COUNTABLE AND

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

Grade-4
Subject-English
Presented By –
Grishma Icchprani
Date: 09/05/2020
 ANWERS TO HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT
Ans1. A pile of books
A swarm of bees
A pride of lions
Ans2.a.man- masculine gender; farmer- common gender
b. bridegroom- masculine gender; cousin- common gender
c. uncle- masculine gender; aunt- Feminine gender
d. baby , child- common gender
Ans3. planet- Mars school- Witty International School
country- India sportsman- Virat Kohli
 Masculine -Feminine
Bachelor- spinster Hunter- huntress
Dog- bitch Emperor-empress
Horse-mare Prince-princess
Nephew- niece Lion- lioness
Wizard- witch Actor- Actress
Heir- heiress Tiger- tigress
Poet-poetess Monk- nun
Uncle- aunt Mayor- mayoress
Bull- cow Gentleman- lady
Duke- duchess
 Rules for making Singular to Plural
• The plural of nouns is usually formed by putting ‘s’ to singular noun.
Example: lamp lamps; cat cats
• Nouns ending with o, ss, s ,z, x , ch and sh form plural by putting ‘es’.
Example: dish dishes; church churches; box boxes.
• Nouns with consonant + y are made plural by putting ‘ies’. Example:
lady ladies
• Nouns with vowel + y are made plural by putting ‘s’. Example: day
days; boy boys
• Nouns ending with f or fe are made plural by putting ‘ves’. Example:
wife wives; leaf leaves.
• Exceptions: Some nouns ending with f or fe are made plural by
putting ‘s’. Example: chief chiefs; roof roofs; safe safes.
Singular and Plural Nouns

plural form of the following:

life
berry
calf
e
key
 Countable nouns –

e.g. I eat a banana every

day. I like bananas.

“Banana” is a countable noun.

We add ‘s’ to a countable noun:

"Bananas”
 Countablennouns

A countable noun can be

1.singular (banana) or
2.plural (bananas)

Countable nouns are things we can

count.
We can say ‘one banana’ ,‘two
bananas’ etc.
Countable nouns
Examples of countable nouns
singular plural
 apple apples
 pineapple pineapples
 cucumber cucumbers
 strawberry strawberries
 grape grapes
Countable nouns
We add -es to most nouns in
-o :
tomato tomatoes
potato
potatoes
But we just add -s
radio
to:
 radios

photo photos
 Uncountable nouns

• Uncountable nouns are things we

can’t
count.
•We can’t add ‘s’ to an uncountable
noun.
• We can’t say ‘one rice’, ‘two rices’,
 Uncountable nouns
noun.

add
Uncountable nouns with Quantifiers
chocolate water

sugar oil
fruit 6. A cup of tea
juice
gold jam

milk 10. A piece of cloth

bread rice
Look at this table to understand countable and uncountable
nouns
Countable Nouns Uncountable Nouns
Can have singular and Only singular form
plural forms Always followed by
Can be followed by singular verbs
singular and plural verbs Cannot use a, an or
A, an or number words number words before
are used before countable uncountable nouns
nouns We ask ‘how much’
We ask ‘how many’ Can use a lot of, a bunch
Can use many, a lot of, a of, don’t have any, a little,
few, some not
 LET’S FIND OUT!
Q.1 Write countable(C) or uncountable(U) in front of
following expressions:
 bananas _____ many
 manybicycles _____
bicycles _____
 a few eggs _____ some
somechairs
chairs_____
_____
 a little time _____ an hour of work _____
 a bowl of soup _____ enough
an hourwater
of work _____
_____
 don’t have any money _____  enough water_____
a lot of birds _____
 a lot of birds_____
 a lot of sugar _____
 ten trees _____
 how much sand _____
There is/There isn’t There
are/There aren’t
+
some/any
 There is/ There are some
Study the following table:

is meat in the fridge.

chees
There some
e

are rulers on the desk.

pencils
 There is/There are some
 We use ‘There is some’ when the noun
is uncountable. (meat, cheese.)

 We use ‘There are some’ when the

countable noun is plural. (rulers,
pencils.)
 There isn’t/There aren’t any
Study the following table:

isn’t milk in the shop.

coffee
There any

aren’t dishes under the bed.

watches
 There isn’t/There aren’t any
 We use ‘There isn’t any’ when the noun
is uncountable. (milk, coffee.)

 We use ‘There aren’t any’ when the

countable noun is plural. (dishes,
watches)
Quiz
 Q.1 Put the correct form of the given
words into the spaces.
1.John is eating some______(potato).
2.Is there any______(water) in the jar?
3. Mother says, ‘Gogo, please give me
some_______.(jam).’
4. There are some________(fish) in the
river.
5. There aren’t any_____(tomato) on the table.
 2. Put the correct answer into the
spaces with “some” or “any”.
1.There is not sugar in the coffee.
2.There are stars in the sky.
3.There aren’t roses on the table.
4.Father says, ‘Please give me oil.’
5.Is there orange juice?
6.There isn’t paper on the desk.
 Homework Assignment
Q.1 Write C for countable and UC for uncountable nouns. Make
plurals of the countable nouns.
lady _________ news______
love_________ air_______
light_______
doll________
teacher________
silver_________
oxygen______
music_______
mud________
mountain______
Q.2 Choose an appropriate quantifier:
• How ... milk do you want in your coffee?
(much/many/some)
• There aren't ... hotels in this town.
(many/much/some)
• I read ... book last month.(a/an/some)
• I haven't got ... luggage.(many/some/any)
• Could I have ... orange?(a/an/any)
• I didn't buy a pen, I bought ... hat for my mother.
(a/an/some)
• We met ... interesting people at the party.
(some/an/any)
 Recap

Nouns

Countable Uncountable
 Precap
• Possessive Nouns
• Revision worksheet( Noun and
its kinds)