Nouns (names of people, places, things, ideas) are very important in English. They are used as subjects of sentences and clauses and as objects of verbs and prepositions.
There are many different kinds of nouns in English, and they may be classified (divided into groups) in many ways.
Probably the most basic classification of nouns is into two broad types: countable and uncountable. Countable nouns have two forms–singular (for only one of the noun) and plural (for more than one of the noun). Uncountable nouns cannot be counted in the same way as countable nouns because they have only one form–no plurals.
Let’s take a brief look at countable nouns first.
Countable Nouns
We can divide countable nouns into two large groups: regular and irregular.
Nouns (names of people, places, things, ideas) are
very important in English.
They are used as subjects of sentences and clauses and as objects of verbs and prepositions. There are many different kinds of nouns in English, and they may be classified (divided into groups) in many ways.
Probably the most basic classification of nouns is
into two broad types: countable and uncountable.
Countable nouns have two forms–singular
(for only one of the noun) and plural (for more
than one of the noun).
Uncountable nouns cannot
be counted in the same way as countable nouns
because they have only one form–no plurals.
Let’s take a brief look at countable nouns first.
Countable Nouns
We can divide countable nouns into two large
groups: regular and irregular.
Regular Countable Nouns
Regular countable nouns make their plurals
| 1. | by adding -s or -es to the singular form; | |
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by changing final y to i and adding -es Note: Nouns ending in a vowel + y |
Irregular Countable Nouns
Irregular countable nouns make their plurals
in special ways:
| 1. | Some nouns ending in f change the f to v and then add -es. |
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| 2. | Some nouns have the same singular and plural forms. |
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| 3. | Some nouns use plural forms from other languages–not from English. |
Uncountable Nouns (Introduction)
Many nouns in English are uncountable: they do not
have plural forms and cannot be counted in the normal
way (one ___ , two ___ , etc.).
These nouns are often names for materials that have mass but cannot be
separated into units (for example, water, sugar, milk).
Because uncountable nouns do not have singular and
plural forms, the articles a and an cannot be used
with them.
Quantifiers such as some, any, a little,
and a lot of are used instead.
Examples:
I want some orange juice.
Tests your ability to use countable and uncountable nouns correctly.
- How —————– do you earn in a month?
- a) much money b) many money
- How ——————— do you work?
- a) much hours b) many hours
- I am looking for ——————–
- a) an accommodation b) a place to live
- It is not easy to find ——————- in Mumbai.
- a) accommodation b) an accommodation
- He gave me ——————–
- a) an advice b) a piece of advice c) advise
- I have received an ——————–
- a) interesting information b) interesting piece of information
- The building was struck by a ——————-
- a) lightning b) flash of lightning
- She told him to find ——————-
- a) a work b) work c) a job
- You have too ——————–
- a) much luggage b) many luggages
- Please do not throw —————– around.
- a) rubbish b) rubbishes
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Uncountable Nouns (Quantifiers #1)
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Because uncountable nouns in English do not have plurals One group of quantifiers is common with food and items |
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| quantifier (container) | uncountable nouns | ||
| a bag of _____ | candy, flour, sugar, rice | ||
| a bottle of _____ | water, wine, beer, ketchup | ||
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quantifiers which show measurements of weight, a fifth of _____ |
whiskey, scotch, rum, |
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| a gallon of _____ | gasoline, milk, juice, ice cream |
Special Notes:
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Quantifiers showing measurements may also be a pound of potatoes, tomatoes, other vegetables |
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Numbers and containers may also be combined a three-pound can of coffee |
Fill in: much, many , lots of , a lot of , little , most , a little , little , a few , few.
- It seems we have had ______________________________assignments in English this year.
- How _ do we have to read this week?
- _ Americans don’t like George Bush
- There aren’t very__________________________books in the library.
- I think he drank ____________________________wine last night.
- I have had__________________________headaches already because of the stress.
- I didn’t use___________________ fertilizer lastspring, that’s why we had so weeds.
- It has rained very ____________________________this summer, that’s why the grass is so brown.
- _ people know as much about computers as Jack does.
- I’m having _____________________________trouble passing my driving test.
- I do have _ friends but not that many.
- How _ juice is left in the bottle?
- John had _ money with him so he couldn’t even buy a bus ticket.
- _ time and money is spent on education in Great Britain.
- I know _ Spanish so I am going to have a problem when I get there.
- _ of the children in our block have got roller skates.
- Football is the only subject I know very ____________________________of. It doesn’t interest me that much.
- _ people can live without money. We simply need it.
- There are _ leftovers for you in the refrigerator.
- Is she already gone? – I’m only _ minutes late.
- There is _ doubt that Anne will win the contest.
- There is not very _ dancing going on at the party.
- _ people in the city ride a bike to work because you are simply faster.
- London has ______________________________beautiful buildings.
Special Names for Groups
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English also has many special quantifiers that are used Following are a few examples of quantifiers which are |
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| quantifier | used with | ||
| a bed of _____ | clams, oysters | ||
Write the correct name for the following group of noun
- A ………… of cards.
a. Suite
b. Pack
c. Team
d. Sheaf - A ………… of rooms.
a. Pack
b. Group
c. Flat
d. Suite - A ………… of players.
a. Team
b. Pack
c. School
d. Crew - A ………… of fish.
a. Swarm
b. Crew
c. School
d. Pack
- A …………of birds.
a. Fleet
b. Flock
c. Mob
d. Crowd - A ………… of dogs.
a. Pack
b. Howl
c. Team
d. School - A ………… of bees.
a. School
b. Swarm
c. Army
d. Library - A ………… of wolves.
a. Pack
b. Howl
c. Group
d. Suite - A ………… of ships.
a. Flock
b. Suite
c. Fleet
d. Army - A ………… of flowers.
a. Bouquet
b. Mob
c. Swarm
d. School
