countable and uncountable nouns from
espresso English net countable nouns are
things we can count for example cats my
brother has a cat my sister has two cats
my friend has three cats other examples
of countable nouns are things like book
table computer pen banana shirt
television and house people are also
countable man woman child friend uncle
teacher boss and employee with countable
nouns you can use the quantifiers many a
few some and any how many brothers do
you have I have a few books in my
backpack she bought some bananas does he
have any children uncountable nouns are
things we can't count or can't divided
into individual units examples of
uncountable nouns are ideas and concepts
like love fun sadness work peace and
safety words related to information are
also uncountable advice information news
and knowledge category words are often
uncountable music furniture equipment
jewelry literature and meat finally
there are liquids and other foods that
can't be counted water butter rice flour
and milk with uncountable nouns you can
use much a little sum or any I have too
much homework
add a little butter to the recipe we
heard some great music he doesn't have
any furniture never add s to uncountable
nouns for example I need some
informations is incorrect the correct
sentence is I need some information you
can use other words to help quantify
uncountable nouns for example he gave me
two advices is incorrect because advice
is uncountable instead you can say he
gave me two pieces of advice with food
we often use the container to make the
noun countable for example don't say I
bought two milks and three Rice's
instead say I bought two bottles of milk
and three boxes of rice thanks for
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last lesson you learned about the
difference between countable and
uncountable nouns but did you know that
some nouns can be countable or
uncountable depending on the situation
for these words the uncountable form
usually refers to the general idea and
the countable form usually refers to a
specific item or specific instance here
are some examples chicken is countable
when talking about the animal we have 10
cows and 15 chickens on our farm chicken
is uncountable when talking about the
food I don't eat much chicken I prefer
fish paper is countable went
talking about individual documents i
showed my papers to the immigration
agent it's uncountable when talking
about paper in general there's too much
paper in the printer it's causing a jam
the word time is countable when talking
about specific moments we've been to
Paris 5 times the word time is
uncountable when talking about the
general concept of time I'm very busy
and I have little free time hair is
countable when talking about individual
strands of hair I found two hairs in my
food at the restaurant gross it's
uncountable when talking about all your
hair my sister has black hair not black
hairs room is countable when talking
about specific places in a house
apartment office etc our apartment has
three rooms room is uncountable when
talking about space in general I'll make
some room for these new books in the
bookshelf Coffee water tea beer and soda
are countable when asking for specific
number of these drinks could we have two
coffees and three water's they are
uncountable when talking about the drink
in general he drinks too much coffee
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to make the plural of regular nouns we
simply add s for example wall walls ski
skis cat
cats
for nouns ending in the CH SH X or s
sounds we add es for example switch
switches brush brushes box boxes address
addresses
the one exception is when the CH at the
end of the word is pronounced like a que
for example stomach stomachs for nouns
ending and why we change the Y to an i
and then add es for example baby babies
army armies puppy puppies for nouns
ending in the F sound we change it to
VES in the plural for example knife
knives wife wives half halves self
selves wolf wolves and leaf leaves as
for nouns ending an O we can make the
plural by adding S or ES it depends on
the word here are some words that always
have es in the plural potato and
potatoes tomato tomatoes hero heroes
torpedo torpedoes echo echoes
and here are some nouns ending an O
where the plurals formed by simply
adding s stereo stereos memo memos solo
solos Xue xue's studio studios
with some nouns ending in oh we can form
the plural both ways for example ghetto
and ghettos that can be spelled with S
or ES at the end mango and mangoes motto
and mottos tornado and tornados tuxedo
tuxedos volcano volcanoes here are some
nouns that look plural but take a
singular verb news the news was so
depressing gymnastics gymnastics is
great for getting in shape economics and
mathematics economics is quite difficult
even though these nouns and in s they
are actually singular
now here are some nouns that appear
singular but take a plural verb pants
these pants are too small scissors where
are the scissors glasses when I last saw
your glasses they were on the table each
of these words pants scissors and
glasses refers to a single object but
they take the plural form of the verb
finally we have the very irregular nouns
for example man men woman women child
children person people tooth teeth foot
feet
vertebra vertebrae mouse mice goose
geese some nouns do not change their
singular and plural forms are the same
for example one sheep two sheep one deer
to dear one fish two fish one series two
series one species to species some words
coming from Latin or Greek have singular
forms ending in us and plural forms
ending an eye for example alumnus and
alumna are the singular form and alumni
is the plural form cactus cacti fungus
fungi nucleus nuclei stimulus stimuli
other Latin or Greek words have the
singular form ending an is and the
plural form ending in ES for example the
plural form of analysis is analyses
crisis crises diagnosis diagnosis
hypothesis hypotheses Oasis Oasis we
also have Latin or Greek words ending in
um or o n whose plural forms and an A
for example one bacterium many bacteria
criterion criteria curriculum curricula
datum data millennium millennia
phenomenon phenomena to learn advanced
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with today's challenging noun +
preposition quiz choose the preposition
that fits best in each sentence after a
few seconds the answer will appear there
are 16 questions number one do you have
any interest for in or on doing a study
abroad program the correct answer is in
do you have any interest in doing a
study abroad program number two he gave
a speech at on or to the dangers of
texting and driving the correct answer
is on he gave a speech on the dangers of
texting and driving we could also use
about a speech about the dangers number
three I really admire her dedication
about four or two animal rights the
correct answer is two I really admire
her dedication to animal rights
number four most people have little
awareness at from or of world events the
correct answer is of most people have
little awareness of world events number
five I'd like some information about by
or in the software the correct answer is
about I'd like some information about
the software number six my uncle's
addiction in to or with gambling has
ruined his family the correct answer is
to my uncle's addiction to gambling has
ruined his family number seven she
didn't give a reason as for or of her
refusal the correct answer is for she
didn't give a reason for her refusal
number eight don't make a habit in of or
on staying up late to watch TV the
correct answer is of don't make a habit
of staying up late to watch TV number
nine there are high taxes at on or over
imported products the correct answer is
on there are high taxes on imported
products number ten there's a risk by of
or to infection with every surgery the
correct answer is of there's a risk of
infection with every surgery
number 11 we've got lots of previous
experience in four or of management the
correct answer is in we've got lots of
previous experience in management number
12 you definitely have a talent about
for or with learning languages the
correct answer is for you definitely
have a talent for learning languages
number 13 she had a nasty argument at
two or with her boyfriend and she's
still angry the correct answer is with
she had a nasty argument with her
boyfriend and she's still angry number
14 that company has a reputation by from
or for bad customer service the correct
answer is for that company has a
reputation for bad customer service
number 15 he's about to graduate with a
degree in of or at finance the correct
answer is in he's about to graduate with
a degree in finance number 16 my
mother's fear from of or in flying means
she can't travel long distances the
correct answer is of my mother's fear of
flying means she can't travel long
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