01: Countable and Uncountable nouns

A. Countable nouns – these are the objects that we can count. They could be in singular or plural form. It also answers the question “How many...?”

Examples:

Singular:	Plural:
child	children
knife	knives

There are many delegates who attended the conference last week.

Only a few students joined the conservatory music program.

B. Uncountable nouns – we sometimes regard them as non-count mass. We can`t insert articles a or an before them and they are always in singular form. They answer the question “How much..?”

Examples:

Water Information Soil Sand

There`s much water in the bucket.

Chen has a lot of work to finish this weekend.

Note: Some and any could be used as both countable and uncountable nouns when referring to specific objects.

Examples:

There`s some juice in the pitcher.

Has my team found any stores that sell antique objects?

Application: Select the best answer to complete the sentence.

1. How ____ did you pay for your accommodation?

a. many
b. much
c. some

2. Nina has to research ______ of topics for her subjects.

a. much
b. a lot
c. many

3. There aren`t _______ restaurants in town.

a. a few
b. any
c. a lot

4. ______children participate in the drawing contest.

a. much
b. any
c. some

5. I have ____ dresses to lend.

a. much
b. many
c. a lot of