COUNT NOUNS NON-COUNT NOUNS

COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE

EGG HONEY

RAISIN FRUIT

APPLE WATER

ORANGE MILK

PRAWN LENTIL

CARROT SUGAR

PEPPERS PEPPER

ONION BREAD
COUNTABLE
 We can count
 Have singular/plural form. We add S/ES: onion(S) – potato(ES)
 We use them with indefinite article A/AN and numbers:
We need an onion – We need two onions

UNCOUNTABLE
 We cannot count
 Only singular form: WATER / PASTA, ELECTRICITY
 Sometimes we can with definite article THE:
Please pass me the sugar (specific thing)

CHICKEN
 Countable: The animal
We have ten cows and fifteen chickens on our farm.
 Uncountable: The food
Would you like some chicken?

COFFEE / WATER / BEER / TEA / SODA

 Countable: When asking for a specific number of these drinks
Could you bring us three coffees with milk, and two herbal
teas?
 Uncountable: When talking about the drink in general
I drink a lot of coffee, but I don’t drink very much beer.
 COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
A / AN I have got AN orange (+)
I haven’t got A carrot (-)
Have you got AN onion?
SOME They want SOME eggs (+) I want SOME salt (+)

ANY There aren’t ANY eggs (-) I don’t want ANY salt (-)
Are there ANY eggs? (?) Is there ANY pasta? (?)

COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
A LOT There are A LOT OF carrots (+) There is A LOT OF milk (+)
There aren’t A LOT OF carrots (-) I don’t drink A LOT OF milk (-)
OF
Do you eat A LOT OF apples? (?) Do you eat A LOT OF cheese? (?)
LOTS
OF
NOT There’s NOT MUCH salt (-)
Is there MUCH salt in the
MUCH
cupboard? (?)
No, NOT MUCH
NOT I don’t eat MANY onions (-)
Do you eat MANY onions for lunch? (?)
MANY
No, NOT MANY

COUNTABLE UNCOUNTABLE
HOW HOW MANY eggs do you want?
MANY

HOW HOW MUCH milk is there?

MUCH HOW MUCH is it?
HOW MUCH does it cost?