3. What is Countable noun?
Count – able
Based suffix
Countable noun is the noun that can be counted
substantially , such as:
Singular Plural
book, pen, class, chair, h Books, pens, classes, ch
at, phone, airs, hats, phones, cars,
Car, motorbike, student, motorbikes, students, gla
glass and others. sses, and others
4. Uncountable Noun
Uncountable noun is the noun that can not be
counted, such as:
Uncountable noun
Water, sugar, salt, glue, paste, syrup, sn
ow, sand, ice, confidence, anger, hair, wi
nd, etc.
Note: It is not preceded by a/an (article), has no plural
form, and does not take a final –s/-es.
6. Countable noun with some / any
Examples in verbal form:
you have some books
you don’t have any books
do you have any books? Yes I do / no I don’t
She gives me some pens
She doesn’t give me any pens
Does she give me any pens? Yes she does/no she
doesn’t
7. The man has many questions
The man doesn’t have many questions
Does he have many questions?
There are many students in the library
There aren’t many students in the library
Are there many students in the library?
8. She has a few friends She has few friends
The boys borrow a The man sales few
few books from library clothes
Mr. Tom sings a few We eat few chili
lyrics of his favorite papers
song
A few gives positive few gives negative
idea, it indicates that idea, it indicates that
something exists. something is absent.
9. Uncountable noun with “much”
Examples in nominal form:
There is much water in the bath
There isn’t much water in the bath
Is there much water in the bath?
Example in verbal form:
You have much money in your wallet
You don’t have much money in your wallet
Do you have much money in your wallet?
10. Do You have a little I have little money
sugar? They have little
She has a little coffee confidence to show off
Can you give me a on the stage
little advice please? She gives little cheese
to her neighbor
A little gives a positive
idea that indicates Little gives negative
something exist. idea that indicates
something is absent
11. Examples in verbal form:
My mother asks me to buy some milk in market
My father drinks some coffee in the living room
There isn’t any ice in the freezer
The man doesn’t have any strength to do that
She needs some more salt for making a soup.
12. Exercises
please choose the correct words in parenthese
She works in…….. (a few / a little) hours today
The food is salty enough, because they pour
…..(much / many / any) salt in it.
There is ………….( some / a few / a little) water in
the bath, so I should reload it more.
You don’t have ……….(any/much/some)money to
buy a new car
The man and his wife give.……..(some/much/
many) suggestion to their children
There is no sugar at home, so my mother asks
me to buy………….. sugar(much/many/a little)
