Countable/Uncounctable Nouns & Quantifiers

Countable/Uncountable Nouns & Quantifiers

By. Teacher Fatihah

Before we begin our lesson, I am going to show you a few pictures

There are pictures of apples, cars on the road, milk, salt and pupils in class.

How do we describe the amount of these items?

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• Much apples

• A great deals of apples

• Some apples

• A lot of apples

Some apples and a lot of apples are correct.

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• A little cars

• A few cars

• Less cars

• Little amount of cars

A few and less cars are correct.

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• A glass of milk

• Some milk

• A few milk

• Much milk

A glass of milk and some milk are correct.

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• A little salt

• A few salt

• Some salt

• Many salt

A little salt and some salt are correct.

Multiple Select

Which of these are correct?

• Many pupils

• Much pupils

• Some pupils

• Plenty of pupils

Many pupils and some pupils are correct.

The words or phrases before the noun; some, a little, a few, a great deal of, many. We call these words as quantifiers.

How to know which quantifiers to use on which nouns?

Macam mana nak tahu quantifiers mana yang sesuai untuk objek yang mana?

We decide the quantifiers based on the noun, whether it is countable or uncountable noun.

Kita tentukan quantifier tu berdasarkan jumlah objek tu, sama ada boleh dikira atau tidak.

Examples of uncountable noun (benda yang tak boleh dikira):

• salt

• drinks

• grass

• sand

• flour

• meat

• rice

Examples of countable noun (benda yang boleh dikira):

• Children

• Egg

• Apples

• Car

• Pupils

• Bottles

So, there a quantifiers that can only be used for uncountable nouns, countable nouns and both.

Watch this video for more explanation.

I hope by now you are clear with countable/uncountable nouns and quantifier.

Now, I want you to do exercise D,E and G from Close Up textbook, page 13. Please do it in your exercise book. At 2.10 we will do a Google Meet session to discuss on the topic and answers.

Thank you