Countable Uncountable Nouns

PART 1
Counting Uncountable Nouns

Questions
How much ....? = uncountable nouns
For example: How much coffee do you drink?
How many ....? = countable nouns
For example: How many cups of coffee do you drink?
Learn It
How do you count uncountable nouns? You can't, but you can measure them. You have to use counters
Noun
Uncountable Sugar
Jewellery
Uncountable How much

Question
Answer
Add a word
sugar is there?
How much
jewellery is
Wine
Furniture
Money
How much
How much wine
How much
How much money
cheese is there? is there?
furniture is there? is there?
There's a lot of There's some
There's a lot of
There's some
There's some
There's a lot of
sugar.
cheese.
wine.
furniture.
money.
there?
jewellery.
bowl
Make it
A bowl of
Countable sugar.
How many
piece
are there?
There's one
bowl of sugar.
round
A piece of
A round of
jewellery.
cheese.
How many
How many
Countable
pieces of
bowls of sugar
Question
jewellery are
Answer
Cheese
there?
rounds of
cheese are
there?
bottle
A bottle of wine.
How many
bottles of wine
are there?
piece
A piece of
furniture.
How many
pieces of
furniture are
there?
There are two There are three There's only one There are two
pieces of
rounds of
jewellery.
cheese.
bottle of wine.
pieces of
furniture.
bag
A bag of money.
How many bags

of money are
there?
There are four

bags of money.
Other words you can add to make uncountable nouns countable:You can put something into a container to count it, but the thing you're counting doesn't take the plural form. The
container takes the plural form:bag
A bag of money.
barrel
Two barrels of beer.
bottle
Three bottles of wine.
bowl
Four bowls of sugar.
box
Five boxes of cereal.
bucket
Six buckets of water.
can
Seven cans of Coke.
carton
Eight cartons of milk.
cup
Nine cups of coffee.
glass
Ten glasses of water.
jar
Eleven jars of honey.
packet
A dozen packets of butter.
a saucepan
Thirteen pans of rice.
tank
Fifteen tanks of petrol.
tin
Sixteen tins of custard.
tub
Seventeen tubs of margarine.
tube
Eighteen tubes of toothpaste.
You can measure something to count it, but it still doesn't take
the plural form. The measurement takes the plural form:-
litre
pint
pound / ounce / kilo etc...
For example:-
1 and a half litres of

milk.
Two pints of beer.
Two pounds / ounces /

kilos of butter.
You can measure uncountable nouns in other ways, using

shapes or portions. Again the measurement takes the plural
form.
ball
Ten balls of wool.
Three bars of
bar
soap.
Two pinches of
pinch
salt.
Five slices of
slice
cake.
Fourteen
spoon
spoonfuls of sugar.
Ten squares of
square
chocolate.
EXERCISE PART 1 - Match the items on the right to the most likely
measurement or container on the left.
A tube of
A box of
A can of
A slice of
A tank of
coke
petrol
cereal
toothpaste
cheese
PART 2
Countable vs Uncountable Nouns

Some, Any, A few, A little, Many, Much
How much ....? = uncountable nouns
For example: How much coffee do you drink?
How many ....? = countable nouns

For example: How many cups of coffee do you drink?
How much? How many?

Countable Nouns
Uncountable Nouns
In questions: We use how many with plural countable nouns:-
We use how much with uncountable nouns:-
"How many newspapers do you read every day?" "How much paper is in the printer?"
"How many Euros have you got?"
"How much money have you got?"
Revise It - How much and How many Lesson 36

Learn It
Some, Any
Countable
Uncountable
people.
money.
cups.
There are some
traffic.
books.
newspapers.
There is some
paper.
time.
chairs.
coffee.
shoes.
food.
Euros.
Statements:
Positive:
Countable
Uncountable
We can use some in positive sentences with
We can use some in positive sentences with
plural countable nouns:-
uncountable nouns:-
I read some books.
I would like some coffee.
Countable
Uncountable
people.
money.
cups.
books.
There aren't any
newspapers.
traffic.
There isn't any
time.
chairs.
coffee.
shoes.
food.
Euros.
Statement:
Negative:
paper.
We can use any in negative sentences with plural
We can use any in negative sentences with
countable nouns:-
uncountable nouns:-
I don't read any books.
I don't want any coffee.
Countable
Uncountable
people?
money?
cups?
Are(n't) there any
traffic?
books?
newspapers?
Is(n't) there any
time?
chairs?
coffee?
shoes?
food?
Euros?
We can use any in questions with plural
Questions: countable nouns:Positive Q:

Negative Q:
paper?
We can use any in questions with plural

uncountable nouns:-
Are there any books?
Do you need any coffee?
Aren't there any books?
Don't you need any coffee?
!Note! When you expect the answer to be "Yes." to an offer or polite request, you can ask a question
using some.
Question:
Countable
Uncountable
Can I have some books, please?
Would you like some coffee?
A few, A little
people
money
cups
There are a few
books
newspapers
traffic
There is a little
paper
time
chairs
coffee
shoes
food
Euros
Countable
Uncountable
"I meet a few people every day."
"There is a little paper in the printer."
"I only have a few Euros."
"I only have a little money."
Statements:
Positive:
Many, Much
people
money
cups
There aren't many
books
newspapers
chairs
shoes
traffic
There isn't much
paper
time
coffee
food
Countable
Uncountable
I don't read many books.
I don't drink much coffee.
Are there many books?
Do you need much coffee?
Statements:
Negative:
Questions:
Positive Q:
Don't you need much coffee?
Negative Q:
Aren't there many books?
EXERCISE PART 2 - Fill in all the gaps with much or many.

Press "Check" to check your answers.
You can click on the "[?]" button to get a clue.
Note that you will lose points if you ask for clues!
You have 3 minutes to complete the test.
1.
I don't drink
[?] coffee.
2. I don't have
[?] money.
4. John doesn't have
3. You don't have
[?] friends.
[?] time to do this test.
5. David reads a lot of books, but he doesn't read
6. Are there
7. Is there
[?] people in the room?
[?] milk in the fridge.
[?] newspapers.
8. Did you answer
9. How
[?] questions wrongly in the test?
[?] times have you been to England?
10. How
[?] work do you have to do?
Key part 2 ex
1. I don't drink much coffee.
2. I don't have much money.
4. John doesn't have many friends.
3. You don't have much time to do this test.
5. David reads a lot of books, but he doesn't read many newspapers.
6. Are there many people in the room?
7. Is there much milk in the fridge.
8. Did you answer many questions wrongly in the test?
9. How many times have you been to England?
10. How much work do you have to do?
COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Algunos nombres son incontables tanto en
espaol como en ingls: bread, butter, Fire,
flour, food, milk, rice, Salt, sand, smoke, sugar,
water.
El hecho de que estos nombres sean
incontables puede inducir a error, porque en
ocasiones van precedidos de un nmero y de
un nombre contable: a slice of bread, one
bottle of milk, two kilos of butter, three cups of
sugar; se pueden contar las rebanadas, las

botellas, los kilogramos y las tazas.
News (las noticias) es un nombre que
aparece en plural, pero de hecho es un
nombre incontable en ingls, por ello lleva
verbo en singular: The news is good today.
Hay varios nombres incontables en ingls
que pueden ser plurales en espaol, lo que
suele inducir a error: coffee, furniture,
information, juice, soup, thunder.
INDEFINITE ARTICLES
En ingls existen dos tipos de artculos que
llamaremos indeterminados y
determinados. Los artculos indeterminados
a/an, some y any se usan para designar a
personas u objetos cualesquiera. El artculo
determinado the se utiliza para referirnos a
personas o cosas especficas.
Los artculos indeterminados a/an
acompaan a nombres contables en singular
(poe ejemplo: a boy, an apple). Los nombres
que empiezan por sonido consonntico utilizan
a: a door, a car, a uniform (hay algunas
palabras que empiezan por vocal, pero su
primer sonido es consonntico como uniform,
European, universal, ewe). Si comienzan con
sonido voclico, llevan an: an apple, an
umbrella, an hour.
Some indica cantidad indeterminada. Se
utiliza en oraciones afirmativas con nombres
contables en plural (He has some books from
the library) y con nombres incontables (There
is some sugar in the bowl).
El artculo indefinido any se utiliza en
oraciones negativas e interrogativas tanto con
nombres contables en plural (There arent any
pens here) como con nombres incontables (Is
there any sugar in the bowl?)
EXPRESSIONS OF QUANTITY
How much y How many se usan para
preguntar por la cantidad. How many se utiliza
con nombres contables en plural para
preguntar sobre el nmero:
How many pupils are there in the room?
How much se usa con nombres incontables
para preguntar por la cantidad:
How much sugar is there in the coffee?
QUANTIFIERS FOR LARGE AMOUNTS
A lot of se usa en frases afirmativas tanto
con nombres contables en plural como con
incontables en el sentido de muchos/una gran
cantidad de:
There are a lot of large cars on the roads.
There is a lot of crime in that town.
Lots of en lugar de a lot of es muy frecuente
cuando se habla de manera informal.
Much se utiliza ante nombres incontables
en frases negativas e interrogativas en el
sentido de mucho:
Do you have much work to do?
There isnt much money in my bank account.

Many se utiliza ante nombres contables en
plural en frases negativas e interrogativas en
el sentido de muchos:
There arent many trees in the park.
Are there many accidents on this road?
INTENSIFIERS
Too much seguido de nombres
incontables y too many seguido de nombres
contables se utilizan para expresar que algo
es ms de lo necesario, ms que suficiente:
Ive put too much sugar in my tea
Ive got too much work.
There are too many students in this class.
Ive got too many books. I need some new
shelves!
Enough seguido de nombres contables e
incontables se utiliza para expresar que algo
es lo necesario, lo suficiente:
Are there enough chairs? No. There are twenty
people and fifteen chairs.

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PART 1

Counting Uncountable Nouns

Uncountable How much

How much wine

How much money

cheese is there? is there?

furniture is there? is there?

There's a lot of There's some

How many bags

There are four

Two barrels of beer.

Three bottles of wine.

Four bowls of sugar.

Five boxes of cereal.

Six buckets of water.

Seven cans of Coke.

Eight cartons of milk.

Nine cups of coffee.

Ten glasses of water.

Eleven jars of honey.

A dozen packets of butter.

Thirteen pans of rice.

Fifteen tanks of petrol.

Sixteen tins of custard.

Seventeen tubs of margarine.

Eighteen tubes of toothpaste.

pound / ounce / kilo etc...

1 and a half litres of

Two pints of beer.

Two pounds / ounces /

You can measure uncountable nouns in other ways, using

Ten balls of wool.

Countable vs Uncountable Nouns

How many ....? = countable nouns

How much? How many?

In questions: We use how many with plural countable nouns:-

We use how much with uncountable nouns:-

"How much money have you got?"

Revise It - How much and How many Lesson 36

We can use some in positive sentences with

We can use some in positive sentences with

plural countable nouns:-

I read some books.

I would like some coffee.

There aren't any

We can use any in negative sentences with plural

We can use any in negative sentences with

I don't read any books.

I don't want any coffee.

Is(n't) there any

We can use any in questions with plural

Questions: countable nouns:Positive Q:

We can use any in questions with plural

Are there any books?

Do you need any coffee?

Aren't there any books?

Don't you need any coffee?

Can I have some books, please?

Would you like some coffee?