Ready for IELTS Unit 4 Part 2

Ready for IELTS Unit 4 "Global Issues and Opportunities" Part 2

Today, we will talk about countable and uncountable nouns, but first, let's see how good your knowledge of irregular plural forms is.

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Write a plural form of the noun: person

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Write a plural form of the noun: child

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Write a plural form of the noun: knife

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Write a plural form of the noun: leaf

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Write a plural form of the noun: calf

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Write a plural form of the noun: potato

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Write a plural form of the noun: veto

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Write a plural form of the noun: torpedo

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Write a plural form of the noun: piano

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Write a plural form of the noun: photo

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Write a plural form of the noun: foot

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Write a plural form of the noun: tooth

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Write a plural form of the noun: goose

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Write a plural form of the noun: mouse

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Write a plural form of the noun: die

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Write a plural form of the noun: sheep

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Write a plural form of the noun: deer

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Write a plural form of the noun: shirmp

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Write a plural form of the noun: spacecraft

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Write a plural form of the noun: analysis

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Write a plural form of the noun: thesis

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Write a plural form of the noun: crisis

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Write a plural form of the noun: axis

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Write a plural form of the noun: phenomenon

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Write a plural form of the noun: criterion

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Write a plural form of the noun: phenomenon

Countable or uncountable?

countable nouns can be counted, we can say one, two, three + countable noun, so they have a plural form (as well as singular)

uncountable nouns cannot be counted, they are treated as a whole, we cannot say one, two, three + uncountable noun, so they only have a singular form

always plural nouns

we also have nouns in English that are always plural, so they don't have singular form

nouns plus verbs

• countable nouns can go with both singular and plural verbs depending whether we want to use singular or plural, a city is... / cities are ...

• uncountable nouns can only go with singular nouns

• always plural nouns can only go with plural verbs

Let's see how much you know

countable and uncountable nouns

Multiple Choice

furniture

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural (doesn't have a singular form)

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goods

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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police

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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luggage

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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fruit

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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trousers/jeans/shorts

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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rubbish / litter

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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information

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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merchandise

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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glasses (the ones you put on your nose)

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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money

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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criteria

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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curriculum

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

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machinery

• countable

• uncountable

• always plural

Exercise 5 page 51

Expand your sentences well...

• vocational and technical skill/help/people/find/work

• Vocational and technical skills help people find work.

• modern business / technology company/ provide / many employment opportunity

• Modern businesses such as technology companies provide many employment opportunities.

Open Ended

useful information / be / available / nowadays / the internet

Open Ended

transport / bus and train / lead / development / communities

Open Ended

accommodation / become / very expensive / in many major city

Open Ended

technological waste / computer and phone / be / now / a growing problem

Open Ended

electronic good / refrigerator / cause / considerable harm / the plant

Open Ended

social media / help / people / make / new / friends

Interesting nouns

• medium/media, the media (is/are)

• family / team (is/are)

• work

• business