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countable and

uncountable with
different meaning
• Abdul Rouf (23120001)
• Intan Nur Aini (23120052)
• Siwi Handayani (23120070)
GRAMMAR
EXPLANATION
Nouns can be countable or uncountable. Countable nouns
can be
counted, e.g. an apple, two apple, three apples, etc.
Uncountable
nouns cannot be counted e.g. air, rice water, etc. When
you learn
a new noun, you should check if it is countable or
uncountable and
note how it is used in a sentence.
COUNTABLE NOUNS

positive negative
For positive sentence we For negative we can use a/an
can use a/an for singular for singular nouns or any for
nouns or some for plurals. plurals.
EXAMPLES COUNTABLE NOUNS

positive negative

There's "a" man at the door. I don't have "a" dog.


I have "some" friends in New York. There aren't "any" seats.
UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS
• Positive and Negative
We ise some with uncountable nouns in positive
sentences and any with negatives.

•Examples
There's "some" milk in the fridge.
There isn't "any" coffee
OTHER EXPRESSIONS
OF QUALITY

01 02 03
A lot of (or lots of) can be Notice that we don't usually However, in negative
used with both countable and use many or much in positive sentences we use not many
uncountable nouns sentences. We use a lot of with countable nouns and not
instead much with uncountable nouns
example
•There are lots of apples on the trees.
There is a lot of snow on the road

•They have a lot of money.

•There are lot of carrots but there aren't many" potatoes.


There's lots of juice but there isn't much water.
Measure and
examples
Sometimes uncountable nouns are used countably, to
mean 'a measure of something' or 'a type or example of
something':

Can I have two teas and one coffee, please? (two cups of
tea and one cup of coffee...?)

A: How many sugar do you want in your tea? (How many


spoonfuls/lumps of sugar?)
B: Jus one,please . To same degree we tend to eat the
foods thatwe ate as children. (i.e. type of food)
ABSTRACT NOUNS
Some abstract nouns can be used uncountably use
has a more general meaning. The countable use has a
more particular meaning.

Nouns of this type include: education, experience,


hatred, help, knowledge, life, love, sleep, time,
understanding.
Thank you
very much!

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