S0 U0 H16 Welcome! - Countable and Uncountable Nouns

S0 U0 H16 Welcome! - Countable and Uncountable Nouns

by Pieter Molenaar

​Nouns are people, things, places, or ideas.

​a pencil

​Phuc

​Hao

​a boy

​a cat

​a car

​a thought

​Hanoi

​house

​water

​sugar

​rice

​Countable and Uncountable Nouns

​Things, people, places, and ideas that we can clearly and easily count, are countable nouns.

Examples: 2 pencils, 5 cars, 100 people, 15 trees.

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​Things, people, places, and ideas that are impossible, or impractical to count, are considered uncountable nouns.

Examples: rice, water, juice.

​Countable Noun Singular Articles

​a + noun that start with a consonant sound.

​a car, a bear, a doll, a tree, a snowman, a university (y-sound), a one-in-lifetime experience (w-sound), a historic day (not silent h)

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an + noun that starts with a vowel sound.

​an apple, an end, an idea, an object, an urn, an honour (silent h)

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​the + noun to talk about a specific noun

​the car, the apple, the end, the doll, the Sun

​Determiner 'some'

Use some for countable and uncountable nouns​, when the quantity is limited but not specified.

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​There are some apples in the fridge. (countable)

​There is some juice on the table. (uncountable)

​There is some bread on the table. (bread is uncountable, a slice of bread is countable)

​Student Book page 25 activity 2

Multiple Choice

Countable or uncountable? "Apple"

• countable

• uncountable

Multiple Choice

Countable or uncountable? "Water"

• countable

• uncountable

Multiple Select

How can make "water" countable?

• Use "a glass of water".

• Use "a bottle of water".

• Use "waters".

• Water is always uncountable.

Multiple Choice

Which article do we use for singular nouns that start with a vowel sound? Like 'apple', 'object', and 'honour'?

• a

• an

Multiple Choice

Which article do we use for singular nouns that start with a consonant sound? Examples: 'tiger', 'bed', 'case'.

• a

• an

Multiple Choice

There is ____ bread on the table.

• some

• any

• a

• an