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| Countable nouns can be counted. We can make them singular or plural. You can count the cars in the street easly; one car, two cars, three cars,etc. | Uncountable nouns cannot be counted They are not separate objects. You cannot make them plural. You cannot say; | ||||||
| Examples | Examples | ||||||
| - a boy, a cat, a tree - a desk, a table, a chair, a car - an apple, a carrot, a melon, a lemon - a kilo, a metre, a litre - a cup, a glass, a piece, a slice, a loaf | - milk, water, orange juice, coffee, tea, coke - rice, wheat, flour, dust, air - money, bread, luggage, information, news - eating, surfing, sailing, climbing - Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian | ||||||
| a / an We use the indefinite article a / an with singular countable nouns.
| a / an We do not usually use the indefinite article a / an with uncountable nouns.
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| some / any We can use "some and any" with plural countable nouns.
| some / any We can use "some and any" with uncountable nouns.
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| a few, few and many We can use "a few, few and many" with plural countable nouns.
| a little, little and much We can use "a little, little and much" with uncountable nouns.
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| a lot of We can use "a lot of" with plural countable nouns.
| a lot of We can use "a lot of" with uncountable nouns.
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| How many...? We can use "How many" to ask questions.
| How much...? We can use "How much" to ask questions.
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