural concept. Using these words can make your writing more
specific. 

• Garbage – There are nine bags of garbage on the curb.

• Water – Try to drink at least eight glasses of water each day.
• Advice – She gave me a useful piece of advice.
• Bread – Please buy a loaf of bread.
• Furniture – A couch is a piece of furniture.
• Equipment – A backhoe is an expensive piece of equipment.
• Cheese – Please bag ten slices of cheese for me.
 Quantifiers
Using "much" and"many"
• Much and many are mainly used in interrogative and
negative sentences. 
• To answer the questions How much? and How many? certain
quantifiers can be used with countable nouns (friends, cups,
people), others with uncountable nouns (sugar, tea, money)
and still others with all types of nouns.
• little, very little mean that there is not enough
of something.
a little means that there is not a lot of
something, but there is enough.
• few, very few mean that there is not enough
of something.
a few means that there is not a lot of
something, but there is enough.
 Activity 2
• http://www.focus.olsztyn.pl/en-nouns-counta
ble-and-uncountable-exercises.html#.
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• https://www.myenglishpages.com/site_php_fi
les/grammar-exercise-countable-uncountable-
nouns.php
 Capitalization
• Let’s learn how to use capital letters in words
https://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxFGB5vErvw
Which words in the following sentences need
a capital letter?

• my favorite books are green eggs and ham and

horton hears a who.
• on sunday, i will see the movie star wars and eat at
taco bell.
• terry and louis went to central park last july.
• she has a friend from london, england.
• did you know that abraham lincoln was the
sixteenth president?