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Page 1: Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns Countable nouns banana e.g. I eat a banana every day. bananas I like bananas. 4 “Banana” is a countable noun

Countable nouns

&Uncountable

nouns

Page 2: Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns Countable nouns banana e.g. I eat a banana every day. bananas I like bananas. 4 “Banana” is a countable noun
Page 3: Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns Countable nouns banana e.g. I eat a banana every day. bananas I like bananas. 4 “Banana” is a countable noun

Countable nouns

e.g. I eat a bananabanana every day. I like bananasbananas.

“Banana” is a countable noun.

Page 4: Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns Countable nouns banana e.g. I eat a banana every day. bananas I like bananas. 4 “Banana” is a countable noun

A countable noun can be

1. singular (bananabanana)

Countable nouns are things we can count. So we can say ‘one banana’ ,‘two

bananas’ etc.

Countable nouns

2. plural (bananasbananas)

Page 5: Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns Countable nouns banana e.g. I eat a banana every day. bananas I like bananas. 4 “Banana” is a countable noun
Page 6: Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns Countable nouns banana e.g. I eat a banana every day. bananas I like bananas. 4 “Banana” is a countable noun

Uncountable nouns

e.g. I eat rice everyday. I like rice.

Rice is an uncountable noun.

Page 7: Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns Countable nouns banana e.g. I eat a banana every day. bananas I like bananas. 4 “Banana” is a countable noun

Uncountable nouns

An uncountable noun has only one form.

• Uncountable nouns are things we cannot

count.

• We cannot say ‘one rice’, ‘two rices’, etc.

rice

Page 8: Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns Countable nouns banana e.g. I eat a banana every day. bananas I like bananas. 4 “Banana” is a countable noun

Uncountable nouns

Examples of uncountable nouns:

lettuce

ham

water

salad dressing

Page 9: Countable nouns & Uncountable nouns Countable nouns banana e.g. I eat a banana every day. bananas I like bananas. 4 “Banana” is a countable noun

You can not normally use a/an with uncountable nouns. We do not say ‘a rice’ or ‘a bread’. But you can often use a … of :

a bowl of rice

a drop of water

a slice of cake

a loaf of bread

Uncountable nouns