BCN LANGUAGES GRAMMAR FILE COUNTABLE/UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS + HOW MUCH/MANY

New Inside Out/Elementary/Unit 10/Countable+uncountable nouns

· Countable and uncountable nouns can be explained as follows:

Countable nouns are things we can count:

Uncountable nouns are things that we can’t count.

WATER

TWO CARS

THREE MEN

TRAFFIC NOTE: We can use a/an before a countable noun but we cannot use a/an before an uncountable noun.

We use how much…? with uncountable nouns We use how many…? with countable nouns. The tables below show a detailed explanation of the use of “how much” and “how many.” COUNTABLE NOUN TABLE

A boy An apple Pens Countable Yes, you can

count boys therefore it’s countable

Yes, you can count apples therefore it’s countable.

Yes, you can count pens therefore pens are countable.

Question “How many boys are there?”

“How many apples are there?”

“How many pens are there?”

Answer “There are five boys.”

“There are seven apples.”

“There are four pens.”

UNCOUNTABLE NOUN TABLE

Water Sugar Traffic Uncountable You can’t count

water therefore it’s uncountable.

You can’t count sugar therefore it’s uncountable.

You can’t count traffic therefore it’s uncountable

Question “How much water is there?”

“How much sugar is there?”

“How much traffic is

there?” Answer “There is a lot of

water.” “There is some sugar.”

There isn’t much traffic