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Count and Noncount Nouns Quantifiers

This document discusses count and noncount nouns and how quantifiers like a/an, some, any, much, many are used with them. It provides examples of count nouns like oranges, dogs, cars that can be used with quantifiers a/an and plural forms, and noncount nouns like rice, paint, water that must be used with quantifiers like some or much. It explains the rules for using these quantifiers in affirmative, negative, and question sentences.

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Count and Noncount Nouns Quantifiers

This document discusses count and noncount nouns and how quantifiers like a/an, some, any, much, many are used with them. It provides examples of count nouns like oranges, dogs, cars that can be used with quantifiers a/an and plural forms, and noncount nouns like rice, paint, water that must be used with quantifiers like some or much. It explains the rules for using these quantifiers in affirmative, negative, and question sentences.

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Count and noncount nouns

Quantifiers
Can we count the objects?

Count
Noncount
Can we count oranges?

an orange
two oranges
Can we count rice?

some rice
Can we count dogs?

a dog
four dogs
Can we count cars?

a car
four cars
Can we count paint?

some paint
Can we count students?

a student
some students
Can we count water?

some water
a/an + count singular nouns
an + vowel
a + consonant
some: affirmative sentences
with plural nouns
some: affirmative sentences.
With noncount nouns
any: negative sentences and questions
with plural nouns
negativ
e
any: negative sentences and questions
with noncount nouns negativ
e
a lot of with plural nouns and
noncount nouns
negativ many with count nouns in
e
negative sentences
negativ much with noncount nouns in
e
negative sentences
how many with countable
nouns in questions
how much with uncoutable
nouns in questions
a – an – some – any
Count Count Noncount
singular plural

affirmative a - an some some


negative a - an any any
questions a - an any any
much – many – a lot of
how much- how many
Count Noncount
plural

affirmative a lot of a lot of


negative many much
questions How many How much
Complete the sentences
There is ____________ new teacher at school.

This cake needs ____________ sugar. 500 grams!!

____________ students are there in your class? 24

There isn’t ____________ butter in the fridge. Only a


little bit.

There were ____________ people at the concert! It


was a success!
There are ____________ expensive flats in the centre.
Maybe 3 or 4

____________ water do you drink every day?

It was good because there weren’t ____________


mistakes in the exam. Only 2.

This is ____________ interesting story

How ____________ sugar do you want in your tea?


A spoon

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