- Uncountable Nouns
- Differences and Similarities in Usage
- Explanation
- a / an, some, any, few, little, a lot of, much, many
| Differences and Similarities |
| COUNTABLE NOUNS | UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS |
| Countable nouns can be counted. We can make them singular or plural. You can count the cars in the street easly; one car, two cars, three cars,etc. | Uncountable nouns cannot be counted They are not separate objects. You cannot make them plural You cannot say; |
| Examples | Examples |
| - a boy, a cat, a tree - a desk, a table, a chair, a car - an apple, a carrot, a melon, a lemon - a kilo, a metre, a litre - a cup, a glass, a piece, a slice, a loaf | - milk, water, orange juice, coffee, tea, coke - rice, wheat, flour, dust, air - money, bread, luggage, information, news - eating, surfing, sailing, climbing - Turkish, English, Spanish, Italian |
| a / an We use the indefinite article a / an with singular countable nouns. | a / an We do not usually use the indefinite article a / an with uncountable nouns. |
| some / any We can use some and any with plural countable nouns | some / any We can use some and any with uncountable nouns |
| a few, few and many We can use a few, few and many with plural countable nouns | a little, little and much We can use a little, little and much with uncountable nouns |
| a lot of We can use a lot of with plural countable nouns | a lot of We can use a lot of with uncountable nouns |
| How many...? We can use How many to ask questions | How much...? We can use How much to ask questions |
